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Posted by chief
- April 05, 2010, 12:13:41 PMDON'T grind off anything... you will regret it.
The seat you have is not a drifter seat. It is a springer seat added at some point. The springs appear to be 6 inches. In my honest opinion, you would be better of removing that seat and replacing it with an oem solo, or repositioning that seat appropriately. Have a look at the seat page, and in the accessories area of the web site.
Posted by ski.dive
- April 04, 2010, 19:26:21 PMI agree, that seat is way too tall & looks weird and bad on your bike...
Posted by griz01
- April 04, 2010, 18:04:08 PMMan that seat looks really high, appears it must be at least 6" taller than the factory one and seems to be moved lot further forward. I see you have springs under it. Is thts true or is the height just a distortion on the camera? Have you ridden this seat much? can you reach the ground? I am having a Chummie built too be put on my 1500 that I was worried about it being to high; and I have a 36" inseam! Mine appears to be a lot lower than yours.
Posted by Indy
- April 04, 2010, 17:44:55 PMHi,, buy a 800 and you have no problems with the brackets... 
her a photo from mine
Indy
Posted by Adams
- April 04, 2010, 16:39:58 PMHere are some pictures of the bracket I want to remove. The first pic shows the bracket up close, as you can see the brackect sticks out like a sore thumb. I have no intention of putting saddlebags on the bike, and I'm very happy with the seat I installed, so I have no need for the seat bracket. My only concern is will removing the bracket weaken the bike structurally.
Posted by jcf
- April 04, 2010, 12:10:53 PMChief is right that bracket is removable. I removed mine when I went to the solo seat. I kept the bracket. I wouldn't do any grinding frame wise.
Posted by chief
- April 03, 2010, 13:34:24 PMIts better to cover it up... so you will have the option of adding a double, or whatever in the future. And, it WILL impact potential buyers in the future... which is not something I care much about myself.
Posted by Adams
- April 02, 2010, 22:36:15 PMThanks for the input, If I decide to remove the bracket, I'll post before and after pictures.
Posted by motosickle
- April 02, 2010, 19:09:22 PMi agree with Chief,but if you're bound and determined to use that new Sawzall , as long as there is no cross brace past the area being cut....you'll be ok structurally.
Posted by chief
- April 02, 2010, 17:59:59 PMAll the double seat and bag brackets are removable ... The skirt of most seats cover the frame pretty well. I wouldn't grind off anything back there personally.
Posted by Adams
- April 01, 2010, 22:24:01 PMThis is somewhat hard to explain without photos, but here goes. On a 1500, has anyone either cut off or ground off the bracket (just past the rear shock) you connect your saddle bag mounts to? The reason I ask is that I put on a solo seat, and the bracket sits out like a sore thumb, so I want to remove it. So my question is will removing this bracket so close to where the shock mounts cause and structural problems?