01-09-2019, 01:53 AM
Thanks tommymck. I had asked Mr. T quite a while back if the K10 seat would fit a 2017EX. In his reply he said it would, and sent me a picture of the K10 seat mounted. In that picture I noted a distinct downhill slant of the seat toward the tank, as opposed to being more level, and thought it might result in the rider sliding toward the tank all the time. A small issue no doubt, but just not my preference considering what the seat cost is. Some of that look is hidden by the bags in the picture you have posted. As an alternative, a riding buddy of mine sent his stock seat to a well known seat specialist ( the specialists name escapes me at the moment ) and had it modified to fit his needs. The results were spectacular, looked factory made, and cost was significantly less than a new seat. My 1974 CB750 had a very slight "scrunch" as you put it, and over time vibration rubbing of the seat nose against the tank abraded the tank clear coat finish. Not being critical of of your results as your bike is gorgeous, just offering some small considerations. If interested in exploring the seat MOD specialist who might be able to shorten the nose of your stock seat to eliminate the scrunch, I will get his info from my buddy for you.
Cormanus, Thank you for your suggestion as well. I had considered trying to run the alarm LED indicator wire above the engine heat shield as you describe, and may do that, but also wanted to know how to remove the tank ( release the fuel line connector ) as well if I discovered that was necessary during the install. As pointed out in the OEM alarm system thread Honda probably sub contracted it out to Protec. This Protec set of install pictures, bottom picture shows where I want to mount the LED indicator on top of the frame between the tank and the triple tree: http://www.protec-products.co.jp/product...manual.pdf For anyone interested here is a link to the alarm system thread: http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread....arm+system
Lastly, Mr. T can probably get the OEM alarm system parts, but they are stock items available at
https://japan.webike.net/ which is where I got mine. The part numbers are listed in the Original Alarm System thread. At Webike if you set up a free account, each purchase gets you points to use against the next purchase. My alarm module and siren, along with extension cable was on sale, so including shipping was about $68. When I decided to add the LED indicator, using points from the previous purchase, it only cost me about $10 shipped. While I prefer to deal with Mr. T, as he has proven to be extremely reliable, and a fine gentleman, once and a while Webike can be a reasonable supplement. Although related to this thread, my observations also veer off topic as well. I did want to share the info, but did not want to loose original context by jumping between threads to post it. Apologies for the veer, but hope the info is useful.
Cormanus, Thank you for your suggestion as well. I had considered trying to run the alarm LED indicator wire above the engine heat shield as you describe, and may do that, but also wanted to know how to remove the tank ( release the fuel line connector ) as well if I discovered that was necessary during the install. As pointed out in the OEM alarm system thread Honda probably sub contracted it out to Protec. This Protec set of install pictures, bottom picture shows where I want to mount the LED indicator on top of the frame between the tank and the triple tree: http://www.protec-products.co.jp/product...manual.pdf For anyone interested here is a link to the alarm system thread: http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread....arm+system
Lastly, Mr. T can probably get the OEM alarm system parts, but they are stock items available at
https://japan.webike.net/ which is where I got mine. The part numbers are listed in the Original Alarm System thread. At Webike if you set up a free account, each purchase gets you points to use against the next purchase. My alarm module and siren, along with extension cable was on sale, so including shipping was about $68. When I decided to add the LED indicator, using points from the previous purchase, it only cost me about $10 shipped. While I prefer to deal with Mr. T, as he has proven to be extremely reliable, and a fine gentleman, once and a while Webike can be a reasonable supplement. Although related to this thread, my observations also veer off topic as well. I did want to share the info, but did not want to loose original context by jumping between threads to post it. Apologies for the veer, but hope the info is useful.