Seat concepts seat install ?

I installed a gripper seat on mt te310 tonight and have a few questions. Did anyone else find the foam a bit too long at the back? It looks maybe 3/8" to long. If so did you trim it down any? After the seat was covered it pretty hard to get the seat back on the bike, the seat pan needs to bend up enough to fit but the fastener is tough to lock down.

Thoughts and thanks

Doug

I have put a couple of their seats on and had some trimming in the back, but not a 310 seat.
I would pull the staples and do what it needs. The fabric is very tough and can take multiple re-stapling without tearing.

Yes, make sure the foam is covering the front of the seat pan.

I installed the Seat Concept along with a larger IMS gas tank. Both seat & tank were very close to fitting well, however a bit of “adjustment” was required.

Note: I had to grind the seat base middle section (second photo) to clear the larger gas tank....not much but now nothing rubs.

I’m thinking that removing the excess seat material may or may not solve your problem…..so I am throwing out the suggestion to simply file the forward plastic seat mounting notch to allow the seat to slide forward when attached…assuming the aft 2 mounting points will allow the base to do so.

In the end everything fits perfect, tight and the rear seat base rests on the frame rails as they should.

Is that a lowered seat?

I ended up trimming the plastic on the 2 seat middle positions that Dale pointd out. The seat slid forward enough to at least take the bow out as well as make latching the seat down easier.

I glued the foam down with 3m77 so the seat form is all the way forward. The overall length of the seat foam and cover are a bit long.

It would have been nice if S.C. Had sewn around the latch lock and added the carbon material at the end of the seat.

Thanks
Doug

Yes my Seat Concepts is the lower version.