Just came back from trying out my hacked up seat & I love it! I took off the cover, cut the pillion off the back end & put 3" of foam rubber between the pan & the stock foam pad. Trimmed the new foam to fit in between & then covered it with black "leather look" vinyl. The stock seat cover wouldn't fit, too short. My knees aren't flopping out to the sides now & it's much more comfortable. There's probably more forward weight bias now 'cause the front end felt more "planted" in hard cornering. The bars feel a little too close now so I'll look into lowering them soon.  

Well, my upholstry job looks good, from 50 feet or more! Actually, it's sort of a thick triangle shape now because of the 2 pointy corners on the back. I'm going to have a local upholsterer cover it & round out the back end. I left a few wrinkles on the sides that I want smoothed  out. I like the way the bike feels now. Before this bike I always rode dirt bikes or "standards" so now it feels a little more intuitive to me. It doesn't look as goofy as I thought it might. I wouldn't go taller though.
Over the next week I hope to do some other stuff; fork gators, whitewall on the back, drop the bars. Lost my camera.    I'll post pics when I find it & figure out the Canon software that doesn't seem to work.