Hornet seat

[Sossige]

I removed my CB600Fs seat earlier, as I wanted to be able to get access to the battery. I'm not convinced that I am putting the seat back on properly, as there's a little movement in the middle of the seat now.

The owner's manual doesn't describe how to refit the seat very well - I'm sure it's catching on the front plastic lugs and the rear lock catch, but not sure that the middle plastic lugs are catching the brackets for the seat.

Is there a knack to refitting a Hornet's seat?

Cheers,

S

[Hooli]

probably is a knack, there are to most seats. try it from further back to start it, thats normally the mistake i make.

[N Dentressangle]

From having removed SWMBO's Hornet seat last week, I don't think there's a knack. She reckoned it was fiddly and tricky - it didn't seem that way to me.

You need to pull or push it confidently, while it's lifted at about 30 degrees from the horizontal. Don't be afraid to be a bit rough - that's probably why it felt easy to me: it's not my bike!

BTW you don't need to remove the seat to get at the battery. RH side panel removes with 2 allen bolts using key provided in the tool kit, if you have it.

[Hooli]

would that be the toolkit that on every jap bike ive had comes under the seat?

[N Dentressangle]

Hooli said:

would that be the toolkit that on every jap bike ive had comes under the seat?

You spotted the flaw in my plan. Fiendish, but true.

I still found it easier than SWMBO, which gave me no satisfaction at all. Oh no. Not one bit.

[Sossige]

Bah, had I known you didn't need to remove the seat, I would simply have picked up an allen key from my tool chest in the garage

Owner's manual said you needed to remove the seat first though, I stupidly believed it. Will have another go at refitting the seat at the weekend (when I will be rushing to the post office to buy a tax disc as well)

S

[robstvr]

Seat off - 5 seconds.

Seat on - 5 seconds.

Give it a firm tug up and back. Maybe a wiggle. To replace, put it back in place, and thump the bit where the pillion sits.

Easy and peasey.

[Sossige]

Hi Rob -

After you have refitted your seat, is there any "play" in it at all?

By this, I mean that mine seems to be held in by the front and rear plastic lugs, plus the catch for the lock mechanism. But I can move the seat (in the middle piece inbetween the rider and pillion parts) a small amount. I reckon there's half a cm of play.

Is that normal? I can't remember there being any movement at all before I took the seat off.