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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 05:08 PM
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Default Sundowner seat cracking on bottom?

I put this on General Chat, but no response, so I will try here.

I'm looking for a used Sundowner seat for my 06 1200-C on ebay, about 50% of them say they have some cracking on the bottom pan around the center plate. Most of them say the cracks are small and the seats still work fine.
Is this a commen problem with Sundowners...Thanks...
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 05:38 PM
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Default RE: Sundowner seat cracking on bottom?

A friend of mine had a Sundowner on his Sportster and had the same problem. That is why I bought a Mustang seat for the Sportster I had, and the Super Glide I have now.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 05:47 PM
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Default RE: Sundowner seat cracking on bottom?

Yes, its very common. Mine cracked around the plate the first week I had it (they may be farily comfortable seats but poorly made and dont always fit well). The cracks on most are just at the edges where the plastic pan is formed around the metal plate and seldom crack further (mines a year old and crack is no bigger. If you dont mind sitting higher and paying more the Mustang is a better choice (had one of those as wellfor several thousand miles and though comfortable I just did not care for the look of it when soloor seat hgt.)
 
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 07:46 PM
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A year now. Never had a problem.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 08:08 PM
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Default RE: Sundowner seat cracking on bottom?

My stock seat on my 06 1200 C is cracking in same place. Bike only has 2200 miles. Plus I only weigh 180LBS.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 11:23 PM
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Default RE: Sundowner seat cracking on bottom?

Its a factory cut that looks like a crack, lots of folks think the seats are broken. Ask them will they take a discount

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Old Feb 29, 2008 | 08:45 PM
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From the feedback, looks me the cracking is no big deal.
Thanks for the response...
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Old Feb 29, 2008 | 09:31 PM
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Default RE: Sundowner seat cracking on bottom?

Did you look and see the that the 2 cracks are identical on both sides? And that they are just factory stress relief cuts?
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From the feedback, looks me the cracking is no big deal.
Thanks for the response...
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Thats good to know.
 
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try drilling a hole at the end of the crack. Thatmay stop it from going any further.
 
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