AusTexS10
Well-Known Member
I picked up an almost new standard Touratech driver seat for my 2013. I love the way it feels when I'm riding, but with the Yamaha adjuster plate in the low position it evidently sits a lot higher than my oem did. I could almost flat foot it with the oem after I did the leveling trick with the lower bumpers, but the TT has me literally on tiptoes and it's a bit scary on anything but a clean paved surface. I pulled the lower bumpers from my oem figuring I'd fix the problem the same way I did before with the oem, but found the bumpers on the TT are almost the exact same height as the lower Yamaha bumpers, so that wouldn't help.
I'm wondering if anyone else has had a similar problem and found a fix for it. Any and all suggestions would be appreciated. I otherwise really like the seat, but if I can't find a way to lower it I'll have to post it in the For Sale section and go back to my oem for less comfortable but safer riding. I want a fix for the seat and am not looking for suggestions like lowering links and the complications (i.e., side and center stand issues) attendant to lowering the bike itself.
My apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere; I did a search and couldn't find an answer for this problem with this specific seat.
Thanks for any and all ideas.
I'm wondering if anyone else has had a similar problem and found a fix for it. Any and all suggestions would be appreciated. I otherwise really like the seat, but if I can't find a way to lower it I'll have to post it in the For Sale section and go back to my oem for less comfortable but safer riding. I want a fix for the seat and am not looking for suggestions like lowering links and the complications (i.e., side and center stand issues) attendant to lowering the bike itself.
My apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere; I did a search and couldn't find an answer for this problem with this specific seat.
Thanks for any and all ideas.