Mounting Travelcade Seat St1100

[mrbill]

Just got a Travelcade seat for my ST1100. Seat does not align and lock like the stock seat. Do you have to modify the mounting tab on the Travelcade, or is there a adjustment on the locking mechanism on the bike.
Help from another Travelcade user would really be appreciated!
Thanks,
Mr. Bill

 

[CarSalesman]

Been there.... done that.

When you operate the key that locks the seat, a tab moves in and out to lock the back of the seat down. With the seat off, operate the key a few times - you will see it. Notice that the latch is a flat metal tab.

Now look at the slot in the original Honda seat that goes into the latch. It has a matching rectangular hole.

Now look at the slot on the Travelcade seat. The bottom of the hole is not square, its rounded. Those rounded corners don't permit the latch to slide into the hole unless the seat is pushed down way too hard. If you take a file or dremel type grinder, and open up the rounded corners in the slot, to make them square, the latch will then work just fine.

I really don't know why Travelcade continues to do this. Pretty silly.

 

[mrbill]

Travelcade seat mounted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A big thank you to CarSalesman for his tip on mounting the seat. I used a small file and squared off the rounded inside corners. You can take your time and elongate the slot as well, for a better fit. I will try the seat out today!
Thanks Again,
Mr. Bill

 

[Blue STreak]

Interestingly, Honda changed the lock mechanism somewhere along the line. The Stealth fits fine on all the early (91-93 or 94) STs I've seen, but doesn't fit on late model ones without the filing.

But you would think Saddleman would have figured it out by now and modified their tab.

 

[ColoRider]

Interestingly, Honda changed the lock mechanism somewhere along the line. The Stealth fits fine on all the early (91-93 or 94) STs I've seen, but doesn't fit on late model ones without the filing.

But you would think Saddleman would have figured it out by now and modified their tab.

I just inSTalled a new Saddleman STealth on my '95 and it seems to latch fine. The only issue I have is that it does not hook at the front pin as well as the STock seat.

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