RSparky Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 So, I went to hang with a friend last night. All went well. We rode to a park and chilled. Dropped her off, put my other helmet back under the seat. (Quick explanation: When I bought it, I didn't like the fabric helmet straps, so I bought some steel rope, collets and made my own little loops on the underside of the seat, NOT on the subframe. Purdy awesome.) Latched the seat onto the bike, or so I thought. It held pretty ok, though. I got, for you Daytonians, from Xenia back to Dayton on 35W up until it gets really bumpy right before the 675 interchange. The bumps must have wiggled the un-latched seat loose. I'm pretty sure that it would have been fine if it didn't have the weight of the helmet pulling on it. So, I got home, noticed my emergency stuffsack dangling from where my seat ought to be... Retraced the trip back from her house, and saw the helmet in the grass of the median. Stopped, and found what was left of the helmet. A big chunk had been blown out of the side, the visor long gone, the padding was mostly missing/mangled up. I did find one of the speakers from the $200 Cardo bluetooth intercom still velcroed in there. But, the wire ripped from the rest of it, so screw that. My main concern was finding the dam seat! Nothing. Went back today, and searched in the daylight, to no avail. Didn't even find the shell I left there. I woulda brought it home as a souvenir to my stupidity, but had nothing to latch it to...So, there was a beat up seat on ebay for $17 with shipping, but it was ending soon, and I am still debating options. I saw it's been listed a couple times so it'll be up again. OR! I could get a fanshy shmanshy cowl, and say screw passengers... They look BA, but I kinda like taking girls out and shtuff. Why am I replacing 's' sounds with 'sh'? I have no clue. If you didn't feel like reading that, condensed version is, I let a $200 helmet, half a $200 intercom set, and an apparently almost $200 seat fall off my bike last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh1234 Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Smoooothe Good cautionary tale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simplysix Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 sorry to hear sparky, That sucksid be interested to see you how you set up the underseat with the steel rope and stuff though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSparky Posted October 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 where the leather passenger strap is, i just unbolted it, made a loop on each end of the wire, i think it was 3/16" diameter wire, shoved a collet on each one and hammered it down. tightened the nut on the loop on one side, and wrapped the other around the plastic stick directly behind the bolt in the picture. originally the seat also has the nylon straps up front but this random pic i stole from google doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSparky Posted October 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Here's my temporary solution. The only reason I did this even, is because the power commander is back there, and it needs waterproofed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alienpi Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 I like the aluminum foil look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSparky Posted October 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 I like the aluminum foil look.i wanna get some colored tape and put racing stripes on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demitrix Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Not uncommon for our year or R6, several times I've been riding and I feel something start tapping my back to reach back and feel my seat flipped up hitting my back. First ride this year I went out and was doing about 60 when I felt one solid tap and watched in my mirror as my seat went flying 30 feet into the air and spinning down the road after me. I found it but it was a lil banged up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSparky Posted October 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 wow. that's depressing. it usually latches tight. it's sometimes a pain to line it up, but when i do, it's good. whenever spencer emails me back, i'll know what i'm doing. kinda want to try his work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beegreenstrings Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 That sucks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Hmmm, if dem's seat got 30 ft of air, maybe yours took a similar flight and went further off the road than you think it might, even with a helmet weighing it down. The fact that there wasn't much left of.the helmet tells me maybe a truck rolled over it...probably your seat too. Get a cowl and keep a kitchen sponge in your back pocket for passengers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowdog Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Yea sorry for your luck, must be a pretty common thing because i lost mine on 670 one day and had to jog my fat ass back about a mile or so to pick it up all the while looking like frogger crossing lanes of 670. PS you do know those white clip looking things are to put the metal buckle of the helmet on right?!?!? i would never strap my skid lid to those crappy straps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSparky Posted October 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 :eek:bowdog, i swear either you're a genius, or i'm an idiot........wait... guess i know why i lost my seat. anywho, spencer emailed me back, no damaged seats. i'm kinda bummed. don't see why, as he's going to take all of the damaged crap off anyway. the plastic would probably be in fine condition. i'd order a sat cover, which i told him in the email... gr. it's whatever though, he can run his business how he likes.seeing as how i was riding a passenger 3 times a week over the summer, for convenient commuting to school, i've ruled out a cowl. gotta put the family's interest over my own, with the family car.so, it's either a new seat for $100-ish, or take a chance with a ripped up one, and reworking it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Seats aren't hard to recover, its just foam, vinyl or leather, and staples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butters Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 yep...get a ripped up one cheap and recover it...save yourself some money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSparky Posted October 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 the auction ended, but that was my decision... if i weren't concerned about the power commander getting wet, i'd rock the duct tape until i stalked ebay long enough to find one. unfortunately, it's gonna be drizzly this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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