The Touratech store emailed me yesterday to advise that my ordered farkles had arrived. I was all excited today as I went to pick up my new shit: a seat, rear brake master cylinder guard, pivoting rear brake pedal tip, and a countershaft sprocket guard.
A couple of hours later, I lugged the box of goodies into the garage to see how the the pieces would fit. As soon as I tried to fit the seat, I knew there was a problem... I didn't force it, rather, I just tried to line up the pin at the front to check the alignment. I was being very gentle and trying to see if the slotted hole in the plastic seat pan was actually lining up with the pin that it slides into. Before I knew it, the fucking thing cracked and a chunk of the plastic seat pan broke off. Jeezus Fucking H. Christ!!! The thing is definitely defective as I absolutely did not force it. Fucking plastic snapped like a soda cracker. I took a photo and emailed the dude I had been dealing with at Touratech. We'll see what they have to say but I'm pretty certain they'll say I applied too much pressure or something. I'll have to MacGyver my own fix.
The Touratech seat is taller in the middle/forward part, but narrower
in the rear compared to the Seat Concepts. While I do find the
Seat Concepts to be more comfortable than the OEM seat, I made
the really stupid mistake of getting the entire seat cover in the fake
carbon vinyl option, which is slippery as fuck. I previously had
Seat Concepts' products on my WR250R and my DR650, and I went
with the "gripper top" vinyl both previous times. Not sure why I didn't
go that route with the 690, I guess I thought the faux-carbon look
might be cool. I've hated this slippery seat since the day I installed it.
SeatConcepts super-lubed slippery vinyl seat on the left. Touracrap
on the right.The Touratech is a full 1" narrower at the rear.
Not cool if you have a fat ass. Lengthwise, it's also
about 1/2" shorter for some reason.
Here's the plastic that broke way up at the front where it
slides into the front pin. Grrr... This shit makes me mad.
I traded a testicle for this fucking thing.
The guard for the rear brake master cylinder
Pivoting rear brake pedal. I didn't buy it for the trick pivoting mechanism,
rather, it's just beefier than the flimsy OEM piece and it was reasonably inexpensive.
Countershaft sprocket chain guard
The pivoting mechanism
Yes, it pivots.
I need to spend a few minutes to see if I can slide the master cylinder
forward a little while preserving the position of the brake pedal. No doubt,
I'll need to re-adjust the pedal position. I ran out of time but will
investigate further tomorrow.