The Yamaha Road Star Warrior Forum

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Originally posted by mdfdwarrior

I have noticed on quite a few used Stiletto seats that there is a wear/stress mark on the left side of the seat near the front nose. Has anyone else noticed this? Perhaps the design lends itself to put the riders weight closer to the front and the narrow/pointed nose of the Stilleto seat bends under the weight?
You can definitely see the stress line mark on the leather, but will the seat pan or anything else hold up long term? [?]

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mdfdwarrior ... not to Hi-Jack your Topic but the problem also exists w/the Corbin Stinger and it will eventually damage the paint finish of the tank []
Here's what i did to prevent future damage! You could relabel the Topic to include the Stinger []

TOP Photo: Top view of Neoprene rubber stoppers cemented into Corbin bumpers at nose of seat.
CENTER Photo: Side view showing projection of Neoprene rubber stoppers cemented into Corbin bumpers at nose of seat.

Finger print of the Neoprene stoppers on tank bracket. Notice in the center the faint shadow from the OEM '04' seat!
Before adding the 2-stoppers the Corbin bumpers were useless [V]

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Originally posted by bruce59

That's a new one on me Alan. Too late on this paint job ..but maybe on the next one !!

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Originally posted by RX_Warrior

A week after I installed the stiletto, I noticed some wear too. I got some clear Palm Pilot screen covers and cut and placed them on the tank...so far so good.

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