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Seat Mods for S40
06/05/14 at 18:41:31

First of all, leet me say that doing a search on the word "seat" in this forum is an exercise in frustration.

Putting that behind me, I'd like to know people's thoughts about whether the standard seat mod to raise the front is a good idea for the S40, or if it really addresses a problem specific to the Savage. What do you think? Is the S40 seat more flat, so it doesn't need the seat mod?

Finally, I'd really appreciate someone helping me find options for aftermarket seats for the S40 that are more comfortable than the stock seat. For example, is there a seat manufacturer who has an online catalog that can be RELIABLY filtered by bike model?

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Yoshi Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 874 LongIsland, N.Y. Gender:	Re: Seat Mods for S40 Reply #1 - 06/05/14 at 19:13:53 Clymers manual is what you want/need I did the seat lift mod and it helped a bit, I now got the 6" forward controls and that helped out even more, I made a 84 mile trip, it was more tolerable with the mods but I still need to get a more cushioned seat
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oldNslow Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2683 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: Seat Mods for S40 Reply #2 - 06/05/14 at 19:26:43 The only aftermarket seat that I'm aware of for these bikes is made by Corbin. There is very little aftermarket stuff available for Savages/S40s. Most folks that want a different seat have had to adapt something from, or for, another bike.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Seat Mods for S40 Reply #3 - 06/05/14 at 21:00:50 http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1109035237 http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1399598500 http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1161011205
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Re: Seat Mods for S40
Reply #4 - 06/05/14 at 21:49:26

The harley sportster two up stiletto seat can be lightly modified to fit the savage frame if you search sportster seat it should come up. This also requires yet hat you are able to find one of those seats at a decent price. I so far have not been able to as of lately. For some strange reason harley owners think their take offs are worth small fortunes.

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Re: Seat Mods for S40
Reply #5 - 06/06/14 at 04:37:59

verslagen1 wrote on 06/05/14 at 21:00:50:

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1109035237

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1399598500

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1161011205

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Thanks! I'd read those first two threads, but the third one is new to me.

The Corbin seat looks really nice. I might try that one.

Airhawk lists six of their motorcycle cushions for the S40. Does anyone know if these actually work on the S40?

http://www.motorcyclecushions.net/c-7-airhawk-motorcycle-cushions.aspx?Sectio...

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Re: Seat Mods for S40
Reply #6 - 06/06/14 at 06:08:23

ihasabike I don't know how you are searching the site for into, but one of the easier ways instead of using the search feature on the site is to go to a browser search page like Google and try this 'Suzukisavage.com seats' under the first set of search results there is usually an option 'More results from Suzukisavage.com' that will show you all the posts related to seats from the site. of course you can narrow results with more specific parameters then just seats Wink

I hope this enables your frustration to stop exercising and start eating Bon Bons on the couch while you enjoy searching the site for knowledge Cheesy

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swedishbiker Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 119 Växjö Sweden Gender:	Re: Seat Mods for S40 Reply #7 - 06/06/14 at 10:23:21 http://suzukisavage.com/yabb2.2/Attachments/PICT0004.png I have a Sporster seat.
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ihasabike Full Member Offline ^^ihasapicofit! Posts: 121	Re: Seat Mods for S40 Reply #8 - 06/07/14 at 07:05:16 I messaged Corbin to ask if their seat will fit my 2012 S40. The website says it is for model years 2005-2011, but I'm not sure if they just forgot to update the info in 2012, and then again in 2013, etc.
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oldNslow Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2683 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: Seat Mods for S40 Reply #9 - 06/07/14 at 08:01:43 ihasabike wrote on 06/07/14 at 07:05:16: I messaged Corbin to ask if their seat will fit my 2012 S40. The website says it is for model years 2005-2011, but I'm not sure if they just forgot to update the info in 2012, and then again in 2013, etc. I'm pretty sure the '12,'13 etc. are the same.
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