Triumph Bench Seat!

I have the Triumph leather bench seat on my Street Twin as well as the stock seat. I find the bench to be more comfy than stock, relative of course as neither are what you would call sumptuous.

That said 6 hours in the saddle Tuesday and not a numb bum to be seen, everything else was aching mind you.

Triumph do a comfort bench I believe.

I've found an automotive upholsterer not far from the Ace Cafe (toilet) thinking I may get my stock seat recovered in tan or red leather and have a gel pad inserted in a bigger layer of foam, recon a £150 job plus the gel stuff

 

I've got the ribbed bench seat on my Street Twin. I did eight days solid, c1700 miles round Scotland in the pi$$ing rain last year, with rotten arthritis to boot. I recovered.

 

You recovered or you re-covered the seat

 

Ha! I see the confusion. No, my @r$e recovered.

 

I have decided that I want a black bench seat, apparently they give a little height and that should help me fold my long legs in a bit more easily. Well actually, that's not really the reason. I went to Caffeine and Machine and caught a bit of the make it your own bug!

After kicking myself for dithering over a Triumph bench seat on eBay at £180, I am now looking for options. Seems the main contenders are;
Triumph £250ish
British Customs Slammer £300ish
Crafton-atelier $300ish (Bangkok)
Re-upholstered £150ish (based on the above post)

Makes the idea of having the seat re-upholstered very appealing. A friend of mine runs an upholstery company in Machester. Before I contact him to see if he would be interested in taking this on, and turning my stock seat into a bench seat. Are the solid structural parts of the bench seat and the stock seat the same?

 

Well I got restless after mucking about with the Triumph configurator and editing the picture to overlay my 2016 model white tank. I decided to take the plunge and get the black Triumph bench seat. (Along with the black headlight bezel and grill!). As suggested, the re-upholstered option is a bit of an unknown.

 

Well there's the seat on, no time to put the other bits on yet, will have to work on them later. Had a quick sit on and can straight away see that although the main reason for getting the seat was for its looks, the extra height will really help me find a comfortable position for my feet when not braking or changing gear. I am 6'1" and whilst I didn't really have a problem with the standard seat, I have noticed the combination of low seat and stiff leather boots mean it is hard to hold my foot comfortably above the controls for much time.

 

After a lovely ride out on a balmy evening last night, I took advantage of a wet evening to fit my headlight grill and mudguard extender. I decided to remove the fly screen as well, to try it without for a bit. Really pleased with look, sky cleared so I took some pics.

 

This bike looks sweet. . I just got myself a 2017 Street Twin and I think first thing i will get for it is a bench seat. I am 6.4 and it's a bit uncomfortable to seat for a long rides. . .your black seat looks great! Also wanted to check what you use for polishing metal parts like those injection covers and exhaust?

 

I have changed to a Tiger now as I was doing longer rides for work. Love the Street Twin, to me it is just a beautiful design, a nod to the Bonnie without completely hiding that it is a modern bike.

I just used regular polish on the grey, although I ended up getting most of the grey bits powder coated. I used Autosol on the exhaust as it is stainless, once had something stuck and burnt onto the header and used a bit of wood to scrape at it. The bench looks lovely but I could only go about an hour and a half on it! I ended up getting one of those Airhawk knock offs for longer rides and that helped. Here's a picture after my tinkering with the bike;