P1000 Soft top for 3 seater?

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I'm considering a soft top for my new '22 1K Deluxe. I've seen the Honda bimini top but curious if there are any other options out there? I like the idea of the Alienshade type of sun screen. They make one for the 5 seater but don't seem to have one for the three seater. I've searched around but can't seem to find many options for the 3 seater. Anyone have a soft top on theirs?
 
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Alien only built 2 of the 3 seat version, I have one of the 2 prototypes in red. If your interested message me and we can discuss.
 
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I'm considering a soft top for my new '22 1K Deluxe. I've seen the Honda bimini top but curious if there are any other options out there? I like the idea of the Alienshade type of sun screen. They make one for the 5 seater but don't seem to have one for the three seater. I've searched around but can't seem to find many options for the 3 seater. Anyone have a soft top on theirs?
I think @Mopower58 has a P1K5 shade roof on his P1K3 and uses the excess as a rear screen also. He can post a pic.

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Alien only built 2 of the 3 seat version, I have one of the 2 prototypes in red. If your interested message me and we can discuss.
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Alien shade is the way to go!
 
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I'm considering a soft top for my new '22 1K Deluxe. I've seen the Honda bimini top but curious if there are any other options out there? I like the idea of the Alienshade type of sun screen. They make one for the 5 seater but don't seem to have one for the three seater. I've searched around but can't seem to find many options for the 3 seater. Anyone have a soft top on theirs?
I have a red Alien Shade built for a P1K5 and I love it. It trailers great and is very nice when riding,but if it rains you will get wet.
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Sorry about the previous picture. It didn’t show the whole roof. I have had mine on for over 5 years and no problem so far. Here is a better pic.
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Thanks for the info. I'm surprised there aren't more options out there for the 3 seater. The P1K5 alienshade looks good. I'm unsure if I'd like having the rear covered or not. I honestly haven't put in enough seat time on the machine to know for sure.

Tram, If that was a black top I'd definitely hit you up. Not sure red would would look great on my green machine.
 
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Thanks for the info. I'm surprised there aren't more options out there for the 3 seater. The P1K5 alienshade looks good. I'm unsure if I'd like having the rear covered or not. I honestly haven't put in enough seat time on the machine to know for sure.

Tram, If that was a black top I'd definitely hit you up. Not sure red would would look great on my green machine.
I have thought about doubling up on the top of mine and buying a flag to drop down the back. I agree Black would look better with the green.
 
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Just a follow up. I ended up making my own sun shade top. I went down an Amazon rabbit hole while searching for a sun shade top. Amazon started showing me shade tops for Jeeps and Broncos as well. I started looking at them and paying attention to sizes for the different models. I ended up finding a Chinese top for a new Bronco that was pretty close in size to 3 seat roof for $12.99. For that price it was worth buying and seeing what I could do with it. It wasn't going to be a direct fit, but there was enough of the material that I was able to use my wife's sewing machine and make what I needed.
I bought a 25' length of 1/4" black bungee cord and a Harbor Freight grommet kit and spent a few hours putting it together. It's not perfect by any means, but it's a pretty good test unit to see how I like it.

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The material probably isn't the best sun shade material out there. The holes might be bigger than the Alien Shade, but I don't have anything else to compare it to. I did see an Alien shade top for the same Bronco for 30 bucks. If I really like this top I might make one out of that material later. All told I probably have 40 bucks in this one.
 
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