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“This lower seat height also lowers my knees so they’re farther away from the knee contours.”
Heads up on RaceSeat fitment on 22 pV4
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“This lower seat height also lowers my knees so they’re farther away from the knee contours.”
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Désolé. I mistyped. Meant upper leg. Either way, this thread wasn’t meant to be a definitive guide on bike ergos. It was meant to be a discussion on if these RaceSeats actually fit the 22 model year.
As far as I know, I’m literally the only one who’s tried actually fitting one of these piece of .... Raceseats to a 22 model year V4? Anyone else have experience with these exact conditions??? If not and you’re not offering anything constructive well then you’re just being a troll. I get it. This forum is full of them. Ironically, these dick holes are the sweetest kindly gentle saps on other Ducati forums. You know who you are.
Here’s more data points in how much they suck. Seat interferes at at least 4 points.
I stand behind that Raceseats as a company and the ..... product they deliver absolutely ....... sucks.
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@SuperDomestique - mine is about to be fitted to my bike. It’s actually at the dealer at the moment having some bits done and I took the seat there to see if it would fit to, only to find that the bike was in so many pieces that it wasn’t possible to try, so they told me to leave it with them and they will pop it on. I asked them to let me know if there were any issues.
RaceSeats informed me that there was an issue with a change of screws used for the current model and they have rectified this. I’ll know about the fitment of my seat in the first half of this coming week.
RaceSeats informed me that there was an issue with a change of screws used for the current model and they have rectified this. I’ll know about the fitment of my seat in the first half of this coming week.
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Somewhere, someone has said the same about nearly every company that has ever existed - even the most successful companies in a given industry (i.e. Apple, Ferrari, Ducati, Toyota, etc…), likely even about a company you think is awesome. These opinions (like yours regarding Raceseats) are considered outliers, and as such, they are considered insignificant.
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Wow. This is some impressive stuff… You’ve persuaded me with this stunning argument. If the seat doesn’t fit, you must acquit
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@spooky Few questions for you. Would you post some photos of your seat? Which one did you purchase? Could have the shop measure your seat?
I’m finding that I’m going to have to trim about 7 mm around the tank to get it to fit. I’m fairly confident that they sent a 2018-21 seat
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That’s not even close to what I ordered…
Do you have the model number off of the invoice?
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If you sell enough product or service you WILL eventually sell to someone you can never ever make happy, if you sell even more you’ll run across just enough of those that a few of them will internet troll the product or service, these days if you don’t run across some of those you’re probably not doing something right, or enough of it to matter.
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Tried SD’s idea, totally works, but for me felt awkward, so I changed it back.
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Interesting... The D11 model line is what is specified for 2022 models. But your seat looks similar to Kevin Seider's seat on his 2022 V4S so I'm hoping that the one they sent you fits.
The saga continues to try to fix this RaceSeats ineptitude. I measured the stock seat horizontally lengthwise. Comes out to 315-17 mm. Same measurement on the RaceSeat is 323 mm. @spooky Might be worth checking this before going down a rabbit hole like I have with this.
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The trouble for all these companies and products is they have to at some point involve some of the inept, numpty, clueless public. Who do look for blame in everyone else.......except themselves.
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Do explain this twatism. I’m just playing. We don’t give 2 ..... what Andy says
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take responsibility for what YOU fooking ordered and then YOU bought......oh and grow a pair, stand on YOUR own two feet YOU don't need to try to gather support with the we....!
You tried to complain about what had arrived re the spec of the seat....but that all went quiet after YOU had to concede after what arrived was what YOU ordered... All that was left was to bitch about lining up a couple of holes..
YOU and YOUR twatisms have been sussed!
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Andy should worry more about his receding hairline and less about my issues 
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Ive got the solution.....get a big boy to order and fit it!
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I think people are being a little bit harsh in this thread (and one person in particular).
RaceSeats have told me that they had an issue with the screw size being different for the ’22 bike and they had not realised it was different. This has apparently been rectified. Obviously it’s something easy to fix and I doubt it would have been a particularly big deal if that was the only issue.
It’s also clear that the OP talked about having the seat higher at the tank but it’s clearly lower, so there was obviously a miscommunication. RaceSeats have taken responsibility by providing a refund, which is an acceptable response. It does seem to me that the only way to make the entire seat flatter and maintain the central seat height is for the front to be lower? Surely if the front was the same height against the tank then the central part would inevitably be higher as the back presumably cannot be made lower.
Seat height in the center appears to be the same from the pictures, so their website statements about seat height remain correct but it does seem clear that the OP did not get what he had expected. People (and this Company is a small number of people - not a massive organisation) do make mistakes and they have dealt with it by providing a refund. It’s ok to make mistakes if you deal with them well and that seems to have eventually happened.
I have not yet had mine fitted and so I don’t know if there are any issues or not with mine. I believe the tank is different on the ‘22 so hopefully the seat fits fine.
RaceSeats have told me that they had not checked their seats on the ‘22 model. They tell me they have now checked their seats on a ‘22 bike at a dealer and ‘all is resolved’. I will soon find out if that is the case. Some pictures below of my seat being made - the pale one is the standard seat to compare to mine, this being the black one.
RaceSeats have told me that they had an issue with the screw size being different for the ’22 bike and they had not realised it was different. This has apparently been rectified. Obviously it’s something easy to fix and I doubt it would have been a particularly big deal if that was the only issue.
It’s also clear that the OP talked about having the seat higher at the tank but it’s clearly lower, so there was obviously a miscommunication. RaceSeats have taken responsibility by providing a refund, which is an acceptable response. It does seem to me that the only way to make the entire seat flatter and maintain the central seat height is for the front to be lower? Surely if the front was the same height against the tank then the central part would inevitably be higher as the back presumably cannot be made lower.
Seat height in the center appears to be the same from the pictures, so their website statements about seat height remain correct but it does seem clear that the OP did not get what he had expected. People (and this Company is a small number of people - not a massive organisation) do make mistakes and they have dealt with it by providing a refund. It’s ok to make mistakes if you deal with them well and that seems to have eventually happened.
I have not yet had mine fitted and so I don’t know if there are any issues or not with mine. I believe the tank is different on the ‘22 so hopefully the seat fits fine.
RaceSeats have told me that they had not checked their seats on the ‘22 model. They tell me they have now checked their seats on a ‘22 bike at a dealer and ‘all is resolved’. I will soon find out if that is the case. Some pictures below of my seat being made - the pale one is the standard seat to compare to mine, this being the black one.
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aw thanks
its a simple shoulder screw of slightly bigger dimension than a std screw......hardly a bodge ... and there are plenty of them to see!
its a simple shoulder screw of slightly bigger dimension than a std screw......hardly a bodge ... and there are plenty of them to see!
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