S90: New Seat!

The old seat was basically just rust held together by more rust.  No salvaging that one; it had to go.  Bought a new one off eBay for $100 delivered and it looks great.  It was a very tight fit against the tank, though.  At first I thought I had a seat from a different year that wouldn't fit at all (and perhaps it is the wrong year), but if you push it hard against the tank you can just barely get the bolts to line up and drop in.  Never take fit for granted on these old bikes!  Bolts and mounting points may look identical in a picture, but you need to confirm measurements to be sure.

I was happy as a clam seeing the new seat mounted, but I quickly realized that it's almost too pretty to leave on the bike right now.  The bike routinely gets sprayed with WD40, there's grease and oil going all over the place, and the seat is still sitting on a very rusty frame.

And so I learn a good lesson about the restoration process.  It makes sense to do things in a certain order sometimes.  As much as I wanted to replace the old tattered seat, mounting the new one on there is probably a bit premature.  It's almost like putting down new carpet while you're still building the house.

But still... I'll be damned if she doesn't look good in her new leathers.