Getting a comfortable seat?

**cleopatraxxx** · 28th February 2008, 09:33

please help, can anyone suggest what i can do about my kawasaki gpx 250 seat and how i can get it more comfortable for my long rides at a cheap rate? thanks, im sick of numbness hehe, but its worth it...

**MyGSXF:Me** · 28th February 2008, 09:39

Cajun & motogirl have a business doin bikeseats...

http://www.trimit.co.nz/

Jen

**Nagash** · 28th February 2008, 09:41

Even cheaper then GSXF's suggestion is to just get a piece of Sheep skin wool or whatever and just secure it to your seat. Will make it much more comfortable.

**janno** · 28th February 2008, 09:43

Or eat more TimTams and pies . . .

seriously, I second the sheepie for hard seats, or if you have about $150 (I think) the airhawk seat pads are fantastic.

**cleopatraxxx** · 28th February 2008, 09:48

thanks but thats way out of my price range

**cleopatraxxx** · 28th February 2008, 09:52

yep might go for the sheepskin, where can i get that please?

**cleopatraxxx** · 28th February 2008, 09:52

they sound great too, where do i get them from?

**Waxxa** · 28th February 2008, 09:53

There is a chap who works out of his home in Kinross Rd Blockhouse bay (sign out roadside) who will repad and recover your seat. Nice guy, awesome job and it was a really good price and prompt service ( had a seat repaired a little while ago). You could give him a shot.

**cleopatraxxx** · 28th February 2008, 09:54

no tim tams and pies thanks i have enough takeaways

**cleopatraxxx** · 28th February 2008, 09:59

thanks for that, dont suppose u know the name of the place?

**Chickadee** · 28th February 2008, 10:02

DIY idea.

If you have a good staple gun and have a spotlight near you, I removed the outer on my old bike seat, put more layers of foam underneath (come in packs for seating etc) and then made a new cover with vinyl at spotlight (original seat material had seen better days), had to do a little sewing to put gussets in to fit but all went back on sweet and much easier on the arse on longer trips. What does you seat look like? PS if your original seat cover is in good knick just put that back on with the staple gun.

Sheep skins you can get at Farmers, I think The Warehouses sometimes stock them. Usually around the baby section (young Mum's love sticking sprogs on them). You could always then sew it to fit your seat or find a way to attach securely.

**cleopatraxxx** · 28th February 2008, 10:06

thanks chickadee!!!

**Blackbird** · 28th February 2008, 10:07

Hey don't laugh but some of the guys on the 1000 miles in 24 hour endurance events tape the large diameter bubble wrap to their seats and swear by it. More waterproof than a sheepskin, but not as elegant or quite as effective as a Rider (trimit) brand seat which I've had on since 2005. It's a really low cost option though - fitness for purpose and all that!

Geoff

**Rosie** · 28th February 2008, 10:09

Have a talk to an upholsterer, they may be able to put some more comfortable foam on the seat and reshape and recover it for you.

The bargain-basement approach that I took is to buy/borrow an electric breadknife and a staplegun and reshape the foam yourself, contact-adhere on some extra layers of firmer/softer foam (depending on whether current seat is too hard or too soft), give it a bit more of a trim and then staple on a new cover.

The finish is a little uneven, and the stapling was a bitch, but it is soooo comfortable.