I dropped a line to Mustang the other day in reference to the fitting of the seat, and got a very helpful reply back from Gwen White, the details are below, may be of some help to others on the forum.

As an aside, I've read most of the forum posts regarding the fitting of the Mustang seat and I'm intending to try all the suggestions at one time, such as, reaming out the bolt holes, using anti-seize, the original bolts with a small taper and Gwen's suggestion of tightening each bolt a little at a time. The seat hasn't arrived yet so I'm still in the planning stage so wish me luck. Damn the seat does look good though.

Hi Gwen, many thanks for your update.
While i am impressed with the style of this saddle, I am very concerned after reading reports on the F6B forum regarding the difficulty that the majority of members have had in fitting the seat to their Honda F6B. Has the fitting problem been addressed and rectified or am i looking forward to a frustrating time trying to make the seat fit? The fact that i am in Australia will make it difficult to return the item if i discover that i cannot fit it.
Your suggestions regarding this matter would be very much appreciated.

Regards and best
Chris


Hi Chris,

The F6B seat is a very tight fit and can be difficult to install. Many customers call because they have trouble opening or closing their lids.

This can be rectified by loosening all 4 allen bolts and centering the seat on the bike. Slowly tighten each of the 4 bolts a small amount each time; checking to make sure that both lids are able to open. If lids on one side are not able to open, adjust the seat slightly. This technique will keep the seat in proper alignment and assure that you will be able to gain access to both bags.

We also show mounting instructions for our seats on our website. Go to www.mustantseats.com and enter the part number in the upper right hand corner “Search Box”. You will see a page that gives the seat description and a picture of the seat. Under the picture is a link that says “More Info”. If you click on that link, it will bring up another page (similar to the first) that will also have a link under the picture that says “Mounting Instructions”.

As I mentioned before, the seat can be difficult to install. When we first made this seat last year, we did decide to recall the seats. The seats were fitting the bikes, but the customers were having so much trouble getting into their saddlebags that they had to take their seats off. The recall affected our first 6 customers, so we were able to easily get the seats back for rework.

The seats are as difficult to build as they are to install and we only have 2 employees that make these seats. With all being said, I have never witnessed a situation where these seats have had to come back for repair or exchange because of not fitting on the bike or being able to access the bags. (After the initial 6, that is.) I checked with our Technician and he said that his experience with this seat is the same.