Longer Seat

[Oldfatguy]

I really don't want that 30 pack punching me in the back when I brake hard behind some lost tourist!

Better tie downs?

OFG

 

[AZ7000']

Better tie downs?

OFG

Or a steel bar???

 

[Daytripper]

Or a steel bar???

Well a divisive subject for sure although I don't quite understand why. If I am anything I am all about free choice, and the right to saw off anything I want. You have that same right, so we are all good, right?
As for having my load shift from braking too hard, that simply can't happen. I run collapsible totes, with the bottom one bolted with 4 bolts to the rack. I could crash into a wall at 30 mph and there would be every likelihood that the tote would still be bolted to the rack. However I could see a day when my tail bone would get bang into by the bar hard enough to wind up seeing a doctor.

 

[dmonkey]

I use the handle all the time when I put the bike onto the center stand, because I have a cargo box on the rear carrier that obstructs grabbing the side rails. In Japan and Korea where the bike is sold with passenger pegs, the handle being at the front of the carrier likely makes for a better passenger grab handle position than if it were at the rear due to how long the rear carrier is.
It's not like chopping up the frame though, if you saw it off and change your mind it's a replaceable part. I replaced the rear carrier on mine with the OEM Japanese market one.

 

[Oldfatguy]

I use the handle all the time when I put the bike onto the center stand, because I have a cargo box on the rear carrier that obstructs grabbing the side rails. In Japan and Korea where the bike is sold with passenger pegs, the handle being at the front of the carrier likely makes for a better passenger grab handle position than if it were at the rear due to how long the rear carrier is.
It's not like chopping up the frame though, if you saw it off and change your mind it's a replaceable part. I replaced the rear carrier on mine with the OEM Japanese market one.

Probably never going to ride 2 up so grab handle is not needed and I reach under the edge of the rack mounted top box to put the bike on the center stand. As I am 6 feet tall I naturally sit on the damn bar, and have tried sitting forward and behind the bar - no go. Several pads, cushions, & such never have been anything better than a slight improvement. So, after many miles and hours the damn bar is going under the hack saw.

OFG

 

[ThrasherC]

Yes one and the same from Amazon. Needed to add height to get above the bar so might as well have a bit of storage space.

OFG

Do you have a link to this seat by any chance? I can’t find it.

 

[Oldfatguy]

Don’t see a link but did take a pic of the item on Amazon.

OFG

 

[bt619]

I am 6'5" (196cm) and the long Motolord seat was a modification I wanted to try. I received my bike today and while I am very capable of riding with the original seat, I could feel the menacing steel bar and I was a little further forward on the bike than I wanted to be. I put the long seat on and I can comfortably sit about 2 inches further back than on the original seat. The back section of the long seat over the steel bar is still slightly noticeable on bumpy roads. I would say the original seat is a little softer than the Motolord, but the longer seat with better riding position is well worth the slightly firmer seat than may work in after some riding. Definitely happy with the long seat modification. I have zero intention of ever carrying a passenger. I might strap on a soft utility bag over the section of the seat that I won't really use at the back. Seat install took about 5 minutes.

 

[Oldfatguy]

I am 6'5" (196cm) and the long Motolord seat was a modification I wanted to try. I received my bike today and while I am very capable of riding with the original seat, I could feel the menacing steel bar and I was a little further forward on the bike than I wanted to be. I put the long seat on and I can comfortably sit about 2 inches further back than on the original seat. The back section of the long seat over the steel bar is still slightly noticeable on bumpy roads. I would say the original seat is a little softer than the Motolord, but the longer seat with better riding position is well worth the slightly firmer seat than may work in after some riding. Definitely happy with the long seat modification. I have zero intention of ever carrying a passenger. I might strap on a soft utility bag over the section of the seat that I won't really use at the back. Seat install took about 5 minutes.
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Very nice solution to the dreaded bar. On my 3rd or 4th attempt to deal with the bar. Is there enough room behind the seat to mount a top box?

OFG

 

[bt619]

Very nice solution to the dreaded bar. On my 3rd or 4th attempt to deal with the bar. Is there enough room behind the seat to mount a top box?

OFG

@Oldfatguy There is room for a box. This is an amazon 55l box and it overhangs the back of the rack by about 3 inches. I didn't need to drill any holes in the rack or the mount plate.

 

[Oldfatguy]

Thank you for your reply, looks good. I have a Givi Monolock box mounted on my Trail that I want to keep in place. Could you please provide the measurement from the back of the seat to the back of the rack. Numbers 3 and 4 of my bar-beater attempts with storage.

OFG

 

[pa2220mjd]

I finally took my sawzall to the seat bar on my 125 today and then welded it on the back like my 90 has. They didn't have the right paint match at the local Napa but it's close enough for now. Much nicer to ride without that thing hitting my tailbone.
Matt

 

[Daytripper]

I finally took my sawzall to the seat bar on my 125 today and then welded it on the back like my 90 has. They didn't have the right paint match at the local Napa but it's close enough for now. Much nicer to ride without that thing hitting my tailbone.
Matt

Perfect solution, that is how they should have done it, and stuck to tradition while they were at it!

 

[bt619]

Thank you for your reply, looks good. I have a Givi Monolock box mounted on my Trail that I want to keep in place. Could you please provide the measurement from the back of the seat to the back of the rack. Numbers 3 and 4 of my bar-beater attempts with storage.

OFG

Sorry for the late reply. The distance from the back of the long seat to the back of the rack is ~24cm.

 

[ggann3]

Reading this old thread it came to mind that on my old CT90 the bar was on the back of the rack.

 

[dmonkey]

Yep, and the CT110s have a flat rack. It seems Honda have alternated between flat racks, front grab handle, and rear grab handle on solo seat bikes over the years, ultimately landing on a forward grab handle if one is present. Some other models even made at the same time as the CT90 had a forward grab handle.

 

[bukwessul]

Yep, and the CT110s have a flat rack. It seems Honda have alternated between flat racks, front grab handle, and rear grab handle on solo seat bikes over the years, ultimately landing on a forward grab handle if one is present. Some other models even made at the same time as the CT90 had a forward grab handle.

That is a sweet lookn' ride.