Hey all, first time poster here... i tried searching and found a thread that was asking my question, but the thread got so side tracked, no one ever answered the question...
so like the title says, im wondering how ABS seats do against Fiberglass seats...
i bought the bugeye seat from DCC, and before i knew that Lendgendary makes the seat in fiberglass, and resides 20mins from my house, i had the ABS seat in my hands...
so whats the input on this? i have a CM200T, its my first bike and it was beat to begin with, im planning on aquriring an 80's nighthawk in the future as well as maybe a naked goldwing ( i like the vintage hond stuff )
anyways, i got the seat mounting kit also, which seems basically like a thicker cutting board type material. i mounted it to my frame using conduit holders with some rubber spacers to get the seat high enough so i could slide it foward enough to cover the rear tank mounting bolt.
i was messing with the bike last night, mounting my turn signals and i made some S type brackets to bolt to the rear frame, drilled some holes in the seat pan so it wouldnt rattle against the taillights... but i noticed when i was sitting on it, the rear of the seat would bend slightly and it actually bent my brackets i made. i drilled a hole in the rear of the cutting board bracket and mounted some rubber spacers and it seemed to still bend slightly..
so i took everything completely off the bike to start from scratch... i put the board directly on the frame and noticed that the frame tubes are slightly lower than the rear cross brace
heres a picture of a bare frame. not as bad as mine, but mine was pretty bad... kid that had it before didnt take care of it all.... poor little guy...
http://cyclenetparts.com/images/P1210782.JPG
so ive thought of doing the through bolt ive seen where people drilled holes through the frame and if i were to do that, i would just have to add some washers under the front of the board to allow the board to sit nice and tight against the frame... but if i were to do that, the seat would have to move rearwards exposing the rear fuel tank bolt.
im wondering if instead of rubber spacers for the rear of the board for my original idea if i should use the plastic or steele spacers ive seen at ace hardware and/or lowes....
sucks i thought i had the seat figured out and it seems almost im at square one still....
i was wondering if i should ditch the ABS seat and order a fiberglass one? i've seen some people where they litterally just mount the seat without anything under it, and no one seems to complain of issues, and im actually trying to use a reinforcement and it seems im having issues????
if anyone can give me some input and/or some ideas to bounce around im game... thank you very much in advance... im not giving up on the CM... its a rare bike in its odd fashion and mine seems to be developing its own personality with consistantly giving me problems.
also ive thought of the idea of the 5$ mounting, but it would leave me with the same issue wheres the rear of the bracket would bend...
so like the title says, im wondering how ABS seats do against Fiberglass seats...
i bought the bugeye seat from DCC, and before i knew that Lendgendary makes the seat in fiberglass, and resides 20mins from my house, i had the ABS seat in my hands...
so whats the input on this? i have a CM200T, its my first bike and it was beat to begin with, im planning on aquriring an 80's nighthawk in the future as well as maybe a naked goldwing ( i like the vintage hond stuff )
anyways, i got the seat mounting kit also, which seems basically like a thicker cutting board type material. i mounted it to my frame using conduit holders with some rubber spacers to get the seat high enough so i could slide it foward enough to cover the rear tank mounting bolt.
i was messing with the bike last night, mounting my turn signals and i made some S type brackets to bolt to the rear frame, drilled some holes in the seat pan so it wouldnt rattle against the taillights... but i noticed when i was sitting on it, the rear of the seat would bend slightly and it actually bent my brackets i made. i drilled a hole in the rear of the cutting board bracket and mounted some rubber spacers and it seemed to still bend slightly..
so i took everything completely off the bike to start from scratch... i put the board directly on the frame and noticed that the frame tubes are slightly lower than the rear cross brace
heres a picture of a bare frame. not as bad as mine, but mine was pretty bad... kid that had it before didnt take care of it all.... poor little guy...
http://cyclenetparts.com/images/P1210782.JPG
so ive thought of doing the through bolt ive seen where people drilled holes through the frame and if i were to do that, i would just have to add some washers under the front of the board to allow the board to sit nice and tight against the frame... but if i were to do that, the seat would have to move rearwards exposing the rear fuel tank bolt.
im wondering if instead of rubber spacers for the rear of the board for my original idea if i should use the plastic or steele spacers ive seen at ace hardware and/or lowes....
sucks i thought i had the seat figured out and it seems almost im at square one still....
i was wondering if i should ditch the ABS seat and order a fiberglass one? i've seen some people where they litterally just mount the seat without anything under it, and no one seems to complain of issues, and im actually trying to use a reinforcement and it seems im having issues????
if anyone can give me some input and/or some ideas to bounce around im game... thank you very much in advance... im not giving up on the CM... its a rare bike in its odd fashion and mine seems to be developing its own personality with consistantly giving me problems.
also ive thought of the idea of the 5$ mounting, but it would leave me with the same issue wheres the rear of the bracket would bend...