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Here goes a Penton short/low seat that game off a long-gone 1972 Jackpiner.  It has been recovered in a very good manner (no logo).  The cover is nice and tight, the foam is good, and the seat base is free from cracks.  Two of the three mounting tabs are present, with one rear tab broken.  This should fit any '72 or '73 bike.  $300 plus shipping.  Thanks for looking!  Happy to add more photos if interested.  Also if you don't like the price don't worry — I'll reduce it in a week or so and keep reducing it until it is sold or returned to my storage shelves. 

That is flipping awesome!   Great job.  JC FTW!

Mars Attacks!
68 Planetary/Lunar Lander (very sadly, sold with Gamma death-ray to the Italians)
78 400 MC5 also sadly sold
79 space rock shox bike

There used to be a program called "Site Sucker" that would take and download to your hard drive every single bit of data on a web site.  All photos, all posts, all everything.  I had to use it for a legal case one time involving defamation.  Seemed to work great.  Of course it is a static depiction of the site as of the date you run the program.  You can keep running it sort of like a backup if you want.  I actually ran it on POG just for fun back then and it worked fine.  POG had very little data as compared to a major forum.  This was about 10 years ago.

There used to be a program called "Site Sucker" that would take and download to your hard drive every single bit of data on a web site.  All photos, all posts, all everything.  I had to use it for a legal case one time involving defamation.  Seemed to work great.  Of course it is a static depiction of the site as of the date you run the program.  You can keep running it sort of like a backup if you want.  I actually ran it on POG just for fun back then and it worked fine.  POG had very little data as compared to a major forum.  This was about 10 years ago.

If you want to invest the time to navigate this site there are many photos of 1979 and 1980 KTMs.  It is not simple but not hard either.  It will take a little time.  Good luck.

http://web.tiscali.it/ktm70pages/

Hi the air box is orange.  A bit janky.  I can send you photos.

I received my Jackpiner and it is awesome!  Come on guys there's still some time.  You won't be disappointed.

The gs swingarm definitely accommodates a black plastic chain guard.  I don't think it works with the mc5.

Bike is long gone but subject to correction here is my recollection:

1.  Center stand fits gs swingarm only.  This I'm certain of.  
2.  Arc of swing arm bend is tighter on mc5 I think.
3.  Length of gs is greater I think.
4.  Shock mount points might be different.
5.  Chain block might be different .

I'm sure someone else know way more.

Nick this is a long shot.  Try calling Chris the owner of Thick Bikes on the South Side.  He started out as a custom Downhill mountain bike frame builder.  He's now entirely retail and more middle market I think.  I'm not certain that he ever personally did the welding.  Anyway he might point you to someone with an appreciation for precision frame welding if needed.  Good luck!  John

Mars Attacks!
68 Planetary/Lunar Lander (very sadly, sold with Gamma death-ray to the Italians)
78 400 MC5 also sadly sold
79 space rock shox bike

It is a close call whether I'd do it differently if I had the choice over again. Yes for sure I'd want to avoid the endo!  I'd upload photos if photobucket weren't so complicated these days.  At least I had a hand to drink beer with!

Ok I hope you don't mind if I contribute a mountain bike version of this.  I have never been properly over the bars on a motorcycle (I have definitely been into the bars however, nearly knocked my teeth out once).  Anyway, I was with my wife on a trip to Scotland (first time ever) and then Ireland.  She decided to take a day shopping in Edinburgh, and I decided the day would be better spent mountain biking.  I planned ahead and got a guide because I wanted to get to and ride a challenging route with no time to learn local trails worth riding.  So off I went with my guide to the Glentress/7-Stanes mountain bike park (amazing terrain). I was riding a borrowed bike supplied by the guide and of course immediately after getting on the bike I realized it was set up to UK standards (front brake right, like a motorcycle).  But I'm much more accustomed to mountain biking, in which the rear brake is right (in the US).  Maybe you can see where this is going.    We climbed about 1,200 vertical feet (not a crazy ascent but respectable) before starting back down.  This was all switchback single track with some significant exposure (that is, steep cliffs if you go off the trail).  I elected to ride a very challenging route (called "The Bitc* — you can YouTube it if you like).  Well, I walked two sections that I wasn't up to riding because I didn't want to be carried out of there.  (We had seen two injured riders already that day).  About 4/5 of the way down we encountered a modest drop-off — about 24" max.  But it was a surprise and appeared just after a sharp corner.  I was carrying too much speed and tried to slow down.   Big mistake.  Should have just stayed with the bike.  I grabbed full front brake.  This apparently is called "a learned motor response."  This launched me off the trail, over a hill, and I punched a flat rock quite hard with my right hand.  This is already too long a story, but after riding one handed down the rest of the hill I visited a small village grocery to get frozen peas for the swelling, then a pharmacy in the next town over to get antibiotic ointment.  The lady pharmacist freaked out when she saw one of my hand bones protruding from the back of my hand.  I spent that afternoon and evening in the Royal Edinburgh Infirmary.  Discharged to our hotel, to return for surgery the next day.  Needless to say over the next 10 days I did not play golf go swimming or do clay bird shooting as planned but my wife did and I caddied and walked along.  She took it pretty well.

Mars Attacks!
68 Planetary/Lunar Lander (very sadly, sold with Gamma death-ray to the Italians)
78 400 MC5 also sadly sold
79 space rock shox bike

Fender is spoken for thanks.

Mars Attacks!
68 Planetary/Lunar Lander (very sadly, sold with Gamma death-ray to the Italians)
78 400 MC5 also sadly sold
79 space rock shox bike

I found I have a decent 78 mc5 front fender w Kim professional embossed.  A knucklehead painted it white over white but the paint will flake or scrape off no problem. $50 shipped conus.  Offered to mike but he's set already.  Photos to you if interested.  Thanks John

Off topic and could be wrong but I think his swingarms are 78s with proper mounts for center stands.  Somewhat hard to find.