Subject: RE: Police Solo Mounting
Author: A-VAC
Date: May 24, 2005, 7:32 AM
Post ID: 1718915803
Joe,
When mounting the seat, I wanted to retain the front mount, which is
actually a hinge. I just thought it looked cool. So I modified the two side
plates of the front mount / hinge by cutting them down a bit and drilling a
new hole to match the one in the frame. I cut off an inch or two from the
hinge, which is just a piece of tubing with the plate on each side. I used
an 8mm bolt through the frame and the front was done. For the back mount, I
cut off the original "T" and bolted another one on just in front of it, so
it came out just above the original seat mount holes on each side. Then I
used a couple of rubber mounts with 8mm studs sticking out each end and
bolted it down. It was really quite easy once I figured out what I wanted to
do. I weigh 195# and have a 32" inseam. The seat fits me real well and is
quite comfortable.
Let me know if you have any other questions or need detailed pictures.
Good luck,
Don
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From: joe jump [mailto:jum-@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 6:30 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: Police Solo Mounting
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Don,
Remind me to put on my sunglasses if I ever get the chance to
see your bike in the flesh - Man, Is that Shiney!!
I just picked up one of thoose Basket-Weave Harley Police Solos
too (Thanks Ebay!), and was just this morning looking at how to fab up
brackets to mount it. I noticed you kept the original T-bracket, which
required mounting the seat a bit farther aft than I was thinking. I was
planning on removing the T-bracket & making up mounts to interface with
the original Guzzi mounting points. One of the reasons I wanted to do
this is to leave as much room as possible for access to the saddlebags;
the aft end of the Police Solo gets pretty wide, overlapping the tops of
the bags. Was there some reason you discovered that may cause problems
for me to do it that way, or did you try that & find it uncomfortable?
I'm just over 6ft, 32" inseam, and about 215#.
I would appreciate your input too, Greg.
Thanks for your time,
Joe in St Louis
850T-Powered Ambo
"Junkyard"
A-VAC wrote:
I found a new take-off seat from a late model Harley police bike at a swap meet for $60. After a little modification to the mounting bracket it fit right on. Very comfortable and in my opinion, doesn't look too bad either. For a photo of the bike, taken at it's first outing, at the Arizona rally, go to :http://www.spodeteam.com/guzzi.html Don |
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