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Seat ordered from bikerzbits not fit for purpose!

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 4:44 am
by Larry David
I finally got fed up of wet arse due to water dripping down from underneath that hump and ordered a new seat from bikerzbits.

It arrived today. I've put it on only to discover there is a large gap around the side and you can actually see into the under seat area. Upon closer inspection the seat does not have a rubber seal around it like the original one does. I can't even use the seal from this one and put it on the new one as the new one does not have a lip for it to go into.

I've waited a month for this to arrive. I'm fuming!!!

Re: Seat ordered from bikerzbits not fit for purpose!

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 5:20 am
by gn2
Stick on draught excluder strip...?

Re: Seat ordered from bikerzbits not fit for purpose!

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 5:25 am
by Larry David
gn2 wrote:Stick on draught excluder strip...?
Yes I think so. It's a rubber strip that goes all the way around the seat. It pulls out of the gap/lip it's in. However the new seat has no gap for it to be pushed into.

Re: Seat ordered from bikerzbits not fit for purpose!

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 6:10 am
by gn2
So stick it to the bucket rim?

Re: Seat ordered from bikerzbits not fit for purpose!

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 7:52 am
by Larry David
gn2 wrote:So stick it to the bucket rim?
I'm not sure what you mean by bucket rim? The original seat has a gap all the way around which holds in the stick on rubber seal. The custom seat has no gap for it to go into.

Re: Seat ordered from bikerzbits not fit for purpose!

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:02 am
by Larry David
First pic is the original seat. 2nd one is the custom one. There is no gap for the rubber seal to slot into

Re: Seat ordered from bikerzbits not fit for purpose!

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 12:24 pm
by Mel46
This is normal for replacement seats from Asia. Just pull the one from your original seat and it will have enough sticky left to stick it to the new one. I have done this to 3 replacement t seats so far and all have been fine. You could order a new seal if you want to but the one on your original seat works quite well.

Re: Seat ordered from bikerzbits not fit for purpose!

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 12:33 pm
by Jge64
Bikerbitz is great with their support, they have answered me same day. Give them a message if you need to.

Re: Seat ordered from bikerzbits not fit for purpose!

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 1:55 pm
by Mel46
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Here is a picture of my newest custom seat. It did not come with a seal. The other picture is the underside after I installed the seal from my original seat.