A Dumb Question...

**sikpuppy** · 21st August 2005, 20:53

Hi everyone, I'm new to Kiwibiker...in fact the website is telling me I am it's newest member

Anyway...my flatmate has just bought a 1988 Honda NV Steed 400...and here's the dumb question...we can't, for the life of us, find the release button/lock/switch for the seats. Retarded or what?! Can anybody out there help us bust through this mental block and open up the seat??

Fingers crossed. Thanks!

**Gixxer 4 ever** · 21st August 2005, 21:06

Ummm no

but look for a key hole around or close to the seat. Welcome to KB. :spudflip:

**Timber020** · 21st August 2005, 21:15

check the helmet lock, it may have a control cable to the seat, give it a turn either way and see if the seat loosens

**crashe** · 21st August 2005, 21:20

Yep what Timber020 said.....
Helmet lock should be on the left hand side under or near the back of the seat.

Oh yeah and welcome to KB.

**Waylander** · 21st August 2005, 21:33

It's a cruiser mate. Might not have one under the seat. Check under the back seat. If it has a storage space it would be there and there should be a door right above the rear fender. Either that or it's like the VN800 and one of the side covers is it.

BTW is it the V-4 version? Nice.

**Brains** · 21st August 2005, 21:52

Originally Posted by Waylander

It's a cruiser mate. Might not have one under the seat. Check under the back seat. If it has a storage space it would be there and there should be a door right above the rear fender. Either that or it's like the VN800 and one of the side covers is it.

BTW is it the V-4 version? Nice.

Like Waylander said, it's a cruiser...so you should have got your flatmate to ask some questions before the decision was made to get it. But apart from that, hope you've found it - took me 6 months to realise my first bike had a tool kit with it, quite a nice suprise actually. Oh, and welcome to the site, hope you're here to stay and not just a fly by nighter, also if you come across some one called winja, we're all sorry. Best of luck.

**dhunt** · 22nd August 2005, 12:46

If it is anything like my NV400sp model the helmet clip acts as the lock and there is to levels one on each side of the bike which let the seat be released if the helmet lock is unclipped.

**vifferman** · 22nd August 2005, 12:55

Originally Posted by dhunt

If it is anything like my NV400sp model the helmet clip acts as the lock and there is to levels one on each side of the bike which let the seat be released if the helmet lock is unclipped.

That sounds about right - the VF500 (84-86 or thereabouts) was the same: unlock the helmet lock, the look for the lever(s). Mind you, some bikes (like the CB250RS) have bolts. I nearly broke the seat in half trying to get that undone, before I realised you needed to unbolt it. Hard luck if your only spanners are under the seat...

**DemonWolf** · 22nd August 2005, 13:00

Welcome to the site sikpuppy...

**sikpuppy** · 25th August 2005, 23:15

Hey everyone, thanks for the replies and welcomes. Well a) I finally figured out how to find my thread and post a response (d'oh!) and b) I am happy to inform everyone that yes, vifferman, far from being a DumbArse, was right...the seat had to be unbolted with an allen key between the riders seat and the pillion. Thank god that's over and done with. Yay. I don't intend on being a fly-by-nighter either. I'm arranging to sit my handling certificate, and am on the lookout for a reliable, cheap 250 to see me through until I eventually get my full license. Please, no GN250 jokes. I get enough of that from my flatmate. Until next time!