I need seat help please..

[jaymanthree]

OK, so I have a wee strom, right. Went to the dealer, they dis-continued the tall version of the touring seat. It's understandable, probably not too many sales for them. I mean how many people over 6 foot ride the wee?

Anyhow, I'm already running a peg lowering kit that I found on ADVrider and also lifted the bike to compensate (so they dont scrape). Still looking for a little more room to make the wee into the cadillac of my dreams.

I am looking to have my current seat re-done to raise it another 3/4" or so. I thought about going with an aftermarket but none offer what I am looking for. I'm not too keen on shipping the seat out to have it done.

Does anyone have any suggestions on a place in Ohio that can help me re-do the foam and re-cover the seat.

BTW I already thought about a used dl1000 seat, but looking for something a little more.

Any input or recommendations will be greatly appreciated.

[Bad324]

in ohio no, but its super cheap to get it done by this guy. As soon as I stop being lazy, both my VFR and CBR seats are going to him to get done

http://greatdaytoride.com/Home_Page.php

[Simplysix]

EDIT: Bad beat me to it

not in ohio, but I have heard good things about

http://greatdaytoride.com/Home_Page.php

Edited January 25, 2012 by Simplysix
double post

[mello dude]

I have heard nothing but good things about Spencers seat mods - although he is in Florida, he will do anything you want..

http://greatdaytoride.com/Home_Page.php

[mello dude]

^^^ Great minds think alike..

[Bad324]

and your winnah, hailing from the mean streets of Mexico...THEE BAAAAAADBOOOOOOY

[2talltim]

Ask maxpower I believe he had his done there

Edited January 25, 2012 by 2talltim

[Gump]

Ditto...I was happy with the work he did to mine.

[Bad324]

I wasn't being srs. I was mocking you.

you think I don't know this, I can think of one time in the last 6 months you weren't mocking me

[Cme2c]

I had Sargent Cycle in Florida redo a seat for me. Worked good but since then I started doing it myself. Sargent sells a super firm foam that works really good. You can buy a hunk of foam from them and do it yourself. Pull the staples out if your seat, remove cover, then glue new foam on top of old with contact cement. You can do rough shaping of the foam with an electric kitchen knife then when you get close to the shape that feels right, do final shaping and smoothing with a sanding disk on your electric drill. I've done 4 seats now and the more you do it the better you get. If your cover no longer fits, an auto upholsterer can sew up a new cover for you.

[DrewsBrews]

Yes DIY is possible. And as long as you have more foam you can glue more on if you mess something up and cut too much off. Foam isn't exactly cheap though. I did mine and put new vinyl on. I was surprised how well I could get the vinyl to contour without needing to sew. Because of the minimum orders I have more foam and vinyl than I needed so I should have enough to do another seat if you are interested.

Before

After

[RSparky]

I bought a couple chunks from foamorder.com. Some of their hard, a little medium, and a top layer of medium-soft. But, haven't gotten around to actually working my seat yet...

[Simplysix]

I bought a couple chunks from foamorder.com. Some of their hard, a little medium, and a top layer of medium-soft. But, haven't gotten around to actually working my seat yet...

Better get on it Sparky, Jan is almost over

[Hoblick]

spencer at http://greatdaytoride.com/Home_Page.php

is the shit!

he did my R6 seats when i had it. amazing work.. better than any sargent, corbin, or other seat ive owned.

ill be getting more work done from him for sure

i have a write up on his work in the product review section

[jaymanthree]

Thanks for the input guys. I think I'll be sending the seat down to Florida. His work looks top notch. I'll post some pics when it comes back.

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[RSparky]

i'll leave doing my seat for last... after painting, and checking valves and i'm just so anxious to ride, I'll screw it up. Then I'll send it to Spencer...