Motorcycle Seats

[Hidemechanic]

I've been reading and it's time for me to ask the question of you seat makers.

Are those seats for town use or are they comfortable enough for extended crusing?

I'm sure there are some guys who can go with either, what is your experience?

My stock seat bites my arss about 20-30 min into a ride and I've tried rebiulding it but no luck.

What foam do you use?(Might be my prob)

Who makes the seat pans?

Is that something a guy can do at home?

If so, how do you go about shaping the pan so you know it will be comfy when it's covered?

I know. Don't tell me. I need an arss transplant, I get that from my OL already.

And yes I'm speeking figuretivly when I say "LMAO", cause it was gone a long time ago.

Nyuk,nyuk, nyuk. GH

[Drac]

"that boy suffers from from that rare and sometimes fatal disease known as noassatall!"

[David]

GH,

I can't speak for everyone because the final opinion depends upon who is giving you that opinion. With regard to my seats

Jeff Cochran one of the founders of Sucker Punch Sallys rides one of my seats from here to the Smokeout in NC every year.

Donny Loos the other founder also rides one of my seats....

Super Dave who works at SPS won't ride one of my seats for a city block.

My son has had one of my seats on his ride for nearly two years.

So go figure.....if your have a tender butt....maybe my seats aren't for you.

If you are riding an older Harley with thick soft padding, it may have degraded to the point that you are sitting on bare steel.

I have two styles of seats one is 1/2" of urathane foam the edge is laced with double loop kangaroo.

The second style has 3/4" of the same closed cell foam the edge is laced with basketweave kangaroo. Both styles of foam are very firm. The seat pans are West Eagle.

Dave Theobald

[outcast]

For comfort I use at 1" of closed cell neoprene foam with gel pad insert. I start out with at least 1/2" on the bottom. Then I take another layer of 1/2" and cut out a hole to near exact dimensions of the gel pad I am inserting. I make sure that there is at least 1" of neoprene at the perimeter of the gel pad for support. Then I glue the neoprene sheets together, with 3M super 77, making sure the hole is centered. Then stick in the gel pad making sure that glue is in contact where the gel pad meets the neoprene. After shaping the foam I cover the whole thing with with another layer of 1/8" neoprene to seal it all in, and hide any undesirable seam exposures. After about 300-500 miles the seat will be broke in nicely and will be conformed to your non existing butt. I hope this helps ya out. It sure did help my butt, and my customers who ride rigids say the same.

Steve

[David]

GH,

I can't speak for everyone because the final opinion depends upon who is giving you that opinion. With regard to my seats

Jeff Cochran one of the founders of Sucker Punch Sallys rides one of my seats from here to the Smokeout in NC every year.

Donny Loos the other founder also rides one of my seats....

Super Dave who works at SPS won't ride one of my seats for a city block.

My son has had one of my seats on his ride for nearly two years.

So go figure.....if your have a tender butt....maybe my seats aren't for you.

If you are riding an older Harley with thick soft padding, it may have degraded to the point that you are sitting on bare steel.

I have two styles of seats one is 1/2" of urathane foam the edge is laced with double loop kangaroo.

The second style has 3/4" of the same closed cell foam the edge is laced with basketweave kangaroo. Both styles of foam are very firm. The seat pans are West Eagle.

Dave Theobald

OOPS, I said Urathane, I meant neoprene. sorry for any confusion.

Dave

[Hidemechanic]

Dave, I figured that's what you meant. I've been using neoprene for some time now on seats and haven't had any complaints. I have used it on my stitch horse and other things I make cusions for (arm rests, baseball mitts ect...) but I think the secret is combining the types of foam.

I think you are also right that the foam in my scoot seat is fetigued.

Steve, your meathod sounds like the ticket for my seat bones. Funny, if I have the right seat I prefer a non padded saddle seat, and can ride all day. I have talked folks out of padding for saddles because at some point the padding compresses to the point that you are on the same hard leather that is under the padding and will most likely cause more problems because the foam is trying to decompress all the time. That's another story.

Where does one find gell foam?

Are you using 12/14 oz. or lighter?

Thanks for the info guys. GH

[outcast]

Try these guys.

http://www.brooklynbuttbuffer.com/

or these guys.

http://stores.ebay.com/Kno-Place-Upholstery-Co

There's a lot of suppliers of gel pads out there. Just gotta huntem down. But I've used both these guys before.

Steve

Edited January 23, 2008 by outcast

[ericluther]

Just use the old school wheel barrow inner tube method on top of your seat, just be careful with the valve stem placement lol

Edited January 23, 2008 by ericluther

[Hidemechanic]

I see there a different color gell pads, is there a dif in the firmness or dencity, or are they different colors because of what they were made with on a give day? GH

[bustedlifter]

Just stick an innertube in it!

Edited January 23, 2008 by bustedlifter