So upon y'all's suggestion, I decided to raise the front of my seat, since several of ya said it only costs 5 bucks or so to do it.  And cuz my seat hurts my butt.

Y'all said that knowing full well a man can't go into Lowes and walk outa there with two screws and two rubber bottle stoppers and a few pieces of adhesive-backed felt.

So let this be a warning to you guys that haven't done this mod yet. When you go in there, you just might end up leaving with a socket wrench extension, a 3/8" to 1/4" adapter, a new set of drill bits, and a nice, straight-grained plank of red oak that's just begging to be whittled into a bow (even if you don't need another dang bow!)

And a receipt that shows you barely got outa there for $60! You've been warned.

dontwannapickle

Hay you got off easy !  

I went to Ebay and bought a two piece Harley seat for $$$ , then went to LOWES .    

ended up making some mounting brackets (bar-stock) , pop-riviting (fasteners)  them in cutting the pan (fine tooth saw) and tucking seat (sissors) material then stapling (back to fasteners).

But it sits GOOD  

Hay dontwantapickle ... I'm going right through Huntsville next month on the way to Texas  we going to go ride the Twisted Sisters, You want to go ?  (OK, it ain't the Dragon-thread)  
 

I've learned to take the BIKE to lowes, if I don't actually NEED anything big, it cuts down on the amount of junk I can talk myself into buying  

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 03/09/15 at 09:18:51:

Those guys are nuts... ...

Truth is, I already knew better. Fell into the trap anyway.

MM, I've been checking out those road trip plans and was thinking more along the lines of joining up with y'all in June. I like the mountains and I like to fling lead, too. 'Specially with frontstuffers and 'specially at critters.

I went to the Dragon a few years ago with a group that rides my other kind of bike (yamaha crotchrocket) but haven't been back since I found out they're not as aggressive about staying alive as I am. First ride of the weekend our lead rider lowsided under a 350Z about a mile before we even hit the CROT. Next four riders went around that curve so blindly they shot through the wreck scene so fast they couldn't stop for anther 50 yards or so. After performing about an hour of unsuccessful CPR come to find out that he was their third death in a half-dozen trips there! Talk about ruining a vacation. Learned that day that ya gotta choose yer riding partners carefully. Ya might have to taste their puke. Y'all don't get folks killed on yer rides, do ya?

Yeah, and this from the guy who fractured his back 2 years ago .....

We only get hurt lightly, but all the old timers are skint up (scarred) to some degree ('cept maybe Dave).

dontwannapickle you know you can only believe about half of what ya read on this site, But I'm telling ya for real nobody here drives crazy except the ones with handles that begin with "OLD"  

Personally I don't like to drive faster than my Sighted-Stopping distance.   most of the time ...

but:

Those same fellers will wait on us at the next intersection   most of the time.



Those front loaders are a lot of FUN !  I've got 3 of em myself .     There plenty of Iron targets spaced about but we got to watch-out for the cows , they are really pricey now days .

JOG, your rules are nice for local riding.  

In the mountains, the lead guy is seeing everything fresh & new for the very first time and since we don't repeat many roads, for the only time.

The ones behind him are scoping his entry lines and entry speed for info, but if he screws up they are riding along into it on false data.

Dave and Lancer and MM can either lead or follow as both can keep up with anybody.

Nobody could keep up with Big Zuk (not me, not Lancer, not MM)

Nobody could keep the White Goldwing from passing them on the Dragon (although we all tried).

I only lead intentionally when some Hurleys are following me close behind ....    

    <hee hee>