The heated seat on/off harness and the relay harness each have two-prong connectors that plug into a single four connector input on the bottom of the seat, so that part is easy. SHAD says the seat has a built-in circuit that will prevent overheating and battery depletion, but why take the chance? Do it right and connect it to a switched power source. SHAD includes a replacement harness for the latter that allows you to connect the seat directly to the battery, but I recommend using the switched power source. The wiring harness kit consists of one harness with the two-stage (plus on/off) controller and another harness with a relay and ground/power wires to connect to a switched power source. Since then, SHAD has posted the updated wiring harness installation instructions (.pdf), although one of my guys came over and helped me figure it out before the new instructions arrived. Plus, the weather turned from ice-cold winter to beautiful spring literally overnight, pushing the need to connect the heated seat wiring harness into the background as riding the dang bike took preference. and the instructions for installing the heated wiring harness weren’t completed yet. I had quite a bit of head-scratching on this because you’re looking at the very first V-Strom seat to arrive in the U.S.
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If you have the heated seat, you can opt to install the wiring harness. That’s it - you’re ready to mount your new seat and go.
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You don’t want to crack the plastic seat base and the flexibility of the base pushes the bracket against the nuts to keep them in place. Remove the nuts, swap the bracket over to the SHAD seat, tighten the nuts and you’re done.ĭon’t over-tighten I’m not sure what the torque specs are for these two nuts, but it isn’t much.
The mounting bracket towards the rear (underneath) the stock seat is held by two 10 mm nuts that are held by only a tiny bit of torque. Installing the SHAD seat couldn’t be easier.
The SHAD seat is a perfect fit and alignment with the V-Strom, so someone at SHAD did their homework. In fact, the SHAD seat clicks perfectly into place on my V-Strom with less effort and less fuss than the stock seat, which for some reason always needs to be convinced to re-connect to the bike. Otherwise, the overall dimensions, the base plate and the mounting system are all nearly identical between the two. So on looks alone, the SHAD seat has the Suzuki seat beat by a mile. When the stock Suzuki seat and the SHAD seat are placed side-by-side, the Suzuki seat looks decidedly unfinished and perhaps even slightly crude in comparison. The seat has a very nice covering that is claimed waterproof, with stitching around the edges and a mildly pronounced bolster for the rider. This is the new seat for the 2014 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 ABS (Blog) and it’s available with either white or red trim and in heated or non-heated versions. While SHAD may be best known for their motorcycle luggage, they also make “comfort seats” for motorcycles and scooters, including Honda, MBK, Piaggio, Suzuki and Yamaha. We reported on the SHAD seat for the new Suzuki V-Strom 1000 in February 2015 and the first available seat arrived from the factory in March and I’ve been riding with it ever since…weather permitting!
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