Topic: Having second thoughts on my seat...

[rebabal]

I bought a Dunstall seat from RocCity and although everything with the seat is excellent quality, It ended up being a lot bigger in person than I expected and overall I'm just not sure it fits into my little image of what I want out of this bike.

I paid a bunch of money for it and it is custom and awesome looking, so I really really want to use it, I'm just not wanting to mount it or upholster it - both things I knew I would have to do when I paid for it, but both things I don't want to do now that I've spent all this time up until now messing with the bike, I  guess I'm just ready to be done with it?

Attached are pics of my bike with a dummy tank and the seat mocked up... it just feels......huge.

Great quality, though.  I recommend him - just look at the dimensions he has posted before you buy if size matters to you :p

[CycleRanger]

You just need a bigger gas tank! 

[sangyo soichiro]

Do you have a shot of it directly from the side?

[bucky katt]

interested in selling it then?

[Freaky1]

It does look quite large and overwhelming.

[Gordon]

Do you have a shot of it directly from the side?

+1

It's hard to get an accurate scale from angled shots. 

[rebabal]

Yeah I'm probably gonna end up selling it but since it's brand new, never installed I'm not going to sell it for less than I paid for it, which was just shy of $300.00 (w/ shipping) I believe.

This is the only side picture I have.

I don't want to spend more money to get a new tank, so the seat looks like it has to go.

Any takers? No waiting period for him to make you one!

[bucky katt]

that frame color looks familiar. my k4 750 has the same frame color with silver tins. i'll let you know. either way i guess i have to sell my last guitar so i can get a new seat

[sangyo soichiro]

Unfortunately, that side view you gave us doesn't show the whole seat. 

Depending on how you upholster it, you could make it look smaller.  You can do this by running the seat material over the back of it by a few inches, like I did with my seat (see my signature links).

[Gordon]

I actually don't think that seat looks disproportionately large.  I think the color difference between the bare metal of the seat and the red paint of the tank is throwing the perspective out of whack.  Once they're both the same color and the eye can flow smoothly from the tank to the seat I think it will look just fine.

[vames]

That tail does look huge! I know most people put battery/electrics under the hump, but you could put an extra motor under there. It looks clunky.

[sangyo soichiro]

Actually, it doesn't look that bad in this pic.  I don't know what you're complaining about.   

[73nancy]

were his demensions right as far as the height of the tail.. im wondering because im building my own tail now im thinking mines going to be to large lol..

[rebabal]

I don't know, the seat's at my parents house but it's definitely large - I won't be headed back to their house for a few days to measure.  I also didn't think about the fact that it's boxy and my tank is not.  I should have gone with a smaller more curvy seat than this one.

[nokrome]

i agree with you,
  imo it looks big and boxy

[Freaky1]

Get an "F" tank, that might help out.

[rebabal]

that frame color looks familiar. my k4 750 has the same frame color with silver tins.

Power coated RAL 5002.  I'm going to white for my accents, possibly a blue stripe.

[gmonkey]

Eat more donuts.  The seat won't look as big. 

Seriously, it doesn't look that huge.  You'd get a better idea if it was in the right color.  Can you wrap it in something red to give a better idea?

[Stev-o]

i agree with you,
  imo it looks big and boxy

+1

[rebabal]

Eat more donuts.  The seat won't look as big. 

Seriously, it doesn't look that huge.  You'd get a better idea if it was in the right color.  Can you wrap it in something red to give a better idea?

I don't think it's the colors that are making it look huge, it's just that big.  Plus the red tank is just for mockup... nothing will be red on the bike.

The boxy seat and the teardrop tank just don't mix, an oversight on my part.

[Ayrity]

spent 2 seconds in phototshop for you, maybe this helps? it DOES look smaller even with a hint of red in it like that

[The_Crippler]

Heh...it does, but I can't help but notice that this is also an angle shot.


I agree that it looks a bit bike and boxy for this bike.  Live and learn.  ($300 lessons suck, though.)

[sangyo soichiro]

spent 2 seconds in phototshop for you, maybe this helps? it DOES look smaller even with a hint of red in it like that

Well, while you're at it, why don't you photoshop a seat cover on there.  I think it'll look better with a cover, and you might just decide to keep it.

[rebabal]

I dunno, no amount of photoshopping will make this thing feel smaller in person. 

What I mainly wanted to get out of this thread were other options, seat wise, that I could use to replace this one.

What are the thoughts of the ebay models?  They're around 175$ or so with 75$ in shipping so price wise it isn't that close, and the quality is probably terrible ( Personally, I'm an ebay hater but it's the only way to get stuff )

[domer]

i personally think it looks to tall. not really big, just tall. i had a seat from caferace.com, that also did not look the part on my 500,too tall and too wide. offed it and got carpys rocket four seat, which is pretty much the same thing but about an inch smaller all the way around... and it matches my 550 tank nicely. i wouldnt go the ebay route since there are enough people making seats out there... you could always sell it and have roc make you a smaller one, might take a while but im sure he'd handle it!

[Alan F.]

Check out some of the paint jobs Carpy has on His Dunstall seats, A little shine and some pin striping might be all you'd need. 
I'd be keeping it if it's comfortable and has good positioning.

[rebabal]

I haven't upholstered it yet, so I haven't really sat on it because there's no "floorpan" and I don't want to bend it.  I don't have the ability to weld aluminum so I don't want to screw with it unless I'm %2,000 sure I'm keeping it.

I'm certain I could sell it on ebay or here and make as much, or close to what I paid for it.

[The_Crippler]

Really, I think it comes down to the fact that you're not happy with it...no matter what anybody else in here might do with it if it were theirs, you're the one who has to live with it.  I'm sure you could make it work, but you're starting from a point of, "Eeeeh, it's really not what I wanted."  That's probably never going to change.

If you're cool with selling it for (maybe) a loss and finding something else that you'll be happier with from the get-go, I say go for it.

[nokrome]

if you haven't already modified it maybe you can return it