Now that I more clearly see how thing mount, I have to decide between using the plastic mold or a sorbothane isolator. I ordered the sorbothane, as I could use some vibration damping. But if that doesn't work well, I'll give the plastic mold a try. Seems the plastic would help make the seat a stable fit, even though the seat is not really designed specifically for the S40. Thanks for your help with this.True. Good point. Whatever it is, it works.
Unless I'm misunderstanding what it is, I actually think it'd make it easier.
Thanks Rudy. I bought some moldable plastic but I'm going to give sorbothane spacers a try first. If that's too squishy/wobbly, I'll replace them with the plastic blobs.
Not too many shots. Just the placement of the sorbothane pads on the frame and seat. I cut off the back tabs and drilled new holes on all the tabs closer to the frame. Bit of a pain due to the welds. Had to open up the holes so the screws could move away from the frame enough for the lock washers and lock nuts. I tightened down the screws until the sorbothane started to bulge. The seat seems quite secure. Solid.
On the back of the seat, you would have to file into the tab hole. I decided to cut the tabs to eliminate the entire hole as I would need to drill new holes anyway. Didn't cut the front tabs as the spacers are tall enough so the tabs don't interfere with the seat ribs. I did need to drill new holes in the front tabs so that the spacers don't interfere with the ribs. I haven't taken it for a test drive yet as it's in the bike shop with front derailleur and disk brake problems.
Unfortunately, when I put the seat on, the bike needed work done on the disk brakes and front derailleur. It's still at the LBS. All the bikes shops in Austin have a really long lead time before they will even look at your bike. Then once you drop it off, they take weeks to do the work. It's madding. I've been riding my V20, but I really want to get back on the S40.[/QUOTE]
