I am changing the bike up. Ordered a new tail light that mounts on fender, instead of the side mount, want to do away with the spring mounted seat, add a solid mount seat solo, so I can sit lower in the bike. Any pics of the seats you have would be great if they are solid mounted.
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Any of ya hard tail guys running a solid mounted seat ? ( NO SPRINGS )
- Thread starter RatyXS
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CraigKrage
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DIRTY DOG
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Ran with this E&S Scorpion seat for four years in the mid '70s. The base is 8" wide. Strangely, it's too narrow now.
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livingdeadmc
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CraigKrage
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Hell Yeah LivingDead!
hard_y_rd
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Ya may as well run a solid mount on a hardtail. I have 2 inch springs and there is hardly any give to them.
Dieselchanic
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jdizon
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ANLAF
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RatyXS
I have two broke three inch springs, good for only for clipping bungee clips to. No give there to speak of, but then again I just rode 575 miles round Wales and didn't ache at all. Other guys on their posh new bikes complained of seat pain, back pain, everything pain after each day's riding. Not me - i never spill a drop. I'd like a bit more bounce, but what the heck.
ANLAF
I have two broke three inch springs, good for only for clipping bungee clips to. No give there to speak of, but then again I just rode 575 miles round Wales and didn't ache at all. Other guys on their posh new bikes complained of seat pain, back pain, everything pain after each day's riding. Not me - i never spill a drop. I'd like a bit more bounce, but what the heck.
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Ok so I took springs out. Looks better already. Lines of bike flow so much better. Dropped the angle of the bars also, took a little more off the ends of them. New tail light should be here tom. Hope I made the right choice( think I'll be fine) have to move the seat back about 2" to sit closer to fender and am gona make some kind of cover /filler piece for in front of it. It will work untill I find a seat that fits better or make one. Also going to radius the fender more to fit the wheel/tire and make some new fender strut braces.. Pics to follow. Thanks for the pics so far..
