Help With Seat I.D. - Part number?

[warp9.9]

You need to look at the touring seat Speedy adapted it to fit the Classic/roadster/standard model. I took it for a ride and man can't wait until I get the time and well get back home (maybe by the end of August if I am lucky) to work on one.

 

[Speedy]

I took a touring one up seat and adapted it to fit my Classic. Not difficult, but not for the faint of heart either. The standard latch has to be turned 180 degrees, so to use the same cable my key is now on the shifter side, or shall I say, a , ahem, the correct side. A new hole is put in the side cover, a block off plate fills the old hole, an aluminum angle is riveted to the seat pan and is used to mount the latch stud. The plastic seat pan was heated with a hot air gun and the "wings" opened slightly so that they fit over the upper shock bolts. Then I made a laminated hardwood stand to hold a back rest pad from a Triumph sissy bar. The hardwood stand is necked down so that it is narrow and thus becomes a spring which lets the back rest float a little rather than being rigid. The back rest is mounted via a swivel bracket that lets the back pad rotate forward and down or up and back. This feature along with the spring stem makes this the most comfortable backrest I have ever leaned against. It always "fits". The stem fits the square seat socket and is bolted from underneath with four small lag bolts. Sanded, primed and painted black. Numerous other little details but nothing that can't be easily done with a little time and skill.

The seat has had the cover removed and the foam contoured to add "cheek" reliefs. I can't tolerate pressure on my tail bone so this was essential to me as the stock Triumph seats are rounded up as they go back so they put pressure forward on my backside which drove me crazy.

It turned out well. If you don't know Triumph Rockets and what came on which model you wouldn't even notice that it is not stock.

 

[R3Tex]

Careful trying to replicate what @Speedy does...specially if he says it's not for the faint of heart. He's a pretty sharp cat and I KNOW I couldn't replicate some of the things he does.

 

[Joesmoe]

I had a look at his bike at Mayberry Days last fall, and . . . you took the words right out of my mouth -- though in my case, I couldn't replicate *anything* he's done. His bike is a Triumph designer/engineer's dream.

 

[barbagris]

His bike is a Triumph designer/engineer's dream.........Numerous other little details but nothing that can't be easily done with a little time and skill.

And thus is probably a commercial design engineers nightmare.

 

[Speedy]

Maybe that is why I have nightmares?? One thing to customize for one's own tastes and physical attributes and another task entirely when forced to make a product appealing and useable by 95% of prospective consumers and control costs while doing so.

When working on my toys those constraints don't apply. Customizing is my therapy: it lets me be free to explore what I choose. And if my ideas or execution don't work there is no one to blame but me.

 

[barbagris]

Customizing is my therapy: it lets me be free to explore what I choose. And if my ideas or execution don't work there is no one to blame but me.

Well that makes two of us - Though when things don't work I stay awake all night blaming myself.

A Nightmare looks OK to me.

 

[Tonester]

Well that makes two of us - Though when things don't work I stay awake all night blaming myself.

A Nightmare looks OK to me.

That makes 3 of us. I stew and stew about a problem until I find a solution. I could be out doing something totally different, out having dinner with my better half for example. When suddenly I get a solution/idea about something I've been working on and yell "I've got it!" Her reply is usually along the lines of "Oh here we go..." On any custom work I do, I feel I've done my job when my work isn't noticed... Does that make sense?
T.

 

[Tonester]

I took a touring one up seat and adapted it to fit my Classic. Not difficult, but not for the faint of heart either. The standard latch has to be turned 180 degrees, so to use the same cable my key is now on the shifter side, or shall I say, a , ahem, the correct side. A new hole is put in the side cover, a block off plate fills the old hole, an aluminum angle is riveted to the seat pan and is used to mount the latch stud. The plastic seat pan was heated with a hot air gun and the "wings" opened slightly so that they fit over the upper shock bolts. Then I made a laminated hardwood stand to hold a back rest pad from a Triumph sissy bar. The hardwood stand is necked down so that it is narrow and thus becomes a spring which lets the back rest float a little rather than being rigid. The back rest is mounted via a swivel bracket that lets the back pad rotate forward and down or up and back. This feature along with the spring stem makes this the most comfortable backrest I have ever leaned against. It always "fits". The stem fits the square seat socket and is bolted from underneath with four small lag bolts. Sanded, primed and painted black. Numerous other little details but nothing that can't be easily done with a little time and skill.

The seat has had the cover removed and the foam contoured to add "cheek" reliefs. I can't tolerate pressure on my tail bone so this was essential to me as the stock Triumph seats are rounded up as they go back so they put pressure forward on my backside which drove me crazy.

It turned out well. If you don't know Triumph Rockets and what came on which model you wouldn't even notice that it is not stock.

This is intense! I LOVE IT!!! Any pictures? I can appreciate what you have done but I might be going down the road of notching out the back with a plate bolted to the under side of the seat... however Speedy... now you've got me thinking
T.

 

[barbagris]

When suddenly I get a solution/idea about something I've been working on and yell "I've got it!" Her reply is usually along the lines of "Oh here we go..." On any custom work I do, I feel I've done my job when my work isn't noticed... Does that make sense? T.

My missus goes into panic when she hears "I've been thinking". Custom work is all about the journey, though I'll admit making it to the destination helps.