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| mr_stang | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 23/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 271 | | Location | : | East Kurrajong, Australia |
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| | Posted : 24 Nov 2009 - 19:55 Post title : Longhaul passenger seat woes. | | | My wife cannot ride her bike for a couple of years so I ordered a 'better' seat for the pillion. Ordered the longhaul passenger seat and commenced waiting.......
Anyway the seat arrived yesterday so rushed to the dealer, picked it up and put it on the bike.
From the back it looked great - similar in style to the America pillion but a tad larger however.....
From the front it just does not fit with the stock riders seat.....
From the rear...
On it's own from the side
Fitted to the bike - from the front - see the huge gap between back of rider and pillion!
Will be taking it back to the dealer for a refund - can anyone suggest another pillion pad for the wife that will allow her to ride more than 40km without screaming?
Stan
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| mr_stang | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 23/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 271 | | Location | : | East Kurrajong, Australia |
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| | Posted : 24 Nov 2009 - 20:01 Post title : Re: Longhaul passenger seat woes. (Re: mr_stang) | | | The finance aspects are as follows;
in OZ$ - pillion pad is $279
Riders longhaul is $395
The dual combined rider and pillion is $589
So the triumph options are.....
1. Keep pillion pad and order new riders - outlay $395
2. Return pillion pad and get the dual - outlay $310
Other options are to return pillion and then I have $279 to play with if any other options are out there
Stan
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| DVR | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 651 | | Location | : | I'm Denis, from Belgium |
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| | Posted : 24 Nov 2009 - 20:24 Post title : Re: Longhaul passenger seat woes. (Re: mr_stang) | | | That shows how much higher the riders longhaul saddle is. Big difference.
If you are planning on riding solo a lot I would just bite the bullet and order the riders longhaul.
That way you can remove the pillion and have the cool look.
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| mustang66man | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 20/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 100 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 24 Nov 2009 - 21:16 Post title : Re: Longhaul passenger seat woes. (Re: mr_stang) | | | I have the long haul dual seat and love it. It's $359 US without the driver backrest. It's another$169US. I have it also, it's great.The long haul drivers seat is much more comfortable the the stock seat.
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| fab | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,515 | | Location | : | wyong, nsw, Australia |
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| | Posted : 02 Dec 2009 - 05:59 Post title : Re: Longhaul passenger seat woes. (Re: Xchoppers) | | | I wish triumph stipulated that you had to have the long haul drivers seat to match properly with the passenger long haul
I bought the long haul passenger seat ,my wife loves the seat but the look of it on the bike with the stanard seat is just wrong
way to big of a gap at the front.talked to my triumph dealer about it,and got him to put it on his demo bike and they could not belive the way it looked .We are in the prosses of trying to sort it out with triumph,we went through the accessories for the seats and nowhere does it say that the long haul passengers seat should or has to be used whith the long haul drives seat.
The only option i have is to buy the long haul driver seat or buy another aftermarket passenger seat
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| venator1226 | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 22/11/2009 | | Posts | : | 108 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 03 Jan 2010 - 06:14 Post title : Re: Longhaul passenger seat woes. (Re: fab) | | | It does state that at least now it does if it did not before....if you are using the build a Triumph section....under the passenger seat description it lists that the other seat is required....but I have seen other mistakes that are still omitted from the website. They do not seem to put much importance on accuracy on the site.
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| mustang66man | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 20/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 100 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 03 Jan 2010 - 14:47 Post title : Re: Longhaul passenger seat woes. (Re: venator1226) | | | Will your dealer give you a refund? If so, order the long haul duel seat, you'll both love it and it gives you the option of adding the driver back rest.
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| Kando | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 08/11/2009 | | Posts | : | 780 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 03 Jan 2010 - 16:03 Post title : Re: Longhaul passenger seat woes. (Re: mr_stang) | | | check out Buttybuddy.com for $99.95 US I may be ordering one soon!
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| Kando | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 08/11/2009 | | Posts | : | 780 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 03 Jan 2010 - 16:04 Post title : Re: Longhaul passenger seat woes. (Re: fab) | | | I think they do if you use the build your Triumph feature, usually says you can't buy this without that....
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| SeanS | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 17/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 1,179 | | Location | : | Matlock, Derbyshire UK, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 03 Jan 2010 - 16:42 Post title : Re: Longhaul passenger seat woes. (Re: fab) | | |
fab wrote:
I wish triumph stipulated that you had to have the long haul drivers seat to match properly with the passenger long haul
I bought the long haul passenger seat ,my wife loves the seat but the look of it on the bike with the stanard seat is just wrong
way to big of a gap at the front.talked to my triumph dealer about it,and got him to put it on his demo bike and they could not belive the way it looked .We are in the prosses of trying to sort it out with triumph,we went through the accessories for the seats and nowhere does it say that the long haul passengers seat should or has to be used whith the long haul drives seat.
The only option i have is to buy the long haul driver seat or buy another aftermarket passenger seat |
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Sorry to hear your woes Fab, but when I ordered my accessories including long haul to be fitted to my Bird back last July, the Triumph Bike Builder did state that long haul riders seat was required for this option. It seems incredible that your dealer didn't know this.
