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I was tempted to order a set of the bumpers from Wunderlich but I wasn't sure that 10mm was enough of a lift, and I'd heard that they develop "sag" after a while. I looked at the adjusting plate and thought maybe I could cobble something together to test how much of a difference lifting the seat would make.
I went to Home Depot and bought a piece of 1" dowel (the slot on the seat that the bushings fit into can accommodate slightly more than 1" (I think it's metric)) cut it to the length of the plate, removed the stock rubber bushings, turned the plate to the low position and zip-tied the dowel to it.
The seat fits on nicely, locks in properly, and the front is as high as it could go. I find that, for me, the height makes a real comfort difference.
I fully intended to just use the dowel as a test to justify buying the Wunderlich bushings, or making a metal equivalent to the dowel, but I've put over 5,000 miles on the bike using this dowel and I don't see why I should change anything. It works well, seems to be sturdy enough and is easy to get rid of if I change my mind. I haven't measured the height raise, but I think it's more than 10mm.
The only downside is the way people look at you if you remove the seat and they see the dowel there.
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So, it may look crazy, but it's a cheap, simple way to lift the front of the seat - reducing the tilt of the seat and giving you a little more height.
Could they be glued into the high position? Could be difficult to find a glue that would actually stick and hold the rubber in place. Might try "Shoe Goo"!Tried it, If you want to readjust them every ~500 miles they are fine, but they want to rotate to the low position.
So, it may look crazy, but it's a cheap, simple way to lift the front of the seat - reducing the tilt of the seat and giving you a little more height.
It is good those dowels don’t have Wunderlich printed on them otherwise they’d be about $179 plus shipping and tax.
lol!!great idea bobs_one, if ya need some fire starter just shave it down, and get a new one when ya get to town.
6'1"how tall are you?
It really just tilts the seat. I used to "roll forward" towards the gas tank all the time and this stops that from happening. Much more comfortable on my butt.Does this give you more comfort in the legs or shoulders?
It keeps me on the back of the seat. Not sure it makes the bike feel any higher - if it does, I've never noticed.Also what does it do to the height when you stop at a light, are you on your toes more?
That Wunderlich application can raise and lower the front of the RT seat. However, setting it on the higher position doesn't mean it will stay there. Given time, mileage and vibration it will work its way down to the lower position. I suppose you could Super-Glue the two rubber fittings to the higher position. In my case, I just re-adjusted it often to keep the front higher.
I welded up a bracket today to replace the OEM seat bracket, tried it and the seat will not latch! Looked it over, tried the eccentric rubbers bumpers wit the stock bracket and they worked, the seat would lock down. Looked everything over again and re-did the bracket I made and again, the seat will not lock down!
It looks like it has the same dimensions of the factory bracket with the eccentric rubbers. Frustrating!
I gave up for the day, locked up the shop, took a shower and poured a good sized glass of Crown Royal.
I am going to take another run at it tomorrow. If I succeed I will post a picture. If not, I will need to buy more Crown!
I didn't get to try it out today as planned but here are a couple pics. It is a bit crude, but should work fine. Sitting on the RT the seat is noticeably closer to level.
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The sorry thing is it took a lot of messing around, trial and error to get it to fit properly and have the seat latch. I probably have eight hours into the silly thing! The next one I could probably whip up one in an hour. If I had an iron worker to shear and bend material it would go faster.