Seat Removal

[VSTriker]

Can anyone tell me where I can get the information on how to take the seat off of an 04 GL with a CSC kit? Thank you

[07BlueCSC]

The seat comes off the same way as a regular GL.

4 allen head bolts, 2 on each side.

The bolts are inside the passenger hand grips.

[Ozarkryder]

And it seems for any service you do on a GW, the first instruction in the factory manual is "Step 1: Remove Seat".

[Doorman]

After you remove the four bolts open the trunk and reach in and pull up and backon the seat to get seat off the front clip. This saves trying to get the seat by passenger back rest.

[VSTriker]

Thanks, I will be taking it off later today.

[1800 06 Champion Trike]

No need to take the passenger backrest off.
Just pull the little passenger pad on the seat forward, push seat back off front clip and lift up. You will have trouble getting the bolts back in. I have new ones from WingStuff with tapered points on them. The stock ones have a blunt end on them and be sure you don't cross tread them. One way is to stick a phillipshead screw drive in one hole to line up that side. then insert the other bolt.

[87Trike1200]

No need to take the passenger backrest off.
Just pull the little passenger pad on the seat forward, push seat back off front clip and lift up. You will have trouble getting the bolts back in. I have new ones from WingStuff with tapered points on them. The stock ones have a blunt end on them and be sure you don't cross tread them. One way is to stick a phillipshead screw drive in one hole to line up that side. then insert the other bolt.

These are good suggestions. Taking the seat off is the easy part, getting the bolts lined up to put it back on usually makes me crazy. As soon as I realize I have to take the seat off, for whaterver I have to do, I go into "Oh, No - not the seat again" mode. The phillips screwdriver "trick", with a shaft size similar to the bolt diameter, always helps.

[1800 06 Champion Trike]

Send for those bolts and you don't need the screwdriver any more.
They set in the holes first try, money well spent !!

[87Trike1200]

Send for those bolts and you don't need the screwdriver any more.
They set in the holes first try, money well spent !!

Thanks!

[ladyspot]

When we got our 08 GL1800 trike a couple of weeks ago, the first thing I ordered were the 4 bolts from Wingstuff.com since (as someone else said) everything you do requires removing the seat.

[Doctoss]

Getting it off is the easy part. I dread getting it back on.

[1800 06 Champion Trike]

Believe me, it's a piece of cake with those tapered bolts

[MangoMike]

I'd never heard of the tapered bolts, great idea. Just ordered a set, thanks.

[kb9osl]

Wel I just spent over an hour installing the seat bolts I got three of them in and when I tried to put the 4th one in the friggin rubber and spacer had fallin out! It was then I took a break and drank a diet soda. Re took the other tree bolts back out and pulled the seat back off to find the spacer and grommet,intalled it and started all over again. This time it only took me about 15 minutes to get all 4 of them in. So Tomorrow I'll go the ace or a hardwere store that has metric bolts and get them about 1/4 or 3/8's longer and grind the end to a point,unless it cost more than ordering from wingstuff. Everbody was without a dought very much about how much a PIA it is to remove and install the seat !! Thanks all for the great info pepper.

[87Trike1200]

Believe me, it's a piece of cake with those tapered bolts

Anybody know what's different about 1500 seat bolts vs. 1800 bolts? I can only find listings for 1800 tapered bolts & I need them for a 1500.

[SMSgt]

I don't know what the difference is but you could take one of yours out and go to your local Honda shop and ask to look at one for the 1800 and compare them.