can anybody help

[silverspirit]

i was looking for an orginal seat for my sx1100sg. the one i have now is a two seater with like a back rest on it.( i am new at this so if this has been asked before in the forum then sorry about that)thanks

[RiskyBusiness]

Watch ebay for them. I picked up a NOS seat for my 79 Special there for about $140. They are pretty popular if they are in good shape so I felt good paying $140. Set up an account in ebay, if you don't have one already, then use their search tool to build an automatic search for products that match "xs1100 seat" or "xs 1100 seat." If you tell ebay to it will email you any time someone lists a item that matches.

If you seat pan is in good shape you can get a custom seat built for a couple of hundred bucks. There are a number of services out there that do it. I couldn't go that way because the seat pan on my old seat was a rust pit. If you go the rebulid route, stick to a place that is used to doing motorcycle seats. Don't rebuild with standard "chair foam" because it does not hold up and typically is too soft.

Good luck.

[silverspirit]

thanks i'll do that. i've been looking on ebay for a while and i haven't found any. but i'll try it.
thanks,
dan

[RiskyBusiness]

What year is it you are looking for? Here is a good looking 79 on ebay.

[sixtysix]

Re: can anybody help

Originally posted by silverspirit
i was looking for an orginal seat for my sx1100sg. the one i have now is a two seater with like a back rest on it.( i am new at this so if this has been asked before in the forum then sorry about that)thanks

My guess is you have an special and the seat was a factory option. Flip it over is there a yamaha sticker on it for hose routing or whatever it is? Then it is the stock seat, we need model and year info at the very least to help you in finding a 'regular' seat.

[silverspirit]

sorry i don't know to much about this bike yet and i found out that it is a special. so sorry about that again i'll go check that and get to ya.
thanks

[buffalo]

he said in his first post it is an sx1100sg, I assume he means xs1100sg, which would be an '80 special I believe.

[silverspirit]

well actuly my friend, the one i got the bike from, said that it was an 81 special. for some reason i thought it was a 80 1100sg but i guess not sorry.
thanks for the help though