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Steven31371 · Jan 2, 2023

Seat fits with the extender, you just have to muscle it a bit…the seat is flexible to you kind of have to push it down and forward fairly hard to get those rest screws aligned.

Easier with two people but doable with one.

Alkhater · Jan 2, 2023

I just remembered this company that makes fairings from back when I had my Aprilia RS 125.

They offer a tank extender for the Panigale that looks interesting, looks kind of like the Yamaha R1 SBK style extender. They also offer a +50mm windscreen.

Nothing offered for the '22 yet but might be interesting for pre '22 owners.

https://www.cruciata.com/en/prodotti.asp

Steven31371 · Jan 9, 2023

Alkhater said:
I just remembered this company that makes fairings from back when I had my Aprilia RS 125.

They offer a tank extender for the Panigale that looks interesting, looks kind of like the Yamaha R1 SBK style extender. They also offer a +50mm windscreen.

Nothing offered for the '22 yet but might be interesting for pre '22 owners.

https://www.cruciata.com/en/prodotti.asp

I ordered the tank extender to check it out, they also have a windscreen that’s 5 cm taller than stock so I ordered that too to check out, they claim it’s the tallest available on the market, we’ll see if it’s taller than the Zero Gravity Touring windscreen.

Also they brought jokes to work today when I told them I was tall and needed the tallest windscreen I could find

BP PanigaleV4S · Jan 9, 2023

It's definitely priced reasonably. How bad was the shipping?

https://www.cruciata.com/en/prodotti.asp?keyprodotto=1853
I ordered the Vulturbike tank cover with the brushed aluminium finish. The shipping was a bit of a hit to the nuts.

Steven31371 · Jan 9, 2023

bp_SFV4 said:
It's definitely priced reasonably. How bad was the shipping?

https://www.cruciata.com/en/prodotti.asp?keyprodotto=1853
I ordered the Vulturbike tank cover with the brushed aluminium finish. The shipping was a bit of a hit to the nuts.

Lol yeah the shipping was as much as the rest of the order, was surprised, I’ve ordered a lot of stuff from Italy, VultureBike specifically and shipping wasn’t that high before. Something going on in Italy

Alkhater · Jan 9, 2023

Steven31371 said:
I ordered the tank extender to check it out, they also have a windscreen that’s 5 cm taller than stock so I ordered that too to check out, they claim it’s the tallest available on the market, we’ll see if it’s taller than the Zero Gravity Touring windscreen.

Also they brought jokes to work today when I told them I was tall and needed the tallest windscreen I could find

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Nice!

Let us know how they work out for you.

Steven31371 · Jan 9, 2023

Steven31371 said:
Lol yeah the shipping was as much as the rest of the order, was surprised, I’ve ordered a lot of stuff from Italy, VultureBike specifically and shipping wasn’t that high before. Something going on in Italy

You’ll like the quality, and the stuff that I bought painted from them has always been good too, like I said before their tank extender is a bit on the heavy side for my tastes, but it’s also nice and stiff and rock solid. Which to me is way better than how you described the Extreme version you got, this is a part that’s going to bare your weight at lean, when you are potentially most vulnerable on the bike, ‘flex’ is not something I want in that part.

A side note, at the point where the tank bolts to the rear subframe there are two screws, close to where the seat meets the tank, pulls those out and get the same screws but about a centimeter or so longer than the stock ones and you’ll save yourself some hassle, the VultureBike tank extender overlaps that area, you run the screw through the tank extender then the tank and tab, the stock screw bare reaches far enough in to get a bite to screw it in with the tank extender, it’ll do it but is a pita, slightly longer screws makes it easy.

SuperDomestique · Jan 12, 2023

You guys inspired me so had Raceseats make me a seat for trackday riding. Started with their flat seat and had them round out the sides where your inner thighs rest. Wanted it to be similar to Bautista's seat since where about he same size. That should put me a little higher up and get my knees to lock into the tank better

I'll probably have to adjust my rearsets up to compensate.

Main difference from stock seat is that the Raceseat is more flat and less scalloped. Will be a pain on the street since the height will be higher and I'd have to one-leg it at stops.

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Steven31371 · Jan 12, 2023

SuperDomestique said:
You guys inspired me so had Raceseats make me a seat for trackday riding. Started with their flat seat and had them round out the sides where your inner thighs rest. Wanted it to be similar to Bautista's seat since where about he same size. That should put me a little higher up and get my knees to lock into the tank better I'll probably have to adjust my rearsets up to compensate.

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Pretty cool, hindsight is 20/20, should have gotten the ‘Competition’ seat cover material, the neoprene is good in the begging but seems to harden over a few months and is less grippy, it also splits a little over time, the latter doesn’t affect the seat but visually may bother you.

The Competion surface material is much more grippy.

