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Post your custom seats. Preferably L models.

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Yeah, I know Im whoring up the place but I've got the bug and love seeing your guy's bikes.

Anyone that's done something different with your seat, especially L guys, let's see em.

I want something like a single seat with a small rear flare for my L, wondering what you chaps have done.

Post up dooods.
 
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I made my seat using thin plywood, surplus foam, vinyl, chrome button nails.
Buy enough material to make 2 seats, you may need it.
made seat for $5.
 
I dont have a picture.My 80 gs 1000 L i left the orginal length,but cut the step off so it is level.Then had it recovered in black leather.Total 75 dollars.Amazing how much better they look without that step.
 
This is the seat on my "L". I trimmed the foam myself and had it recovered. Seating position is about 1.5" back and 2" lower.
 
That right there is EXACTLY what I want.

Excellent work.

Any more info you can share?
 
It's not what you are looking for, but you asked for pictures. :shock:

My wife's '82 850L is set up for long-distance comfort and has the Travelcade Easy Chair. VERY comfortable. In fact, after riding all day on my Wing with a Corbin saddle, I find her saddle to be more comfortable than mine. \\:D/

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Hey steve, that 850 seat you got there is awful gawdy!!!

But looks dang comfortable!!! :-D
 
This is the saddle for my project bike. It is about 5" short since I am moving the tail inward. Base is made from 1/4" ABS plastic and I formed the underside of the rear from fiberglass to match the tail shape. I didn't cover it myself though. I paid a guy to do that.
Sorry the pic is so big
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If Deesel's seat is what you want then go for it.

Take the stock cover off, draw lines on the foam w/ a marker, and start cutting it down to the approximate shape with an electric carving knife (Walmart)
If you cut off too much, just glue the chunk back on there with 3M Super 77 (Home Depot) and then give it another go.

If you want some nicer foam to sit on than the 30 year old stuff on there, get yourself a chunk of 2" High Density Polyfoam from an upholsterer. (If you plan to have him do the cover for you, now is the time to tell him, so he doesn't rape you on the price of the foam.) The foam you can get at the local fabric store isn't worth ****, so don't even bother. Cut a rectangle into the seat, 2" deep, all the way across the main seating area, and glue the new foam in there. Cut it to the rough shape you want.

When you have your rough shape, chuck a COARSE sanding disk into your drill, and start grinding it to the final shape. Don't worry about tiny imperfections in the foam - you can cover the final form with bonded dacron before stretching the cover on there, which will hide quite a bit more than you'd think.

From the pic, it doesn't look like you'd need to add any foam to the stock "L" seat to get the final shape, so it's a pretty straight forward project.

Now either have it covered at the local upholstery shop, or I can guide you through the patterning process, if you want to give it a go yourself. You'll need someone with an industrial sewing machine, (or one that can handle at least #69 nylon thread) to do the sewing.

Have at it, and post some pics along the way.
 
Regent said:
If Deesel's seat is what you want then go for it.

Take the stock cover off, draw lines on the foam w/ a marker, and start cutting it down to the approximate shape with an electric carving knife (Walmart)
If you cut off too much, just glue the chunk back on there with 3M Super 77 (Home Depot) and then give it another go.

If you want some nicer foam to sit on than the 30 year old stuff on there, get yourself a chunk of 2" High Density Polyfoam from an upholsterer. (If you plan to have him do the cover for you, now is the time to tell him, so he doesn't rape you on the price of the foam.) The foam you can get at the local fabric store isn't worth ****, so don't even bother. Cut a rectangle into the seat, 2" deep, all the way across the main seating area, and glue the new foam in there. Cut it to the rough shape you want.

When you have your rough shape, chuck a COARSE sanding disk into your drill, and start grinding it to the final shape. Don't worry about tiny imperfections in the foam - you can cover the final form with bonded dacron before stretching the cover on there, which will hide quite a bit more than you'd think.

From the pic, it doesn't look like you'd need to add any foam to the stock "L" seat to get the final shape, so it's a pretty straight forward project.

Now either have it covered at the local upholstery shop, or I can guide you through the patterning process, if you want to give it a go yourself. You'll need someone with an industrial sewing machine, (or one that can handle at least #69 nylon thread) to do the sewing.

Have at it, and post some pics along the way.
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Thats pretty much what I did. After carving with electric knife, I used my hand grinder with a sandpaper disk (flap disk) to do the final sculpting of the seat.
I am happy with the result, more comfortable and looks good IMO.
 
Deesel said:
Thats pretty much what I did. After carving with electric knife, I used my hand grinder with a sandpaper disk (flap disk) to do the final sculpting of the seat.
I am happy with the result, more comfortable and looks good IMO.
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Yea how much to make me one and a set of those fender mount covers :)
 
I didn't change the shape of mine, but I cut out a section of the seat on my GS850G and replaced it with Supercell foam from Sargent. If you call up, they'll send you a hunk of their magic foam for about $40 - $50.

Before (tired and saggy):
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During - I cut out the original section with an electric knife I bought from Goodwill for $2, carved the Supercell foam to a rough fit with the electric knife, installed it with spray adhesive, carved some more to get the rough shape, then smoothed, refined, and blended the shape by hand with a course sandpaper block. I didn't change the shape at all -- the new seat cover from B&H only fits OEM shapes:
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Voila!
New seat cover from B&H: http://motorcycleseatcovers.com
It looks nice, but DO NOT make the same mistake I did and order the textured vinyl. This stuff is perforated, so it's totally stupid to use on a bike that gets ridden places far away. Order yours in another vinyl and you'll be very happy. They don't make custom shapes, so talk to a local upholsterer if you changed your seat foam shape.
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The results of changing the foam were incredible -- it's comfortable all day now, and before the rebuild, I was in gluteal agony within 100 miles.
 
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