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SEAT IMPROVEMENT
02/04/07 at 17:17:51

Ok everyone, I need your best input here.
While i'm in the process of recovering the seat(s) with leather; I think i should shave off some of the top layer of foam and "splice" in some gel; particularly on the passenger seat. I did the seat lift and honestly my butt is fine but the better half suffers.
I am NOT considering a change of bikes so don't even go there.
I have looked closely at gel bicycle seat covers and think one could be integrated into the passenger seat if the foam was cut out carefull like.
Don't get me wrong, if i should add some to the drivers seat and things improved i wouldn't pregnant dog.
whats everyone think ?
and where to get the gel material ?
thanks in advance as always

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TVR_FSO Serious Thumper Offline I'm Ya Huckleberry.... Posts: 870 Frisco, Texas Gender:	Re: SEAT IMPROVEMENT Reply #1 - 02/04/07 at 17:31:32 Pregnant Dog replaces beeyotch.....Thats funny
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Reply #2 - 02/04/07 at 17:33:58

Since your recovering anyway, maybe you could just add a layer to the pillion without shaving. Make more tush-cush.
A lot of dual-purpose guys were buying those pads that are for for kneeling down on and cutting them up as inserts. You can get them at target, home-depot, etc. I've seen some that are kinda' hard foamy, and some that are kinda' gellish. Shop around and see what you think. You might consider letting the foam bend down the sides of the pillion to add a bit of width as well.
Show us the results when your done.

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Reply #3 - 02/04/07 at 18:33:47

Since you asked....If I were you I would take a long hard look at the Sargent site and think about getting a chunk of their foam.

Here is clip from an email I got back from them when I had inquired about raw foam stock for a seat on a custom I am building. Their site has a lot of detail on how to mod a seat in anyway imaginable. Cut it down, build it up , insert it..they show it all!!!!!!

Check it out a www.sargentcycle.com

From: Bill @ Sargent
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: question on foam

Hi Paul,

We do offer raw Super Cell foam in 12" x 12" x 1.5" increments for $19.95 plus shipping.
Check out the Case Study on the lower half of our Custom Seat Services page. There you will see an example of how we install the Super Cell and can keep the seat the same shape.

Please call with questions.

Thanks for thinking of Sargent's.

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franch Senior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 287	Re: SEAT IMPROVEMENT Reply #4 - 02/04/07 at 19:17:24 this i will check out. thanks
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: SEAT IMPROVEMENT Reply #5 - 02/05/07 at 06:11:48 franch wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02: ....I did the seat lift and honestly my butt is fine but the better half suffers. No matter how you pad it, the pillion pad is a pad, not a seat. IF I were to consider the regular carrying of a passenger I woud replace that pad with a seat -- a solo spinger seat could be made to fit.
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Reply #6 - 02/05/07 at 07:54:12

Paladin. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02:

No matter how you pad it, the pillion pad is a pad, not a seat. *IF* I were to consider the regular carrying of a passenger I woud replace that pad with a seat -- a solo spinger seat could be made to fit.

There are lots of ideas to be had by searching "gel seats" or likewise on eBay.

Here's one seller's site that gives reasonable sounding advice:

http://www.knoplace.com/Gel_Pad_Installation.html

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Reply #7 - 02/05/07 at 10:06:16

You can always get the gel seat add-on pads they make for bicycles and shape to fit. Or hit your nearest cycle bone yard and pick up a saddle seat of some sort and work with that. I put a used V-Star seat on mine (pretty easy mod) and did about 2,200 miles on it. I picked up a full saddle shaped gel pad for the 2,000 mile trip back home and wasn't really impressed with the improvement. I could have put the hundred bucks to better use I think. Spreading my weight out over a wider area helped hugely.

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Jim_R Ex Member	Re: SEAT IMPROVEMENT Reply #8 - 02/05/07 at 10:44:03 I used a wal mart bicycle gel seat for 13.95 haha. The vinyl I bought was 3.00 for a square yard. It made a very big difference. All I had to do was cut out the shape and replace it with gel.
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TVR_FSO Serious Thumper Offline I'm Ya Huckleberry.... Posts: 870 Frisco, Texas Gender:	Re: SEAT IMPROVEMENT Reply #9 - 02/05/07 at 11:34:10 Jim_R wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02: I used a wal mart bicycle gel seat for 13.95 haha. The vinyl I bought was 3.00 for a square yard. It made a very big difference. All I had to do was cut out the shape and replace it with gel. I'd like to see pics of that. Thats a regal idea!
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Savage_Greg Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Don't go around your ass to reach your elbow... Posts: 7844 SW Washington State Gender:	Re: SEAT IMPROVEMENT Reply #10 - 02/05/07 at 13:13:19 Another option would be to buy the other half her own bike 8)
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TVR_FSO Serious Thumper Offline I'm Ya Huckleberry.... Posts: 870 Frisco, Texas Gender:	Re: SEAT IMPROVEMENT Reply #11 - 02/06/07 at 05:46:31 Savage_Greg wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02: Another option would be to buy the other half her own bike 8) Only held back by lack of interest on her part...
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Reply #12 - 02/06/07 at 08:43:43

TVR_FSO wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02:

Only held back by lack of interest on her part...

We discussed getting a bike for 2-up riding, and I told her no way was I gonna go through the helmet banging that I'd known before...so 2 Savages = 1 Big bike...

She had experience riding quads, so she was somewhat used to the concept (helmets, weather exposure, possible injury). A year of practice, the MSF course, and she rides as well as I do on her 2001.

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Phelonius Ex Member	Re: SEAT IMPROVEMENT Reply #13 - 02/16/07 at 11:33:16 If you live in the Seattle area, contact Rich's upholstery and seats at about 100th and Aurora. Mighty fine saddle modifications are available there. Phelonius
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Savage_Greg Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Don't go around your ass to reach your elbow... Posts: 7844 SW Washington State Gender:	Re: SEAT IMPROVEMENT Reply #14 - 02/16/07 at 12:33:40 Wish that I could figure out springs for the seat that I have, but this is the front mount that I made last year.
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