I thought I'd better do this as a new post instead of putting it with the guy version of a seat lift. They'd probably toss it right out!
Here's what I ended up doing cause the hardware store did not have any urethane 1/4" washers. They only carried faucet washers and the thickest one was 1/8 on an inch at $1.29 each. You can calculate how much that would have cost me, not to mention making the holes bigger on 24 washers, seeing they only had a small puka in them. They didn't even have 24 of them.
Here is what I did:

I cut 2 1 1/4 inch dowel pieces (1 1/16 width), drilled a 1/2 inch wide puka about 1/2 inch deep (for the rubber thingies underneath tank bracket) and 1/4 all the way through for the bolt.
Then I glued the washers on them.
Then I had some chrome looking metal tape very stiff  and hard to handle and wrapped it around the wood a few times for looks and support. And then of course I did the girly thing of adding some 3mm rhinestones in cobalt blue fabric paint on the top and bottom edge.

E voila! my version of a seat lift!
I also put a little strip of rubber underneath the rubber cushions. Oh boy!! what a difference in height! good thing I have long legs!
Now I'm wondering if my turns are going to feel different with the seat being higher. I'd better go slow first.

Heck, that looks really good. Whatever works for you, is what works for you. Just keep an eye on the dowels for compression.
-WD

Looks great! I lifted the front of my seat with a chunk of laminated oak and maple, cut to size and drilled for the bolts. I also relieved the center to help accommodate the seat lip. (I make cutting boards and I just used a chunk of the cutoff from a Texas-shaped cutting board - I always have plenty of scraps.) I did wrap electrician's tape around it to make it less obvious. I think I made mine a little over 1" high.

FreeSpirit wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08:

I gluegunned my rubber pieces to the already existing ones, the rectangular black rubbery things on the right and left side of the seat. If you don't see them, then someone removed them. What you'll see then is 2 pukas (holes) on the left and two on the right in the white plastic bottom of the seat.
The previous owner of my bike took them of the passenger seat. But you are right, the rubber cushion does rest on the frame.

DanGill wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08:

Guess we are both woodworkers!
I love to make stuff out of wood myself, my hobby.
I'm saving up for one of those gliding chop saws.
How has the wood been holding up?
no cracking or anything? That's why I glued the washers on top, and wrapped the metal tape around the dowels, to keep the wood from drying out an cracking. The metal tape is also very strong and doesn't stretch, so hopefully it braces the wood.

Now THAT is a cool seat riser mod!  

SavageWahine wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08:


The wood is holding up very well. Hardwoods like hard maple, walnut, pecan/hickory, or white oak are very strong. Really, the front of the seat doesn't take much weight. The weight really rests on the rubber feet and through them to the frame.

Yep, I do the woodworking thing. It all started with a trip to the store to get a new circular saw for some shelves in my shed. I came home with a table saw, and the rest is history. If you want to see some of my cutting boards, go to www.texascrazy.com. There's a Texas shaped cutting board on the home page. Click on that and scroll down. I make the Texas shaped boards and the rectangular boards with a Texas shaped groove in the face. (Everything on the site is Texas themed.)

Very nice job!