Hey guys,
has anyone tried to bring the seat all the way to the front? I mean even beyond what it's allowed to do? if yes, how / what's the best way to do it?
thanks for your responses.
Remove the seat and bracket then separate the tongue from the seat pan
Seven small fasteners will remove the seat pan from the padding .
Drill a 10mm hole in the seat pan so the twin bolt assembly moves back. You can position it just before the seat pan starts to curve upwards. Measure several times to be sure.
Use a dremel tool to elongate the slot in the tongue.
Combined this will move the seat about 1 1/4" closer to the tank.
Now the seat will be too close to use the bolt that mounts the tongue to the frame. There will be no room to get a tool on it from the top. So get a replacement bolt and feed it up through the bottom of the tongue. Once in position you will be able to put a nut on the bolt as it is now easy to get a wrench the nut to tighten it together. If you look closely at my bike, instead of a nice torx head bolt I have a regular nut on top.
I am not sure but I think I used a 10mm fine bolt that was 30mm long. Not 100% sure on the length so buy a couple. It was easy and took about 45 minutes only because I was supper careful about measuring before my drilling.
Be careful when torquing down the nut as you don't want to swing the wrench into the tank and make a mark.
I am 5'5" and this was the best mod I could do as I am no longer sitting on the nose of the seat. My butt now sits further back as it is designed to do and is much more comfortable. The other option would be to put new bars on the bike that would allow me to achieve the same seating position