Anyone had any

[Sixty7]

Experience with one of these touratech seat extensions for the 1150gs adv

http://shop.touratech.co.uk/seat-extension-bmw-r1150gs-adventure.html#!prettyPhoto

 

[John Armstrong]

Yes. And?

 

[Twotter]

Over a £100 to say your other half has a fat bum???

Brave man

 

[Sixty7]

Over a £100 to say your other half has a fat bum???

Brave man

maybe but the adv does have a small pillion perch unlike the normal gs I bought the bike mainly to have the mrs on the back but the stock seat is rubbish so I was wondering if anyone has one, are the worth the money..?? are they comfy and so on..

 

[Fanum]

Yep....for a good few years now.

Positives......
Comfy, to the point she goes to sleep on a longer ride very easily
More space for BOTH of us to move about on bike (very positive, as I'm 6 foot 4 and neither of us are 'petite'
Nothing else on the market that does the job but allows me to keep the ADV seat that I really like for solo off-road

Negatives

As waterproof as a bit of Kleenex.
Not only soaks up water, but HOLDS it in its sponge, so even after a month of no rain, sit on it and it pisses out water all down the Missus' arse
Ridiculously, extortionately expensive for what it is
Makes fitting a top box a pain in the arse...you have to make up plates and move the box so far back you'll pull wheelies in 5th two up, and even then the grab rail becomes useless.
The replacement grab bar looks crap.
I'm glad I've got it, but would I buy one again? FUCK NO.
I'd borrow one*, make a template from the base, cut a bit of foam, a gel pad and a bit of PVC/faux leather covering from a marine chandler's and make one up for a fraction of the cost, and doesn't soak up water like a frigging tampon.

HTH

*EDIT
It's a simple pad of foam, badly sealed, on a rigid base.......all you'd need to do is get a pair of scissors, some cardboard and a pencil and cut some crescent shapes with a slightly squared inside curve out of it.....line it up on bike after removing OEM grab rail and make a shape to fit out of 3/4 inch ply or some thick rigid yet softish plastic or something.
Glue some foam on, several layers, using a proper glue for foam, whack on a mouse mat or gel pad on top, make it all a good 25% bigger than it needs to be, then trim it down with some decent scissors.....then either take that pad and base to a furniture restorer/seat specialist or just buy some suitable material, cut cover to size, sew if necessary, staple the cover down with a ten quid staple gun from....er..Staples and fit it.

 

[Sixty7]

Could u do a template for me then....

 

[Fanum]

Could u do a template for me then....

Yes, but I won't.

Two good reasons (I'm not being a git )

Something I forgot to add to my list of negatives is that the extra pad makes it really difficult to take the seat off, and doubly tricky to get it on about, as it sits too high in relation to the back edge of the OEM seat and as you try and line up the seat for its slide forwards and down into the cups at the front, it squirts stale water all over you. (literally squirts, through all the stitch holes in the seams)

Secondly, I made a rather large ally plate rack, as you can see from the pic.....as part of that, I re-drilled various holes to bolt down the TT pad...the original bolts were only M4 I think, way too lightweight IMO, so I think I made them up to M8

I can unbolt it all and cut out a shape the same size as the base, but frankly, I'd make my own if I were you, allowing more clearance around the back curve of the OEM seat and lining up with the holes that you have but I no longer do.

If you take off your OEM grab rail, you'll be able to see pretty well what shape it needs to be, and cutting a bit of card out and playing with it will give you a better result

 

[Sixty7]

Yes, but I won't.

Two good reasons (I'm not being a git )

Something I forgot to add to my list of negatives is that the extra pad makes it really difficult to take the seat off, and doubly tricky to get it on about, as it sits too high in relation to the back edge of the OEM seat and as you try and line up the seat for its slide forwards and down into the cups at the front, it squirts stale water all over you. (literally squirts, through all the stitch holes in the seams)

Secondly, I made a rather large ally plate rack, as you can see from the pic.....as part of that, I re-drilled various holes to bolt down the TT pad...the original bolts were only M4 I think, way too lightweight IMO, so I think I made them up to M8

I can unbolt it all and cut out a shape the same size as the base, but frankly, I'd make my own if I were you, allowing more clearance around the back curve of the OEM seat and lining up with the holes that you have but I no longer do.

If you take off your OEM grab rail, you'll be able to see pretty well what shape it needs to be, and cutting a bit of card out and playing with it will give you a better result

I was only joking m8 hence the wink think I'll have to get one and get it recovered to match the seat with waterproof covering but thanx again for ur feedback really appreciated.....

 

[Fanum]

I was only joking m8 hence the wink think I'll have to get one and get it recovered to match the seat with waterproof covering but thanx again for ur feedback really appreciated.....

Every time Rosie gets a wet arse and insists I spend the next month with a carrier bag over the back end of the bike, I keep meaning to take the damn thing off, smear silicone heavily along all the seams and staple it back down.

It would still leave the main seat hard to get off and on, but after having it all on for a long time, all my leads and intercom type connections are re-routed anyway.
The only time I have to lift the seat now is to remove the panniers, 'cos I have LEDs on them which plug into a Kissan in the fuse box.

If you need a template after having a look at the shape you actually need, PM me and I'll sort it out though

 

[Sixty7]

Every time Rosie gets a wet arse and insists I spend the next month with a carrier bag over the back end of the bike, I keep meaning to take the damn thing off, smear silicone heavily along all the seams and staple it back down.

It would still leave the main seat hard to get off and on, but after having it all on for a long time, all my leads and intercom type connections are re-routed anyway.
The only time I have to lift the seat now is to remove the panniers, 'cos I have LEDs on them which plug into a Kissan in the fuse box.

If you need a template after having a look at the shape you actually need, PM me and I'll sort it out though

Yeah thanx for the offer.....

 

[John Armstrong]

Didn't bother with the TT grab rail, and chopped the extension down a bit so the topbox still fitted. Then got it recovered, in waterproof fabric so the missus was happy.

I got mine second hand so not such an expensive thing to butcher.

 

[enabb]

Got One

Fer sale





£55 posted

 

[Sixty7]

Fer sale





£55 posted

Why do these things come up when I'm skint....