07-15-2012, 07:06 PM
I was talking with Zeus_R6 the other day about ordering some nice HT moto seat covers through his shop and getting my rear seat done so I can start doing FIS... Then he told me what HT moto charges to do the stunt seat! Well, from what I heat, HT moto seats are the best of the best, so if you have the $$, then maybe you should just get one. As for me, try as I might, whenever I sit on the toilet only one thing comes out of my ass and it ain't money!
So I did a little reading and decided I would attempt doing the mod myself. I got a yard of heavy duty textured vinyl from the local upholstery shop, and we had the foam lying around in the shop.
A little note on the foam. It is my understanding that you want the highest density foam you can get. I would also imagine you would want pretty firm foam. The high density will make it less prone to braking down. The foam I used it pretty light density but the material seems durable. I'm a little concerned about it collapsing after a while, but it's what I had so I guess I'll see ho it turns out. The point is if you are ordering some, go for high density!
Now on to the fun. Here is the seat how it came on the bike.
First thing is to pull the staples from the cover and get it off.
Then I cut a hole in the seat with a dremel and cutoff wheel. Wear eye pro, unless you want to catch molten plastic in your eye!
Next, I flipped over the seat pan and traced it onto the foam.
Both sides cutout. I used a bandsaw because I had it and I'm lazy, but a knife works surprisingly well at cutting this stuff.
More to come...
So I did a little reading and decided I would attempt doing the mod myself. I got a yard of heavy duty textured vinyl from the local upholstery shop, and we had the foam lying around in the shop.
A little note on the foam. It is my understanding that you want the highest density foam you can get. I would also imagine you would want pretty firm foam. The high density will make it less prone to braking down. The foam I used it pretty light density but the material seems durable. I'm a little concerned about it collapsing after a while, but it's what I had so I guess I'll see ho it turns out. The point is if you are ordering some, go for high density!
Now on to the fun. Here is the seat how it came on the bike.
First thing is to pull the staples from the cover and get it off.
Then I cut a hole in the seat with a dremel and cutoff wheel. Wear eye pro, unless you want to catch molten plastic in your eye!
Next, I flipped over the seat pan and traced it onto the foam.
Both sides cutout. I used a bandsaw because I had it and I'm lazy, but a knife works surprisingly well at cutting this stuff.
More to come...