I put my new gel seat on Thumper last night, and rode her in to work this morning.

I did not like the ride.  

The seat was nice and soft, and it looks really nice, but unfortunately I now sit a couple of inches more to the front than I did on the stock seat.

At 5' 11", I'm already a tight fit on my dear Thumper, and this extra push forward just isn't going to work for me at all.

Has anyone had experience in removing some of the gel from these things? I'm thinking my only recourse is to hack out some padding in the rear where the seat rises toward the pillion.

Otherwise, check the Marketplace section in a few days for a barely used gel seat!

Cheers. Tammi

Cant you raise the front part of the seat up using washers and ect (like 2 inches).??  I wouldnt cut into the seat and ect.  

Good lucks

Already have the front of mine raised almost 3 inches to get anywhere near comfortable..the problem with the gel pillow seat is what Tammi said..the back part that butts up against you is too thick, pushing you forward too much..I cut about a half inch out of the stock seat plus raised the front about 3 inches plus moved the handlebars forward about 2 inches by turning the risers around...now when I ride i'm leaning slighty forward, arms extended and my tailbone is not against the upright portion of the seat...much more comfortable !!

Being 5ft 11 myself IM surprised that u dont need some legroom like forward controls.   It was by far the best mod I have ever done.  I cant explain how much more comfortable I am now.

We also raised the handlebars (buckhorns) up because they were too low.