900 Custom seat bracket

[Budd4766]

If anybody's got one, I'm looking for an extra seat bracket to mount the seat on my bike.

I have a saddlemen seat that currently has the stock bracket holding it on, but I'd like an extra bracket to put on the stock seat so I can swap them out quickly. Dealer says Kawasaki doesn't sell the bracket without the seat...bummer.

And, before you ask, I'd do this to save the saddlemen seat when the wife isn't riding...let the stock seat sit in the parking lot at work all day exposed...I don't mind that as much..

[Old Gray Beard]

I'm surprised the saddleman didn't come with the bracket.

[Budd4766]

It didn't. Had to take it off the stock seat and bolt it on the new.

[Old Gray Beard]

It didn't. Had to take it off the stock seat and bolt it on the new.

if you can't buy one see if a local machine shop can make one for you shouldn't be a big deal

[insolentminx]

i can't imagine anyone would have a spare as you need to keep the original when installing a new seat.
You may have to scarifice the 5-10 minutes it'll take to unscrew the bracket from the saddleman and putting it back on the stock when you want to use it.

[Budd4766]

Yeah...I hear ya. Just being my naturally lazy self. Guess I could try to find a junk yard somewhere.

[Nyxter]

If anybody's got one, I'm looking for an extra seat bracket to mount the seat on my bike.

I have a saddlemen seat that currently has the stock bracket holding it on, but I'd like an extra bracket to put on the stock seat so I can swap them out quickly. Dealer says Kawasaki doesn't sell the bracket without the seat...bummer.

And, before you ask, I'd do this to save the saddlemen seat when the wife isn't riding...let the stock seat sit in the parking lot at work all day exposed...I don't mind that as much..

I had this problem too as I was quite happy with the stock seat on my Custom but needed something else for 2 up. With the £/$ rate at the moment, Saddlemens,Corbins etc are very,very expensive in the UK so I got hold of an almost new Classic seat which fits just fine and works for the Mrs. I really did'nt want to be changing the bracket every time I swapped seats (as you know,the bracket is not listed as a spare by Kaw) but I could'nt find anyone who would fabricate a bracket for a reasonable price. So..I spent a few hours looking at parts for the whole Kaw range and found that there is a seat bracket for the 04/05 ZX-10R that is almost identical and costs about £10 ($15) (part no: 11053-0386). It arrived today and with a little (easy) modification it fits great. I can now swap the seats in seconds. If anyone is interested,I can let you know what I did to make it fit (rather than bore you all if you're not!)

[Budd4766]

Well, since my bike got totaled last July, All I have left is the stock seat - minus the aforementioned bracket left of the bike. And the badges I'd taken off prior to the crash.

I'm thinking about making a bar stool out of the orig. seat someday...unless somebody wants to pay shipping and take it off my hands....?

[Nyxter]

Well, since my bike got totaled last July, All I have left is the stock seat - minus the aforementioned bracket left of the bike. And the badges I'd taken off prior to the crash.

I'm thinking about making a bar stool out of the orig. seat someday...unless somebody wants to pay shipping and take it off my hands....?

Jeez, I've just looked at your earlier posts (newb here). Very sorry to hear about your accident and hope my post did'nt bring back bad memories. Hope you are well on the mend.

[Budd4766]

Thanks for the concern! No worries, though, I'm well on my way back to doing the riverdance, (which is odd, because I couldn't do it BEFORE the crash).

I've progressed to walking without the cane now, and back at work full time. Leg's still not strong enough to hold a new bike up yet, so I'm still a bit away from buying a replacement, but someday.....

[Silver Wolf]

I had been looking for this bracket also.
Kawasaki does not sell it.
I have a mustang touring seat and a solo gel seat that I like to swap.
One uses studs to mount and the other uses bolts.
I'm not lazy, but if this piece breaks, I am out of luck.

You would think Kaw would sell it, they sell that crap called a stock seat!