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« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2011, 12:47:52 AM » |
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looks good, a bucket seat for a bike!
no problem sliding forward when slowing?
enough padding under your butt for long rides?
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« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2011, 05:44:55 AM » |
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What ricoman said. You did a good job but I'm wondering the same thing. Let us know.
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« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2011, 06:05:25 AM » |
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I haven't had problems sliding forward on abrupt stops. The padding is only about half an inch. I find it more comfortable than the stock seat because of the mini backrest that I created. It is snowing here so the long ride comfort is unknown. I kept the top/back untouched so the passenger seat fits snug to it. My intensions were to get my feet flat on the ground. It was well worth the work and also saved money.
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« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2011, 06:21:11 AM » |
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Only you'll know if it was money saved or an oem seat rendered into a pan only doner. If your main goal was to lower it down to flat foot your feet, you succeeded. Once the weather changes to allow for more long distance riding you'll know about the comfort part of the equasion. It does look nice on the bike though. Your body weight and proportions etc will determine comfort.
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« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2011, 08:24:40 AM » |
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I did a similar modification to the stock seat also.
However I enlarged the seating area to the rear so that two people could sit on the same seat.
Kinda like the old HD buddy seats that were on the Electraglide and before.
Works good but still not quite big enough.
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« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2011, 08:53:10 AM » |
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Looks like you did a nice job..but you'll have to take a good long ride and then have a talk with your rear end and back after the ride to see how it all worked out...at any rate, It looks nice..
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« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2011, 09:18:47 AM » |
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i've got one question for you: when you put the seat cover back on, did you: have trouble with the excess seat cover material? and did you do some sewing on the cover itself before you put it back on? the seat looks great....you did a wonderful job. I LIKE!!
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« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2011, 09:53:37 AM » |
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Looks good, hope it meets your needs.  hoser |
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« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2011, 03:16:22 PM » |
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GOOSE,
The stock seat cover did not fit back on because of the corner. If I had shaped it more gradual then it would have worked with just a little glue in the corner. I had it upholstered for 75 dollars. I think that I could have made it work but I really wanted to get back on the bike. Turned out great.
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« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2011, 04:35:38 PM » |
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i thought i noticed a sewn seam in the cup, and across th top of the back. it turned out really good. looks good too. after you ride it, come back and post about how it does and feels.
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« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2011, 01:58:06 AM » |
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Looks like a good execution of the Rood Saddle Mod I wrote up back in '98 on my tech tips pages. http://www.horseapple.com/Valkyrie/Tech_Tips/Rood_Saddle_Mod/rood_saddle_mod.htmlNicely done, Tavita! That was a great seat for me, and I would have kept it if I didn't need the same solution for the back seat, and was then marketing director for the VOA - which got me a Mustang set new for half price - and selling the Rood custom seat paid for the Mustang! other than that - I would still have the seat, it worked great for me. How's the pipes working for ya? Didja get the grin off your face yet? |
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« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2011, 09:52:17 AM » |
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MARK,
The pipes are awesome. I am torn between having the trombones in or out. With the bones out the low frequency seems to be much louder while on the bike. The bike sounds how it looks now, BAD ASS. I had a guy ask me if i could leave one bone in and one out instead of cutting them to get best of both worlds. What do you think Mark?
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« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2011, 03:10:56 PM » |
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Won't hurt the bike to do that, if you like the sound. The bones only change whether the glasspacks are allowed to absorb the sound waves - there's no affect on backpressure, so the engine doesn't "know" if the bones are in or out.
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