PMPinheiro
New member
Hi,
I'll try to make a little review about the Shad seat I have for almost a year in my FZ8, the image is for illustration only, this is not my bike, but the seat is just as mine is.
The order arrived in a big package and well packed. The seat was bought new, and arrived without scratches, just perfect.
The price was 250€, not a cheap mod, but despite my worries, for the quality, it was worth it.
Mounting the seat required some hardware from the original seat, small metal pieces made to secure the seat structure to the motorcycle chassis. Those pieces had to be unscrewed and mounted on the new seat. other than that, the installation on the motorycle was just plug in.
The ride quality:
Here is one of the most importante parts.
I bought this seat to better accomodate the passenger, since my girlfriend allways complained she could not handle the passenger position for longer than 40/50km. With this new seat she is 1 or 2 cm higher and with a less inclined position, that made quite a difference. She can now travel for longer periods and with the knees less bent.
The passenger seat has a thinker sponge, and that makes a more comfortable travel. The bumps are less noticeable.
The rider seat has less sponge and is less inclined too, being thiner, I had some concerns about the comfort it could provide, but because of it's design, more plane, it ives you a larger área to be sit, this means your ass has the weight of your body distributed for a bigger area, so, less weight for cm2 lol all this means it's comfy
Both seats have anti slip padded surfasse, this works just fine.
Bottom line, it's a very good seat, you can travel longer and because of the non-slip surfasse you aren't smahed to the fuel tank.
Worth the investment.
I'll try to make a little review about the Shad seat I have for almost a year in my FZ8, the image is for illustration only, this is not my bike, but the seat is just as mine is.
The order arrived in a big package and well packed. The seat was bought new, and arrived without scratches, just perfect.
The price was 250€, not a cheap mod, but despite my worries, for the quality, it was worth it.
Mounting the seat required some hardware from the original seat, small metal pieces made to secure the seat structure to the motorcycle chassis. Those pieces had to be unscrewed and mounted on the new seat. other than that, the installation on the motorycle was just plug in.
The ride quality:
Here is one of the most importante parts.
I bought this seat to better accomodate the passenger, since my girlfriend allways complained she could not handle the passenger position for longer than 40/50km. With this new seat she is 1 or 2 cm higher and with a less inclined position, that made quite a difference. She can now travel for longer periods and with the knees less bent.
The passenger seat has a thinker sponge, and that makes a more comfortable travel. The bumps are less noticeable.
The rider seat has less sponge and is less inclined too, being thiner, I had some concerns about the comfort it could provide, but because of it's design, more plane, it ives you a larger área to be sit, this means your ass has the weight of your body distributed for a bigger area, so, less weight for cm2 lol all this means it's comfy
Both seats have anti slip padded surfasse, this works just fine.
Bottom line, it's a very good seat, you can travel longer and because of the non-slip surfasse you aren't smahed to the fuel tank.
Worth the investment.
