Suggestions for hard seat problem

[Beemer]

I've got a Suzuki Goose and the seat on it is incredibly thin and hard - it's basically a dense foam pad (not a vinyl covered foam one like most seats) that is only a couple of inches thick.

I've only had the bike six months and it's already created problems that required surgery - no bull! Female motorcyclists and cyclists suffer from cysts in delicate parts of our anatomy, caused solely by pressure from hard bike seats. As you can imagine, I don't want to experience this again but I also don't want to give up motorcycling or change the bike. My specialist suggested padded cycling shorts under my bike gear, but I have a big enough bum as it is without EXTRA padding, so I think changing the seat is a better option.

Any ideas on how to go about this? The seat seems to be attached by a single screw, but it's not a standard sort of seat and I doubt I'd be able to replace it with anything from another bike. Can a seat be made with better padding - and if so, who does them? I don't really want to use a sheepskin either, so any suggestions would be welcome.

[jrandom]

I fear that your signature is horribly apropos to this thread.

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(SWK will be along shortly to recommend a custom seat manufacturer, which should do the trick.)

[Beemer]

I fear that your signature is horribly apropos to this thread.

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(SWK will be along shortly to recommend a custom seat manufacturer, which should do the trick.)

Well done to spot that - but unfortunately it's me that is bothered by it, and not Hitcher!

[Blackbird]

Get it reshaped at McDonald's motor Trimmers in Tauranga. Check this post out for details: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=10174. I'm over the moon with the job they did on the Blackbird. If anything, the seat is harder than the original 'bird one, but they shaped it for a European bum!

Sublimely comfortable and don't even think about it now.

Cheers

Geoff

[MSTRS:Me]

Charmans in Napier are not bad at this sort of thing either.

[Paul in NZ]

You could try a gel pad.

http://www.gelpad.net/

Expensive last time I looked but I understand the yanks rate this type of technology highly.

Cheers

[tracyprier]

You could try a gel pad.

http://www.gelpad.net/

Expensive last time I looked but I understand the yanks rate this type of technology highly.

Cheers

Mate of mine got a gel pad from here http://www.amspecialtiesusa.com/gelpad.htm

Swears by it.

[mstriumph]

wat's WRONG with sheepskin???

that's positively unantipodean!!

after all - a couple of million baaaaaarbara's can't be wrong??

mutter mutter mutter

[jrandom]

wat's WRONG with sheepskin???

they smell funny in the rain, and look ghey.

[Patrick]

wat's WRONG with sheepskin???

that's positively unantipodean!!

after all - a couple of million baaaaaarbara's can't be wrong??

mutter mutter mutter

How does sheepskin go in the wet??? (Honest question here, not a dig...)

[WRT]

Anywhere in NZ that stocks the gel pads? Would be quite keen on them, but would like to make sure they are going to be the right size for the seat. I hate buying things "site unseen", especially when they come in several different shapes and sizes.

[Lou Girardin]

How does sheepskin go in the wet??? (Honest question here, not a dig...)

Sheep like it.

[Beemer]

Get it reshaped at McDonald's

Thanks, but my arse has already been reshaped by McDonald's thanks very much!

Seriously, I most likely will need a new seat made - as mentioned (and you can see by my avatar), the Goose seat is basically a dense foam pad similar to the stuff you get in gardening kneelers - it doesn't so much need reshaping as having extra padding added to it. The gel pads sound a good idea, I may investigate that further - but as WRT says, what size would be right - it's not like the Goose is a known brand in the US!

And sheepskin does look very poofy unless it's still attached to a sheep, and they smell revolting when wet.

[Paul in NZ]

And sheepskin does look very poofy unless it's still attached to a sheep, and they smell revolting when wet.

True but since we pay about $8 for them at the local sallies and throw them out once they are manky... Who cares...

If you contact a gel seat person just trace out the size of your existing pad and fax it or send meaurements. That style of seat is not uncommon.

Still. Up to you

You can make a new seat base out of alloy and get it uphostered but it will raise you in the saddle a lot and cange everything from wrist angle to foot position. Maybe just use the Goose for the twisties and it might be cheaper to buy a tourer for the long stuff...

Then again, I know what it's like to have a fave you want to keep using.

[Bonez]

they smell funny in the rain, and look ghey.

Better to look ghey and comfortable than gay and have a pain in the arse.