Seat compartment

[Duane Ausherman]

At the front bottom of a seat is a small hidden compartment. I don't remember when that came out, but I think it was about 1978 on the RT. Anybody have info?

[Airbear]

Did you leave your stash in one and want us all to look for it?

[Roy Gavin]

There was one on my 1977 R75/7, and it contained a rather water stained riders handbook.
The old one, which tells you to tighten the steering head to 9 ft lbs and to align the front brake pads by pulling the front brake on real hard.

The wrench who sold me the bike didnt know it was there, said he had never seen one on any other bike, so they cant have been all that common.

[ME 109]

I always thought the front bottom was a small hidden compartment?

Edit. Well, I've heard that some are as big as a Greyhound clipper bus baggage compartment.

[Airbear]

I always thought the front bottom was a small hidden compartment?

Edit. Well, I've heard that some are as big as a Greyhound clipper bus baggage compartment.

I got lost in a really big one, once. Was surprised to find this old bloke in there.

Reckoned he was looking for his horse and cart.

[ME 109]

I got lost in a really big one, once. Was surprised to find this old bloke in there.

Reckoned he was looking for his horse and cart.

Ooh, ouch, I hope he put the horse before the cart. Maybe it didn't matter?

[2valve]

At the front bottom of a seat is a small hidden compartment. I don't remember when that came out, but I think it was about 1978 on the RT. Anybody have info?

hi duane, one of my mates had a 1974 /1975 USA R90S that had the hidden compartment in the seat base, i was always curious of that but have never read anywhere that was a OE .

[Deleted User 287]

I remember seeing them on some Type 247 bikes back in the day. I always was under the impression that it was the storage spot for the first aid kit.

[khittner1]

IIRC, the underseat compartment was an OE feature on the cowled seat assemblies of the S, RS, and RTs of the late 70s, and I think it was supposed to be the home of an on-bike first aid kit. It was accessed by a hatch on the front end of the seat (right up against the fuel tank when the seat was down) and differed from the smaller, much thinner, little drop-down plastic box lid that was put onto the bottom side of later editions of the seat assembly, I think for the same storage purpose. The compartment reduced the amount of space available for seat padding under the rider's portion (the front of) the seat, supposedly reduced seat comfort significantly, and, in some circles, came to be known as "the ball-buster". Not all BMW design ideas are of enduring greatness, and this one went away after a 2 or 3 model years, though it did nice things for sales of Mike Corbin's replacement seats here in the U.S. . . .

Konrad

[Chuey]

came to be known as "the ball-buster".

Konrad

And, so it goes. Konrad's post ties together with ME109's and Airbear's posts above and returns the conversation to where it always seems to end up. Humans: what a species!

Chuey