Alkhater · Jan 12, 2023

SuperDomestique said:
You guys inspired me so had Raceseats make me a seat for trackday riding. Started with their flat seat and had them round out the sides where your inner thighs rest. Wanted it to be similar to Bautista's seat since where about he same size. That should put me a little higher up and get my knees to lock into the tank better I'll probably have to adjust my rearsets up to compensate.

Main difference from stock seat is that the Raceseat is more flat and less scalloped. Will be a pain on the street since the height will be higher and I'd have to one-leg it at stops.View attachment 47337
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That looks good.

What’s the customization process like with them?

I’m surprised most of you guys want a higher seat. I find that I want to sit more “in” the bike as I find myself feeling very “on top”.

I have the DP race seat that I’ve yet to try. Will update how that fares.

Steven31371 · Jan 12, 2023

Alkhater said:
That looks good.

What’s the customization process like with them?

I’m surprised most of you guys want a higher seat. I find that I want to sit more “in” the bike as I find myself feeling very “on top”.

I have the DP race seat that I’ve yet to try. Will update how that fares.

They have make every seat, so you basically pick a kind of template and surface material, for example mine is Competition version with that cover, and then you spec it, for example I wanted a flat seat with squared sides 20 mm higher, you tell them that, and they make it.

SuperDomestique · Jan 12, 2023

It was great working with Elisa. Easier than expected. The time difference slowed things a little. It took about 5 days and 5 emails to nail down everything. I sent them pictures of what I wanted and made corrections on the designs they came up with. Here’s one of the marked up designs I sent back. They pretty much nailed it after sending them this.

Alkhater · Jan 13, 2023

Awesome.

Taz · Jan 13, 2023

Steven31371 said:
Pretty cool, hindsight is 20/20, should have gotten the ‘Competition’ seat cover material, the neoprene is good in the begging but seems to harden over a few months and is less grippy, it also splits a little over time, the latter doesn’t affect the seat but visually may bother you.

The Competion surface material is much more grippy.

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That sucks. I went with the other material as well, as that is what they recommended for grip. Hope mine stays good. Will come back with an update when riding season begins.

Btw, did you notice the small note on the packaging that said to keep the seat in a plastic bag away from sunlight for the first couple of months? Something to do with oils in the material. Works out great for me as I won’t be able to ride for a few months anyway. Maybe that will preserve it better

Taz · Jan 13, 2023

SuperDomestique said:
You guys inspired me so had Raceseats make me a seat for trackday riding. Started with their flat seat and had them round out the sides where your inner thighs rest. Wanted it to be similar to Bautista's seat since where about he same size. That should put me a little higher up and get my knees to lock into the tank better I'll probably have to adjust my rearsets up to compensate.

Main difference from stock seat is that the Raceseat is more flat and less scalloped. Will be a pain on the street since the height will be higher and I'd have to one-leg it at stops.View attachment 47337
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That looks great. I wanted the wider, squared off version as it provides a large seat surface at the front to alleviate pressure. I’m 105-110 kg so a larger surface area will make a huge difference in several ways, but especially for comfort. The stock seat is quite unbearable actually, for anything besides track use.

Steven31371 · Jan 13, 2023

Taz said:
That sucks. I went with the other material as well, as that is what they recommended for grip. Hope mine stays good. Will come back with an update when riding season begins.

Btw, did you notice the small note on the packaging that said to keep the seat in a plastic bag away from sunlight for the first couple of months? Something to do with oils in the material. Works out great for me as I won’t be able to ride for a few months anyway. Maybe that will preserve it better

No I didn’t see that note, mine was never stored in sunlight, though never sealed in a bag. Not sure why they’d recommend the neoprene version for grip, the competition surface is WAY grippier right out of the box, and the neoprene loses ground on grippyness as time goes by.

That’s not to say the neoprene seat material is bad, it’s great, I just prefer the competition material after trying both.

We are talking about degrees of good, not bad versus good.

Vbreeze · Jan 15, 2023

Steven31371 said:
Pretty cool, hindsight is 20/20, should have gotten the ‘Competition’ seat cover material, the neoprene is good in the begging but seems to harden over a few months and is less grippy, it also splits a little over time, the latter doesn’t affect the seat but visually may bother you.

The Competion surface material is much more grippy.

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Hey Steven, how old is this seat that it's cracking in the corner?

Steven31371 · Jan 15, 2023

Vbreeze said:
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Hey Steven, how old is this seat that it's cracking in the corner?

Maybe 6 months. To be fair, they are race seats, they tell you that will happen.

youpaiyou · Jan 15, 2023

@Steven31371 Were you able to keep your turn signals, brake light, license plate, etc. after you swapped rear subframes?

Steven31371 · Jan 15, 2023

youpaiyou said:
@Steven31371 Were you able to keep your turn signals, brake light, license plate, etc. after you swapped rear subframes?

Yeah, you just select the Motoholders option that’s provisioned for it.

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