Seat Height - Adjusting ?

[Enceladus]

hi all
love this forum
just ordered my first 600 fazer and i can't wait to take delivery next week !
the first thing i'll need to do though is drop the seat height being a bit short in the leg !
how easy is this to do, and how do you do it ?
thanks

[Skippernick]

Hi there
Not sure which year your bike is but i'm not sure you can, mines an 02 fazer and you can't. Maybe you can with a later model and i'm sure someone will be on soon t let you know.
Nick

[richfzs]

You can get the foam cut down, and then re-covered. Been a few people done that - there's a guy in Huddersfield has a reputation for quality work (Tony Archer, I think his name is)

[Enceladus]

thanks
my bike is a 2001 model so i guess i'll have to get the foam cut down.

[richfzs]

http://www.tonyarcher.co.uk/

[Enceladus]

thanks for the link

[YamFazMan]

Hi
I you feel confident do it yourself, I did mine with an electric carving knife and smoothed and blended the shape with course sand paper then restapled the cover on. (I only unstapled the front half of the seat)
If your only looking for a small redution in hight remove the four rubber bungs from under the seat
this gives about 12mm or 1/2'' on old money
ATB YFM

[Enceladus]

thanks for the tip.
probably a 1/2" reduction will do the job.
i can get both feet on the floor but not fully, so an extra 1/2" could do the trick

[Skippernick]

Another way would be to change your riding style, you only need one foot on the ground at a time either holding the rear brake whilst stationary or selecting gear. That way you keep your right foot off the ground away from passing traffic etc especially if your next to a car at lights etc.
Just a thought.

[solorider]

you could also fit longer bones,that would lower the rear of the bike and also lower the forks a bit,but it would lower your ground clearence

[Oxygen]

This might work

http://www.shortsupport.org/Health/Leg-Lengthening/

[Fazerboy]

Was in the same boat when I got another Fzs600
I had both the Longer dog-bones and a custom seat, makes all the difference

No longer need either, replaced the dog-bones with originals and the Custom seat is in the Garage
PM me if your interested in either ok

[gassitt]

Or you could do it the stylish way and fit a shorter Hagon shock . No messing with seat and a straight bolt on .

As luck would have it I have said item plus shortened sidestand to suit  All in £ 80


Pick up in Manchester or post whatever

[Enceladus]

having removed the 4 rubber "bungs" the seat is now pretty much perfect for me
just a thought though,
would that lead to scratching / rubbing of the seat on the frame ?
if so, what could i use to prevent it without altering the seat height (too much) ?
thanks

[YamFazMan]

Hi

After removing the 4 rubber bungs
I made some small spacers with longer bolts for in between the frame and the seat holding catch.
which moved the catch down held the seat more securely.
I can not recall how long the were.
ATB YFM 

[arch33angel]

That's a brilliant looking bike Fazerboy!