Changing Seat On 2019 Street Cup

Hi Richard and welcome

A few of us on here have done exactly that. I don’t own my 2017 SC anymore sadly but I fitted a standard genuine Triumph Street Twin bench seat and grab rail so it was more comfortable for my Mrs.

Please note that you cannot fit the standard SC seat back on with the grab rail in place.

Cheers

Geoff

 

I installed the Street Twin seat also. It felt confining with a little less rearward room than the Cup seat so I reshaped the foam to sit back further. I also took some slope out of the passenger seat so they won't slide foreward as easily under hard braking. My Chinese grab rail doesn't interfere with the Cup seat but they do look silly together.

 

Me too. Mine has the Triumph tail tidy. Pic from back showing light position.

 

Mine is a Chinese copy of that T100 grab rail and it doesn't fit over the Street Cup/Twin taillight. I had to bend the rear up to clear it because it's made specifically for the T100. Geoff's is the one made for the Street Twin but it doesn't have the threaded holes I needed for mounting the back rest.

 

The only advantage for me would've been the left rear mount not being welded on crooked. I still would've had to bend the loop up to clear the taillight with the much more expensive Triumph part and recheck it for safety. Just like the Triumph part, the Chinese grab rail is way stronger than it needs to be so in the end, it worked out perfectly and I saved some money. Had I known the rear mount was crooked, I wouldn't have bought it. In fact, before I started fixing it, I was about to scrap it and buy the Triumph part.

 

Why you guy's Cup seat not fitting with the rail? I'm using button head bolts and the Chinese mount is flat where it bolts down. It looks like the Triumph mounts have a raised area around the bolts

Regardless, I wouldn't recommend buying non-OEM. If you have a hydraulic press or a welder and half a day to burn, you'll only be cutting your losses. I still might buy the OEM and bend the loop now that I know what it involves.

 

Hi Tom,

I don't have my Cup anymore but I recall the standard seat would not lock in place with the grab rail fitted. I never bothered to remove grommets or look at the cause because I never wanted the grab rail when the standard Cup seat was fitted anyway.

Cheers

Geoff

 

I'll probably never put the Cup seat back on unless the wife prefers riding on the back of the Yamaha. Can't test that until it's warm enough for her. The Yamaha is 60 lbs heavier so I'd like to make the Twin seat work.

 

Hi, l have a street twin,, but I am after a street cup original seat. Is anyone selling one? Thanks.

 

Hi if you still have the street cup seat,, are you interested in selling it?

 

Hi,, anyone here who changed their street cup seats, does anyone want to sell their original street cup seat? I’m after one for my street twin. thanks