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Sean.S
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PostPosted: 09:10 - 08 Jun 2016    Post subject: removing seat yam thundercat? ...& exhaust question... Reply with quote
Would like to get a bit of instruction before i start pulling the plastics off. I know the seat hooks in at the front but i cant work out how to get at the screws that hold it place

Any ideas? Thanks

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Pjay
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PostPosted: 09:16 - 08 Jun 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Isn't it unlocked by a key at the rear?
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Sean.S
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PostPosted: 09:21 - 08 Jun 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nope it's attached from the inside i think
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PostPosted: 09:29 - 08 Jun 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Scratch that, your were right. Theres a key just above the left passenger peg, which i didnt even know was there. I turned that and the seat came straight off

You can tell im new to sports bikes Laughing

Cheers
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PostPosted: 09:34 - 08 Jun 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sean91 wrote:
Scratch that, your were right. Theres a key just above the left passenger peg, which i didnt even know was there. I turned that and the seat came straight off

You can tell im new to sports bikes Laughing

Cheers


Yeah it doubles as the helmet lock on a cat.

Good work Smile
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pompousporcup...
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PostPosted: 09:40 - 08 Jun 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sean91 wrote:
Scratch that, your were right. Theres a key just above the left passenger peg, which i didnt even know was there. I turned that and the seat came straight off

You can tell im new to sports bikes Laughing

Cheers


Laughing Laughing

i looked for ages trying to work this out when i got mine. kept trying to put the key in the part sticking out of the left hand side panel
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PostPosted: 09:44 - 08 Jun 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Glad that im not the only one, i was about to take the side fairings off to gain access to some bolts which i now know dont exist... FAIL!! Rolling Eyes

In my defence though this is my first sports bike, ive just got used to simpler bikes where everything is bolted on somehow

Sean Smile
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PostPosted: 09:54 - 08 Jun 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
https://www.offwidth.co.uk/bike/cat/thundercat_manual.pdf

Hope this helps!
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PostPosted: 12:35 - 08 Jun 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
And it's not a daft question. I was looking for the keyhole to remove a CBR600F seat when the owner sheepishly admitted that it requires panel removal and unbolting. <do-not-want.gif>
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PostPosted: 13:28 - 08 Jun 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rogerborg wrote:
And it's not a daft question. I was looking for the keyhole to remove a CBR600F seat when the owner sheepishly admitted that it requires panel removal and unbolting. <do-not-want.gif>


on doovys old CBR, it just comes off on it's own - halfway down the strip at santa pod Shocked
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PostPosted: 14:04 - 08 Jun 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
groovylee wrote:
on doovys old CBR, [the seat] just comes off on it's own - halfway down the strip at santa pod Shocked

Air brake, geezer.
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PostPosted: 15:11 - 08 Jun 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Any question isn't daft if you don't know the answer...
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PostPosted: 15:17 - 08 Jun 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for the reassurance. I have a thundercat swingarm to strip down next and remove the bearings... That Should be fun Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: 21:50 - 08 Jun 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Another question... Does anyone know if an exhaust from an early R6 will fit the thundercat?
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PostPosted: 12:00 - 09 Jun 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sean91 wrote:
Another question... Does anyone know if an exhaust from an early R6 will fit the thundercat?


downpipes or link pipe/can?

i have a standard 5EB (gen1 R6) exhaust and link pipe knocking about that you'd be welcome to tinker with to find out Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 12:08 - 09 Jun 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Both really. Especially If its a bolt on can, if its one with a bracket then more likely it's universal? I guess the question is more weather the link pipe is the same
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PostPosted: 17:13 - 09 Jun 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Check header bolts first. If the pipes are sill the standard steel rot-like-a-cbf type then just get a set of stainless asap.

Headers are held on by nuts on studs and are a fucker if they are rotten.
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PostPosted: 08:52 - 10 Jun 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
according to https://yamahaclub.com/forums/topic/42455-yamaha-yzf-600r-thundercat-help/ it will fit.

not guaranteeing it though.....
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