Redone seat, GS750ED

[Guest]

Well, I got tired of sliding down the seat everytime I got hard on the throttle so I decided to redo the seat.
Starting point, the seat wasn't cracked but was smooth as glass and Hard!
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Concept, adding 1.5" of dual density memory foam to my seat area, 1" dual density memory foam for the wife.
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After pulling at least 100 staples out of the seat pan the cover came off
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The foam itself was still OK, but a little hard for me.
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To be continued

[Clone]

This is what the pan looks like from below, it is ABS I think so you can shoot staples into it
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After gluing the new foam to the old foam I needed something to hold it in place, Tensors (I have had many knee surgeries)
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Unwrapped it and trimmed it to give it a good profile and started putting the vinyl on, contact cement first then staple it on.
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The final product, looks good can't wait to put it on the bike
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TOTAL COST:
$15 for material
$12 for two peices of foam
$4 for a zillion staples and contact cement.
I am going to say $35 once it is all figured out, still have lots of material left over.
If I did it beginning to end, I would put the time at 2-3 hours tops.

[Clone]

Forgot, still need to add the glove strap, that will be the grand finale

[BassCliff]

Hey Mr. Clone,

Very nice work. The new seat looks great. Quite economical too. Thanks for sharing.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[67chad]

That looks nice. I am also planing to add more foam to my seat. Where did you buy your memory foam from?

[Clone]

I got the material and the foam from a fabric supply house locally.

[GQROD]

Looks good, did you have a problem stapling into the ABS?

What staple gun did you use?

I'm sure others will want to know.

[Clone]

I just used the old Bostich heavy duty stapler I have had for a while with 1/4" staples. It would have been easier with an electric or air powered stapler. But it worked out ok. Granted the wifey helped by stretching the material.
After driving around all day today, I think next time 1" of foam would be sufficient. The seat is way more comfy, I don't slide down it and I don't get numb butt after 30 minutes.

[GQROD]

Cool thanks, it came out great.