It does seem a shame though that if willing to wait some time that Trium.ph cannot supply a bike built to your exact specifications as with ordering anew vehicle from a car dealer.
Hope the ridings good out there. We're still snow bound in UK.
Regards Sean
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| fab | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,515 | | Location | : | wyong, nsw, Australia |
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| | Posted : 03 Jan 2010 - 18:54 Post title : Re: Longhaul passenger seat woes. (Re: SeanS) | | | Thanks seans, it has been sorted out now,ended up with the long haul riders seat so it matches the pillion now.
my dealer was very helpful and apologetic about it.when they contacted triumph about it,they said they would reword the description of the seats.And they did me a price i couldn't complain about 
once the rain stops i will be back out on the road(i haven't seen a Christmas in Australia with so much could weather and rain)
but i shouldn't whinge it could be snowing
hope you get out on your bike soon seans.
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| tadpole | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 18/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 307 | | Location | : | Mandurah, West Australia, Australia |
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| | Posted : 03 Jan 2010 - 22:47 Post title : Re: Longhaul passenger seat woes. (Re: fab) | | | Hi Guys. I bought the longhaul touring seat , with the sheepskin fitted it is brilliant, however the stock pillion seat no longer fits,,no problem as I dont carry a passenger anyway, just for your info, cheers, Tadpole
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| Birdy68 | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 16/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,352 | | Location | : | Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland |
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| | Posted : 06 Jan 2010 - 06:39 Post title : Re: Longhaul passenger seat woes. (Re: tadpole) | | |
tadpole wrote:
....with the sheepskin fitted it is brilliant |
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So you're in the MERKIN club too!
Hey EnGage - our forces are growing
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Leave the pork pies for now - get the sausage rolls while they're hot!
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| zolti | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 16 Apr 2010 - 18:49 Post title : Re: Longhaul passenger seat woes. (Re: fab) | | | in reply to fab who wrote
I wish triumph stipulated that you had to have the long haul drivers seat to match properly with the passenger long haul
I bought the long haul passenger seat ,my wife loves the seat but the look of it on the bike with the stanard seat is just wrong
way to big of a gap at the front.talked to my triumph dealer about it,and got him to put it on his demo bike and they could not belive the way it looked .We are in the prosses of trying to sort it out with triumph,we went through the accessories for the seats and nowhere does it say that the long haul passengers seat should or has to be used whith the long haul drives seat.
The only option i have is to buy the long haul driver seat or buy another aftermarket passenger seat
if you go to "create my triumph" on their site when you select the lh pillion it tells you you need the lh rider seat
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| EnGage | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 14/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,155 | | Location | : | Grand Rapids, MI, United States |
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| | Posted : 17 Apr 2010 - 13:47 Post title : Re: Longhaul passenger seat woes. (Re: Birdy68) | | |
Birdy68 wrote:
tadpole wrote:
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So you're in the MERKIN club too!
Hey EnGage - our forces are growing |
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Birdy - I was back in Rockton, Wisconsin (home of the Merkin maker) two weeks ago. I took some pictures for you.
Here is my son and brother-in-law in front of the Merkin shop:
Here is my son (with his new Merkin) and the Merkin maker:
Here's a shot looking through the front door:
I told the lady that you were enjoying your merkin.
Birdy - if you have white strips painted on your TB, they could make you a new merkin from a skunk fir - would match nicely
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| Birdy68 | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 16/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,352 | | Location | : | Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland |
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| | Posted : 19 Apr 2010 - 14:32 Post title : Re: Longhaul passenger seat woes. (Re: EnGage) | | |
EnGage wrote:
I told the lady that you were enjoying your merkin.
Birdy - if you have white strips painted on your TB, they could make you a new merkin from a skunk fir - would match nicely |
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That it a definite YES YES.
Although I do intend to get a totally new seat - custom made kinda thing. But for those colder autumn days I will be putting the Merkin back on, that's for sure.
Thanks Thatch for the pictures - it helps put 'real' images into the stories I tell 
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| Gonzo | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 01/05/2010 | | Posts | : | 643 | | Location | : | Sydney, NSW, Australia |
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| | Posted : 02 May 2010 - 14:15 Post title : Re: Longhaul passenger seat woes. (Re: mr_stang) | | | Just so y'all know, Corbin has released their Dual Tour Seat for the Bird.
Link
The amazing thing is that you can order it with a fulisik combination of whatever colours you want for the same price as basic black!
I've had a Corbin seat before, and swear by them, as does my Mrs. I'm saving up, and getting samples of their leathers to help me decide what colours to get. :)
Gonzo
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Mods: locking gas cap; ISO-Wings for passenger; engine guards; dresser bars; Arlen Ness LED licence plate holder, rego tube and coloured number plate; long TORs; Pilot highway pegs w/ Magnum clamps; windshield; lower deflectors (customised); ISO grips; HD switch-block; Hardstreet Slimbags (colour matched); Corbin dual tour seat; Luggage rack & bag.
Todo: Various chroming of hand-made parts, Convex mirrors
Wishlist: Mini-ape handlebars, Hard clearcoat over tank
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