LePera's Hardware Sucks
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From: Pt. Jeff Sta. L.I., N.Y.
LePera's Hardware Sucks
Just received my seat after 2 1/2 weeks. I ordered the Barebones with the Avanti pattern with the buttons in a burnt orange metalflake. The seat is awesome, the mounting hardware sucks. They make you buy a bung to fit into the plugged hole in the fender. Why don't they just make the seat fit the existing mount? I mean after spending $332 on the seat they can't throw in the mounting bung? Then they give you this one size fits all bracket to mount to the seat. They don't even offer it in black. It looks like sh#t. I painted it flat black to match the bike but I sure am pissed. It looks liked a rigged up bracket, very uncool. Come on Ashley get your act together. We are spending good money to get a crappy looking inexpensive part that kills the look. With their volume how much could a well thought out bracket cost? Anyone else annoyed?
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All I did was move the threaded nut thats in the fender foward and the black plug back. I didnt have aney problems. I think the bracket looks good on my black fatboy but the crome would look like chit on a flat black.....I love my seat, Why are you so mad...She told you 3 weeks just like she did me and mine also came in 18 days
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Lol mine didnt require any extra h/w. You should post pics up because i dont know what your talkin about bro. So are you pissed at harley because they didnt black out all your h/w on your bike for you also?
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Here's why he's pissed (see pic below):
A shiny metal tab has to stick out from underneath the seat to reach that hole and hold the seat down. I can see what he's saying. The hardware they provide is something that can be purchased at just about any hardware store and isn't very well thought out. They also don't provide the bolt sleeve fit that hole. The stock one for the passenger seat can be used, tho.
In my case, I'm going with a custom fender that won't come pre-drilled with a hole to mount the seat, so I'm trying to think of a way to mount the seat so that the hardware won't be seen. Any ideas?
Any suggestions might help the OP with his issue, as well.
A shiny metal tab has to stick out from underneath the seat to reach that hole and hold the seat down. I can see what he's saying. The hardware they provide is something that can be purchased at just about any hardware store and isn't very well thought out. They also don't provide the bolt sleeve fit that hole. The stock one for the passenger seat can be used, tho.
In my case, I'm going with a custom fender that won't come pre-drilled with a hole to mount the seat, so I'm trying to think of a way to mount the seat so that the hardware won't be seen. Any ideas?
Any suggestions might help the OP with his issue, as well.