got a bit further on the seat pan/ tail piece today
The seat is an Ebay special NOS for a 2003 Triumph Daytona. It is made in Italy and weighs maybe 2 pounds, plastic base.
I sat on one of these at a dealership and found it really comfortable. I also sat on a variety of new or nearly new Jap sport bikes, they were all torture. I thought the GSXR was the worst.
Triumph builds some really fast machines but still finds a way to make them comfortable. I'm copying the Tirumph Daytona riding position as much as possible. This meant breaking the tack welds on the rear sets and moving them down about 3".
The seat also fit well to the shape of the tubes that I had already in place, had the desired taper in.
There is adequate room under the cowl for a lightweight dry cell Ballistic Battery, turn signal module, voltage reg and anything else needed. The seat will be quick detachable for access to the electrics.
The seat is an Ebay special NOS for a 2003 Triumph Daytona. It is made in Italy and weighs maybe 2 pounds, plastic base.
I sat on one of these at a dealership and found it really comfortable. I also sat on a variety of new or nearly new Jap sport bikes, they were all torture. I thought the GSXR was the worst.
Triumph builds some really fast machines but still finds a way to make them comfortable. I'm copying the Tirumph Daytona riding position as much as possible. This meant breaking the tack welds on the rear sets and moving them down about 3".
The seat also fit well to the shape of the tubes that I had already in place, had the desired taper in.
There is adequate room under the cowl for a lightweight dry cell Ballistic Battery, turn signal module, voltage reg and anything else needed. The seat will be quick detachable for access to the electrics.