bess227
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Back in the saddle after 20 yrs
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N. Wilkesboro, NC
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I had the same problem on my 07 S40. Some of mine was due to my height (6'1), and I needed some more "reach" to the seat.
The problem was where the pillion starts. It needed to be moved back a couple of inches, at least smoothed out.
I bought a Royal Riding gel seat pad, but couldn't get it in the right spot, just seemed to give me less room. I liked the material, but still just not right.
I took the seat off, removed most of the cover.
Electric carving knife and a fine grit sanding disc on my dremel. Cut away the harshness of the pillion down to the pan. Shaped the gel seat pad to fit the original seat design, cut out a "tailbone tunnel" in the gel seat.
Took a memory foam pillow and cut it to 1 inch thickness (using the electric knife) , covered the original seat and the gel material with the memory foam. (Made a much more smooth and finished look under the cover)
Original cover went back on it (after some adjusting on the memory foam thickness) and tacked it back with a normal T50 Elite arrow stapler and 1/4 in staples.
Looks good, feels so much better. Not a professional job, but i have about 70.00 bucks in materials and my time. I thought if I made a real mess I would get a pro to do it........and still may use that option, but for those willing to try stuff, it was kind of fun to attempt. It is definitely an improvement. Warning though......sanding down the closed cell foam makes a MESS.
Safe ridin.
Scott
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