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russ_g

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Last seat question OEM or Fab.
04/11/06 at 13:00:34

Just trying to decide which is more comfortable and easier to install. The Suzuki one piece gel seats (pillow), or some of the Sportster conversions available on Ebay. Anyone tried both? I'd like to clean up my 96 and get rid of the seat and sissy bar and go with the one piece style. what have other's done for the two chrome accents on the side of the rear fender? Just remove or replace with something else?

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USCG Cremeans

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Re: Last seat question OEM or Fab.
Reply #1 - 04/11/06 at 15:50:32

A lot of people remove the chrome side rails, a lot of people replace them with newr s40 side rails that don't hook up to a sissy bar, and some people leave them on without the sissy bar in. Others also make or buy a "grab bar" to put in where the sissy bar was. I am planning on making a grab bar as soon as i find the right metal tubing.. here are some pics:

Rails Removed (SAMM's bike) =

S40 Rails (Tom_R's Bike) =

Rails on, no sissybar (my bike) =

Grab Bar (No clue who's bike this is) =

Hope this helps

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Kropatchek Serious Thumper Offline Why more than 1 cylinder? Posts: 1457 Alphen a/d Rijn Netherlands Gender:	Re: Last seat question OEM or Fab. Reply #2 - 04/12/06 at 03:14:46 USCG Cremeans wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:04: Grab Bar (No clue who's bike this is) = http://suzukisavage.com/gallery/LSvenss5.jpg Hope this helps It's a German bike and as I can recall he made it outoff brass and had it chomed. Greetz Kropatchek
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thehoghunter Full Member 2004 No Login Offline Chop Suey Posts: 181 Tampa Gender:	Re: Last seat question OEM or Fab. Reply #3 - 04/12/06 at 04:21:30 or a combination of all of it!
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russ_g Ex Member	Re: Last seat question OEM or Fab. Reply #4 - 04/12/06 at 06:56:53 I like the S40 rails or the grab bar the most. Anyone have some s40 rails they want to part with?
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Jim_R Ex Member	Re: Last seat question OEM or Fab. Reply #5 - 04/12/06 at 07:08:36 I love the grab bar. I like the chrome rail look but I think the short sissybar isnt what I want at all. I think it just sticks out and interupts the flow of the lines of the bike. i would make one but I dont want to have to pay for it to be chromed. Maybe if I had someone bend some stainless steel.
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Odar

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Re: Last seat question OEM or Fab.
Reply #6 - 04/12/06 at 14:58:16

The bike with the short grab bar is mine, Odar and I live in Sweden.
Here is a link to my site, its my bike and some other peoples bikes as well, there is even a link to my other bike at the bottom.
As you can see I did change the seat to a lower one to make the "flow" be a little better then with the stock seat.
Link: http://wb524292.bahnhofbredband.se/sida3.htm
Take care Odar

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Odar
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Kropatchek

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Re: Last seat question OEM or Fab.
Reply #7 - 04/13/06 at 05:23:06

Odar wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:04:

The bike with the short grab bar is mine, Odar and I live in Sweden.
Here is a link to my site, its my bike and some other peoples bikes as well, there is even a link to my other bike at the bottom.
As you can see I did change the seat to a lower one to make the "flow" be a little better then with the stock seat.
Link: http://wb524292.bahnhofbredband.se/sida3.htm
Take care Odar

Sorry Odar for mentioning the German bike as reference. The blinkers are place more rearward as on my bike and I have seen that only on German bikes.

Greetz
Kropatchek Grin

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Never ask your bike to scream before her throat is warm.
'93 Sav in '96 ( yellow) looks

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Odar Junior Member Offline Odars ride Posts: 93 Stockholm Sweden Gender:	Re: Last seat question OEM or Fab. Reply #8 - 04/13/06 at 06:40:08 Its OK Kropatchek, I thought it was a god chance for me to put up a link again for my site I read on this forum every day but dont write that often, guess I am a bit lasy. Take care Odar
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theikeman Senior Member Offline Live each day as if it were your last ... Posts: 344 Gibsonton in South Florida Gender:	Re: Last seat question OEM or Fab. Reply #9 - 04/20/06 at 19:18:14 Odar Very nice job, bike looks awesome, who makes the seat? Ike
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Odar Junior Member Offline Odars ride Posts: 93 Stockholm Sweden Gender:	Re: Last seat question OEM or Fab. Reply #10 - 04/21/06 at 15:25:28 Thanks Its a German company called GTS. Here is a link : http://www.gts-seats.de The seat I have is the thin one (3cm) of Cobra seat. Take care Odar
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