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- 2005 Triumph Thruxton 900
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- 2019 licensed about a decade earlier.
Spot onThose are how you remove your seat. You unscrew these and pull the seat back and lift it off.
That's who it was! I remember nowIf that company was Jenks Bolts; he sold the company. Jenks is a really good guy.
I don't know what the Thruxton factory seat bolts look like, but the one you showed on your bike appears to be aftermarket. There are many different ones on the market that are longer and intended to be fitted and removed by hand.The allen wrench under the cover looks like it’s bigger than what would fit in these. So are these aftermarket bolts?
Those the only two bolts that hold the seat in? I’ll have to check the size allen key that fits.I don't know what the Thruxton factory seat bolts look like, but the one you showed on your bike appears to be aftermarket. There are many different ones on the market that are longer and intended to be fitted and removed by hand.
The wrench under the cover should be 5mm. The Jenks bolts I showed are also 5mm and I think Jenks intended the allen wrench to be used with them.
That’s what I’m suspecting. Just haven’t figured out the trick to installing the seat correctly then. Thanks.The seat should not be loose. I suspect that you did not get front hooks engaged properly.
I can't offer anything better than thatLook ar the hooks near the front of the seat; then look at the catches where the fit. You will see hoe far you have to have the seat toward the rear of the bike in order to slide the hooks in. Once sthe hooks are engaged, the front of the seat should not move. Now in stall the rear bolts.
I no longer have a Bonneville; maybe some of the Bonneville riders can give you hints that I missed.
I think somehow, I’m not getting it hooked in.Shoe-horning is actually a good way to describe it. Two points of connection at the front, then put in the bolts at the back.
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