2011 Glee Seat

[Steve T]

Silly question time with a little "lead in" info to set the scene . . .

Neighbour collected a 2011 registered Glee from south of the wall over the weekend and this afternoon he popped in by mine to proudly display his new steed . . . and very nice it is too in burnt orange, sporting a nice burbling GPR exhaust can. Anyone on here know it - registration ending in DLV?

Now, me being me, I start asking about this and taht and "what's it like under the seat?"
one-lock the seat and all seems in good order under there, so back on with the seat . . . only it won't sit properly at the front, even after ensuring the front "prongs" are correctly located under the tank support and the mid seat hokks are . . . hooked.

The front of the seat lifts nearly an inch with everything locked/located correctly, or it appears located/locked correctly at least!

Wot might I be missing with this seat fitting thing??

Over to the collective for appropriatly direct jibes and some sensible advice . . . hopefully 

[MisterDavey]

I had this with my new 1050.
As much as I though it was located properly under the tank, it just wasn't.
I think I had to rest the front of the seat on the tank cover, and just gave it a good wiggle.

[Barbel Mick]

Have the rubber blocks been removed or cut down?
When I took mine off, to try it as a lowered seat, it would rattle up & down like that.
I put them back on.   

[Steve T]

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Rubber blocks???

If you mean the 4 small rubber . . . rubber things, 1 sort of at each corner? Yes they were there.

[nigel s]

My '22 650 is the same. If I don't push down on the front as I slide it forward it doesn't sit right, leaving a gap. 

[Gert]

Have you thought about heating up the seat tabs and canting them or sleaving them for a tighter fit under the tank?  Maybe even increase the size of the front seat buffers / rubbers?
 
How about posting a few pix of the seat showing the pan underside, as well as a side view?  Try to capture a pix that shows the condition / shape of the hooks that go under the tank.
Hopefully someone might be able to spot a difference or suggest a possible solution after a gander at the pix.

For comparison I have atttached a pix of the seat pan underside view from a Glee.

[Rusty Nuts]

2011 glee? I thought the glee started in 2012?

[Gert]

Possibly manufactured in the last half of 2011 for the 2012 market and early delivery to secure sales on the new generation V-Strom, with it's new motor and electronic upgrades?

[Steve T]

Gert,

Thank you for the picture. The rectangular blocks shown on your seat are missing from my neighbours seat.
What sort of height are those blocks please?

[Rixington43]

40mm x 20mm x 15mm apparently so 15mm thick.
https://www.motorcyclespareparts.eu/en/Suzuki-parts/4514931300

[Barbel Mick]

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Those are the rubber blocks I was asking about in my post.
Not sure which ones you said were there, in your reply? 

[Steve T]

The 4 x small round ones, two at either end of the seat.

Thanks for the info Rixington43 re the rectangular blocks - I will pass the details to my neighbour . . . or just get him to join this forum