Is it really a XJ650 seat?

Some months ago, I bought an "advertised" XJ650 OEM seat off EBAY. My bike has the King/Queen seat and I was thinking about using the second seat as a swap out when desired. When it arrived I unboxed it, gave it a once over and set it aside. Recently I decided to pop it on the bike and give it ago but no joy. The tongue on the bottom front of the seat pan doesn't have enough clearance to slide under the back of the tank. i wiggled, jiggled, pushed and pulled but nothing I did allowed it to fit properly. Now I'm wondering if perhaps this came off an XS something or other but I'm not familiar with fitment details for the bikes.

 

Pics of underside will help I have one here to compare.

 

It's over at the storage unit. I will post photos later today.

 

Photos of Ebay seat

 

Photo showing front of King/Queen seat

 

That appears to be an XJ650 seat PAN, based on the release mechanism style. Cast into the pan is a set of letters/numbers, if you have those it would be able to make a positive ID.

 

are the tabs under the tank bent?

 

front of king seat


XJ650 seat

 

gallery link
https://postimg.cc/gallery/1f7f3dkvw/



the front of your seat pad looks different needs to be stapled?

the k&q seat and xj650 seat both mount up lay atop seat the same.
i have a oem K&Q seat and an OEM stock seat


link to xs 650 seat
https://www.yamahapartsnation.com/oemparts/a/yam/50041ecdf8700209bc78696f/seat

 

They dont appear to be. The K/Q seats fits nicely and slides right in. The standard seat won't slide forward at all

 

the plan is to have the seat recovered. I had cut away some of the covering to see if it would allow me to move it forward in place. Interesting that the pattern on top of the XS seat looks similar to mine.

 

if it were an xs6050g it would have different mounting hardawre


but an xs 650sg looks closer
https://www.yamahapartsnation.com/oemparts/a/yam/50041bc2f8700209bc785dcc/seat

 

Maybe I need to file down the front tab on the seat a tad and see if it helps.

 

That’s an XJ650 seat with the 4h7 number. Same as the one I have

 

There's something odd about the covering on the front of mine. I think its probably the cause of it not fitting properly. Since im going to recover it anyway, i think its time for a little surgery.

 

i think you hvave this


but an xs 650sg looks closer
https://www.yamahapartsnation.com/oemparts/a/yam/50041bc2f8700209bc785dcc/seat

 

After a closer look and a bit of surgery, I believe I found the issue. The foam at the front was curled under keeping it from resting forward on the tank. I didn't notice it until I cut away some of the covering.

 

does it fit and lock into place now?

 

Ill check tomorrow or Friday. The bike is at a temporary storage until i get my garage cleared out. There's no access to the facility after 6pm local.

 

I removed the entire cover and foam and was able to seat the pan properly and lock into place. It still took a little finagling. Just a tight fit. The new cover is on it's way.