I made my stock seat comfortable !
Thread Starter
|
Road Master
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 773
Likes: 1
From: NZ but live in Dorset, England
I made my stock seat comfortable !
Just back from my first long ride on the bike ... 500 miles today and 1200 in the last few days and my rear feels just fine. I had made a bunch of changes to the seat, put some memory foam and narrowed the front, but it still wasn't comfortable for a long ride.
The key to comfort is a back rest ! ... I had a bag strapped on my motherwell rack overhanging the back of my seat to lean back into it. Eureka ! Very comfortable. I'm going to get a roll bag with a backrest. Bikers Friend seems to be the one to get ? Is there a cheaper alternative ?
Having ridden for 10 hours today the other changes I want to make are a set of footplates for my highway pegs as the basic pegs dig in after a while ... like Lolife's and I want a few more inches on the bars so will either fit 16" Apes or 14" and bigger risers. Any advice on a fairly cheap way of doing this please !
Mat
The key to comfort is a back rest ! ... I had a bag strapped on my motherwell rack overhanging the back of my seat to lean back into it. Eureka ! Very comfortable. I'm going to get a roll bag with a backrest. Bikers Friend seems to be the one to get ? Is there a cheaper alternative ?
Having ridden for 10 hours today the other changes I want to make are a set of footplates for my highway pegs as the basic pegs dig in after a while ... like Lolife's and I want a few more inches on the bars so will either fit 16" Apes or 14" and bigger risers. Any advice on a fairly cheap way of doing this please !
Mat
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 750
Likes: 1
From: Katy, Texas
RE: I made my stock seat comfortable !
ORIGINAL: matkiwi
I'm going to get a roll bag with a backrest. Bikers Friend seems to be the one to get ? Is there a cheaper alternative ?
I'm going to get a roll bag with a backrest. Bikers Friend seems to be the one to get ? Is there a cheaper alternative ?
It is similar to Bikers Friend
Cruiser
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 224
Likes: 0
From:
RE: I made my stock seat comfortable !
I did the same thing only used a gel pad instead. A 4" grinder works great for shaping the foam and another tip is to cut extra out where your tailbone rides, learned this from John Deere's seats very smart thinking.
Thread Starter
|
Road Master
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 773
Likes: 1
From: NZ but live in Dorset, England
RE: I made my stock seat comfortable !
ORIGINAL: stevieg
That link to lazyrider didn't work for me.
That link to lazyrider didn't work for me.
I did the same thing only used a gel pad instead. A 4" grinder works great for shaping the foam and another tip is to cut extra out where your tailbone rides, learned this from John Deere's seats very smart thinking.
how hard was it to do your seat ,also where did you get the foam and what did you use for adhesive very interested in trying this myself
Here's a pic
[IMG]local://upfiles/24361/E3DF2F16E22D47B29779E019B211CF16.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]local://upfiles/24361/902B64748C984BB4AFA4225B2C067853.jpg[/IMG]
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
