PROBLEM:
Hello there. I bought a cheap ebay rear seat cowl and i was dissapointed because its not hot swappable, like the one the bigger bikes have. The genuine one has the same problem, even they completely hide it everywhere.
I came from 600cc. I refure to screw/unscrew the iron piece each time i want to replace my seat cowl with my seat. I just want to turn the seat key.
SOLUTION:
At seat cowl, carefully detach the black foam. Not entirely, just to loose the nuts. Remove the black metal from the other side.
I bought a cheap rear seat from ebay, around $22.
I removed the "skin" and the foam and only keep the white plastic.Using a gardening pruner i cut the white plastic (like butter). Dremel and saw didn't work. It's hard to describe the shape, so i attached one picture. The black metal from seat cowl is holding the white plastic in place, put it back.
When you slide the white piece underneath the red dots, a slight distortion is made, causing the green lines to NOT be parallels anymore, thus a little hard when inserting the cowl in the bike. There are solutions but it didn't disturbs me very much, so i left it.
Watch out the purple adjustment bar I think that i'm at correct position but check it yourself before you advance. Too down will cause the cowl to be removed from the bike if you pull it's tail. The black metal will hold you from not going very down. Don't go very up also.
CONCLUSION:
The final product is perfect, you swap it in a second when a beautiful girl appears. It stands in correct position, no need for adjustment. It may not be strong for thievery but i don't think that's weaker than the original seat cowl. Total cost <=$50. It's easy to do, with a huge possibility of success.
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Hello there. I bought a cheap ebay rear seat cowl and i was dissapointed because its not hot swappable, like the one the bigger bikes have. The genuine one has the same problem, even they completely hide it everywhere.
I came from 600cc. I refure to screw/unscrew the iron piece each time i want to replace my seat cowl with my seat. I just want to turn the seat key.
SOLUTION:
At seat cowl, carefully detach the black foam. Not entirely, just to loose the nuts. Remove the black metal from the other side.
I bought a cheap rear seat from ebay, around $22.
I removed the "skin" and the foam and only keep the white plastic.Using a gardening pruner i cut the white plastic (like butter). Dremel and saw didn't work. It's hard to describe the shape, so i attached one picture. The black metal from seat cowl is holding the white plastic in place, put it back.
When you slide the white piece underneath the red dots, a slight distortion is made, causing the green lines to NOT be parallels anymore, thus a little hard when inserting the cowl in the bike. There are solutions but it didn't disturbs me very much, so i left it.
Watch out the purple adjustment bar I think that i'm at correct position but check it yourself before you advance. Too down will cause the cowl to be removed from the bike if you pull it's tail. The black metal will hold you from not going very down. Don't go very up also.
CONCLUSION:
The final product is perfect, you swap it in a second when a beautiful girl appears. It stands in correct position, no need for adjustment. It may not be strong for thievery but i don't think that's weaker than the original seat cowl. Total cost <=$50. It's easy to do, with a huge possibility of success.
