Sargent Seat is Very Nice!

[tonyff]

Got to go out for a short run today. Just under 100Mi total. I find the seat along with the barback I installed to be a very comfortable ride. I did find that I am at my tippy toes when coming to a stop. So far, not a problem. Some concern for when I will have to pull off on those uneven gravel parking lots in the future.

I find that after getting off the bike during a multi stop and start, my left ischial gets a sad sore. I think this is as I follow a fairly regular procedure when stopping. When coming to a stop on a street, I always move to the right tire rut of the road. Then I have the higher portion to my left to put my foot on. This does help, but I find that I must slide over on the left to get the foot down to the ball of the foot under this condition.

Does anyone have any experience with some type of a clamp that pre-loads the shocks, effectively giving the rider up to 2 inches more room. Thoughts on this? Pros and cons? I heard about it from a Harely Guy

I would include pictures if I could figure out how to do it.

[Samiam]

A Harley guy needing to drop the seat?? He must be a really short dude! Back on topic, I used some of those spring shortening things on a P-1800 Volvo that I raced in the early 1970s. Screwed all the way down, they actually did drop the ride height about 2" just as promised.

The problem was that my P-1800 had (expensive!) progressive springs and the dropping seems to have moved the "jounce" of the spring into an area that was less responsive. This produced a really choppy ride with very little compliance with road irregularities. The car became skittery in curves and bump steer became something to contend with.

I've seen "riced out" Civics, Accords and other imports bouncing around on the streets with severly reduced suspension travel and I know they have those things on their springs.

Someplace, I've seen shocks and or springs for our machines that are made especially to give a lower ride. Maybe someone can point you in the right direction. I just think that you would be less than pleased with the pre-loads.

[wncbmw]

I sympathize with the seat height issue but I have never heard of any type of clamp for a shock and would think it would really screw up the handling by effecting other aspects of the suspension! Others know more than me and should chime in. I would look at other options, including narrowing the straddle of the Sargents (they used to do that) or some after market shocks that will lower the height by design, not by messing up the stock setup!

Taking suspension advise from a Harley guy is like taking child-rearing advise from Brittany Spears!

[ROBOX]

I don't have a Sargent Seat but have the orig stock one. I find the seat a bit high so took off the rubber plugs that clip under the seat and have lost about a 1" in height - that will do !