No, it's got nothing to do with burritos...
The vinyl of my seat is becoming soft and sticky up near the tank. It's sticky enough that if I ride in jeans, fibers will remain stuck there. That area is also more dull and grey than the rest of the seat. Over time this seems gradually to be getting worse.
It's not hot here. Lately it's mostly been in the 70's fahrenheit. The bike lives in the cool barn when it's not at work. I don't think I've spilled anything sticky on the seat and have never parked under trees (there are none in the lot at work or in the barn). In any event, I've cleaned it a few times with S100 which seems to make no difference. I've never spilled fuel there, but I bought the bike with almost 600 miles on it, so I suppose the original owner might have. In any event, I'd expect a motorcycle seat to be a little gasoline-resistant.
Has anyone else seen this? Any ideas what to do other than buy a new seat? I'm perfectly happy with the seat apart from this.
Never heard of this one before.
Sure you didn't get something on it, like oil or brake fluid?
mitt
sounds like glue of some sort coming up through the vinyl
The previous owner might have spilled some gas on it, or it could be the glue coming through the seat. :-\
Does it have any kind of smell to it?
It sounds like it may be reacting to a cleaning agent or wax that you are using.
Quote from: porschaholic on July 15, 2008, 08:56:27 PM
It sounds like it may be reacting to a cleaning agent or wax that you are using.
I'm sure others have used S100 on a Monster seat. That's the only cleaning agent I've put on it. I've never used wax.
Quote from: mstevens on July 15, 2008, 10:08:13 PM
Nope.
What about taste? Does it taste like anything?
Hey! I had exactly the same problem with my Monster 750. I bought it brand new from GP Motorcycles in San Diego (I lived in San Diego for three years). Anyway, I asked around and no one had an answer for my problem. I never washed the bike with water, I used only Plexus on the whole bike. I told Paul Lima (the owner of GP) and he told me they used Plexus to clean all their bikes at the shop and had never encountered any problems.
Eventually I had to replace the seat because it would always make my jeans stick to the seat. I never found an answer as to why the OEM seat melted. I kept using Plexus on the new seat and nothing ever happened.
However, the seat of my 999 seems to have developed some issues as well. I have only used S100 to clean the bike and the seat looks different from other bikes' seats I've seen around (i'll post some pictures of the seat). The seat is not melting this time but I think that some chemicals might have some effect on some parts of only some bikes.
Anyway, if you need to replace your seat and live in San Diego, let me know. The guy who did my seat was pretty good and not that expensive.
Delmar
I'm guessing, just guessing that the plastic film under the seat cover is loose and misplaced, allowing glue through the cover.
Cheaper and quicker to get a new/used than to fix it?
Quote from: Rameses on July 15, 2008, 10:14:54 PM
What about taste? Does it taste like anything?
I'll leave determination of that up to someone else.
Quote from: mstevens on July 15, 2008, 11:31:13 PM
I'll leave determination of that up to someone else.
Damn. It was worth a try anyway.
;D
My bike has been in AZ, FL and now TX. Never had any issues with a melting seat in the extreme temps but it does have a shiny-like appearence to it now. Not sure if the heat did that or the amount of time spent on the saddle?!
MAybe you just get REALLLY excited when you ride and leave a bit O the ole DNA behind after every ride.
Quote from: 55Spy on July 16, 2008, 01:17:10 AM
MAybe you just get REALLLY excited when you ride and leave a bit O the ole DNA behind after every ride.
I wondered how long it was going to take before somebody said that! ;D
Holy crap my ST3 seat is doing that right now, though it's now to the point that the vinyl has cracked all over and torn.
It started doing this last fall and got worse through this year. I have an appointment to get the seat covered with new material.
Always just washed with soap and water, no clue why it happened.
Quote from: 55Spy on July 16, 2008, 01:17:10 AM
MAybe you just get REALLLY excited when you ride and leave a bit O the ole DNA behind after every ride.
That is awesome!! LOL! LMAO!
I had the same thing happen to my Monster. The dealer had seen it happen to a few bikes and they replaced the seat under warranty.
I believe there was a discussion at the old site about this issue ...it turned out to be a bad liner and the glue leaking through or something like that.
Mangeldbug talks about it - almost at the end of her post http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=2513.0 (might be where both Massinova and I picked up on it)
OK, maybe I am cheap and anal, but why use S100 on a seat? S100 is expensive, and a relatively strong degreaser.
When washing I pop my seat off, wash the bike with soap and water, and just wipe the seat down with a damp towel while drying the bike.
mitt
Quote from: mitt on July 16, 2008, 07:07:59 PMOK, maybe I am cheap and anal, but why use S100 on a seat? S100 is expensive, and a relatively strong degreaser.
The reason was to ensure that the stickiness wasn't some residue that had somehow got on there.
QuoteWhen washing I pop my seat off, wash the bike with soap and water, and just wipe the seat down with a damp towel while drying the bike.
The only time I actually washed my bike I just used water and a tiny bit of fancy car shampoo to soften up some bugs that had crusted onto the headlight and fork legs. I bought the S100 specifically to try to de-stickify the seat on the premise that it shouldn't hurt the seat and might come in handy if I should ever want to wash the bike again.
That sucks. Any chance it's still under warranty? Otherwise, good time to upgrade to an aftermarket seat.
Quote from: Rameses on July 15, 2008, 11:53:44 PM
Damn. It was worth a try anyway.
;D
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