pillion install...what did I do wrong???
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pillion install...what did I do wrong???
Man, just put the new pillion pad on and it looks like a total disaster. I've read the instructions fifty times, but I must be missing something. After install with grap strap, you can literally pick the entire seat up and it just flops all over the place. Doesn't look very safe.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
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I must not be getting something right...okay lets forget about the grab strap.
The thing is flexible between the old solo and the new pillion, and with the pillion now screwed into the last hole, I can literally grab the seat in the middle and pull it up in the air like three or four inches.
The thing is flexible between the old solo and the new pillion, and with the pillion now screwed into the last hole, I can literally grab the seat in the middle and pull it up in the air like three or four inches.
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usafa83,
I don't think you're doing anything wrong. There's no mount point between the two seats, so you are going to get a little bit of a loose feel. Mine is the same. I don't much care for that either.
I'm mounting the solo rack and detachable pillion with sissy bar soon, though. I rarely ride 2up, and I think the detachable with the sissy bar will feel better for her anyway.
I don't think you're doing anything wrong. There's no mount point between the two seats, so you are going to get a little bit of a loose feel. Mine is the same. I don't much care for that either.
I'm mounting the solo rack and detachable pillion with sissy bar soon, though. I rarely ride 2up, and I think the detachable with the sissy bar will feel better for her anyway.
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Yeah, hell, I'm thinking of chucking the damn thing and just getting a two up seat. That way I can just swap back and forth. I'm telling you, that stupid screw that holds the seat in the fender has to be one of Harley's greatest design flaws ever. I have been cussing that POS for twenty years now!
Yeah, hell, I'm thinking of chucking the damn thing and just getting a two up seat. That way I can just swap back and forth. I'm telling you, that stupid screw that holds the seat in the fender has to be one of Harley's greatest design flaws ever. I have been cussing that POS for twenty years now!
For what it's worth, my 2-up is a LePera Daytona...looks decent, and the wife says it's comfy, so I'm happy with it.
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just smoosh them together and bolt them together... they are foam man they move... if you have any questions ill do a you tube of how to do it... i used to swap seats all the time and can pull on and off my passanger pill in like 30 second s
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it will break in and sit flat after a little riding. And for the strap, you will need to cut the strap and cut a new hole in it cause it's too long. I love the back support of the passenger extension on the stock seat.
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I just put the pillion and detachable sissy bar on mine last weekend.....there is some play where the two seats go together....but after the sissy bar was put on it seemed to have made it more stable........put about 130 miles on it yesterday with the wife on the back and she seemed to think it was comfortable.......