OK, first off I've got to apologize for the crappy quality of these pics. They looked better on the camera; but it was a cell phone camera.
If you can make out the big bubble in the middle of the seat, that's my crummy reupholstery job. I rode it that way for about 1,000 miles before the redo; to see if it needed any tweaking before I took the cover off again.
This is the seat foam after I carved on it. The lousy lighting (and strange blue cast) doesn't show at all that the entire center of the seat is a Wal-Mart camping pad.
Here is the seat foam, turned over; and the blue pad a little more easily seen. I attached it with Elmer's Spray Adhesive. The ring you see around the blue is literally a ring of the original seat foam. Nothing but air in there without the blue camping pad.
This is the total amount I carved off of the original seat foam. It was alot! I had sliced a thin layer off teh top of the remnent, thinking I might need it for padding. It was totally unnecessary.
Back when I did my seat lift mod, I heated the pan and reshaped it. I also attached a little aluminum bar underneath to help support the new angle.
first pic of the finished product, on the bike.
Second pic, with a piece of cardboard behind for contrast.
My big, fat, happy behind on the bike. After 1000 miles on the new seat, with 600 miles of that a round trip to Lubbock and back, I can honestly say I am very happy with this mod. I just wiish the pictures did justice to it. Thanks Diamond Jim!
So for your next wedding, graduation, birthday, or Bar Mitzvah, don't forget Jay's fine photograpy.