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Here's a couple emails between myself and Odar regarding how he mounted his seat.

Odar,

I just bought a GTS seat on EBay. I know some folks had mounting issues, but I figured I'd find a way around it. Anyway, I would be very interested in see what your solution was with the steel plate.

I too have long admired your homemade pillion handle. While it looks great, and I'd buy one in a heartbeat if I only could, I decided to bend (or have bent) a small sissy bar that rises only about 2 or 3 inches (to the top rear of the GTS seat). Fabrication of your own doing and uniqueness is part of the fun of modifying.

Happy New Year,

Dave Fultz,
Columbus, OH, USA.

Thanks for the compliments.

Here are 2 pictures with some figures in mm, I hope you understand.

What I did was, instead of using screws to put in down on the bike, it rests on the two bolts that are sticking up through the SS plate.

You could do that plate in some plastic or aluminum but I had machines to make it in SS so I did that.

Hope you can see the idea of this solution. Any questions? Sorry for the English!!!

Odar

Thanks, It looks very clear. I should be able to do that.

Now I just have to wait and see what the actual seat has on it as far as hardware goes.

>Sorry for the English!!!
Hey! It's a million times better than my Swedish!!!!

I've been ordering some new stuff for my bike. New GTS Seat, Clear turn signal lenses, I even found a tachometer mount and cup for my mini-tach, I thought I'd never find that.

Cheers, See you online!

-Dave (gitarzan)

Dave,

The hardware you are going to get is: In the front of the seat is a metal plate that you are supposed to screw down with two long screws, but that is nearly impossible without ripping the skin of the seat and then you can't take the seat off.

So, my suggestion is to make a small plate (picture) with two screws without heads and lay it down on them. The thing is that when you do that the seat is a bit too long, so when it's in place, it stays there.

There are also holes at the bottom of the seat to relocate the electronic box upside down under the seat. When you have that little steel plate it want take more then 10 minutes to put it on the first time.

But be careful not to hit the tank in the back with the plate at the front of the seat, I think you know why I tell you this.

Good luck with your seat when you get it.

Odar