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! 

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.