BMW 1100GS pillion seat lock

[donkeydoo]

Yep me again, one little thing after another at the moment with the old girl...

Pillion seat lock has snapped off, has anyone done a neat trick to secure the seat to avoid replacing the locking unit?

Cheers again in advance all.

 

[j0hnbarker]

This happened to me when I took delivery of my 1100GS a few weeks ago.

The locking mech had been repaired with some cable ties before but I was ham fisted getting the seat off and finished it off.

I just shelled the £60 odd for a new one in the end. Was easy enough to swap the lock barrel over and protect the tools from tool thieves the world over.

 

[donkeydoo]

Cheers for the reply, Wasn't too worried about tools but more so about the scroats nicking the wifes seat, anyway had a right touch that there was a locking mechanism on a spare sub frame I had lurking in a corner of the garage. All sorted in about an hour or so....

Cheers