Seat modifications

[awa355]

Did my first decent ride on Sunday. Enjoyed it but after a couple of hours my tailbone was starting to tell me it had had enough.

The seat is a single bum style ( Dragstar xvs 650 )
The seat feels like I'm sitting on the rear which tends to slope forward. I reckon it needs the flat / front of the seat built up a bit.

Has anyone found they needed to build up their seat? If so, who specialises in bike seats? Thanks.

[cave weta]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/91952-Repair-rebuild-or-recover-your-seat-at-home!?highlight=rebuild+bike+seat

send me photos and Ill see what can be done - Ill be in T A one night this week actually, PM me with contact details

[9rider]

There are after market seats you can get, ask your dealer what is available

[MotoKuzzi]

Did my California seat for the same reason, any Auto trimmer / upholsterer can do it.

One thing you need to be aware of, it will raise the COG and affect the handling.:shit:

[Mom]

This probably wont be an issue for you, but be really aware of altering the height of a bike seat for comfort or what have you. It can raise the overall height of the bike making it near on impossible to reach the ground DAMHIK.

[bogan]

Did my first decent ride on Sunday. Enjoyed it but after a couple of hours my tailbone was starting to tell me it had had enough.

The seat is a single bum style ( Dragstar xvs 650 )
The seat feels like I'm sitting on the rear which tends to slope forward. I reckon it needs the flat / front of the seat built up a bit.

Has anyone found they needed to build up their seat? If so, who specialises in bike seats? Thanks.

Did the same a while back, bit of $5 foam from para rubber, bread knife, some glue, and a staple gun required. Instructions are pretty self explanatory, I reused the vinyl cos it had stitching on it, if not, you may as well get new stuff there too.

[tigertim20]

Did my first decent ride on Sunday. Enjoyed it but after a couple of hours my tailbone was starting to tell me it had had enough.

The seat is a single bum style ( Dragstar xvs 650 )
The seat feels like I'm sitting on the rear which tends to slope forward. I reckon it needs the flat / front of the seat built up a bit.

Has anyone found they needed to build up their seat? If so, who specialises in bike seats? Thanks.

a long ride will do that to you. If you have access to a staplegun and an offcut of leather and some foam, its pretty easy to recover your own seat. a saddlery or something would probably supply you with an offcut large enough for a few bucks.

[awa355]

I have this week off work so might run over to Tauranga and check out McDonalds. They seem to have a good name for modified seats.

I did cut out a seat shape from ply, and made up mounting brackets. Felt quite good as it doesn't slope down rearward. I might even cover it and just try it to see how it pans out. Cant lose anything by having a go.

[The Lone Rider]

A good marine upholsterer should be able to reshape and recover any motorcycle seat. I've had mine done in a marine vinyl (leather look) used on yachts, and beforehand got him to chalk in modifications to the insides to reshape.