SEAT Mods - lower & more comfy

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SheWolf: Nope, that's my seat heater.

* Eyes Wide Open *

Seems redundant to me...

What??! At least I can ride around and do stuff and not be one of those whiny DS riders who go...'oh no I can see my breath it's too cold to be out there riding!' Pussies...

Chrispy1200 wrote:

f3joel wrote:

It is the zing cover that wheelingcyclesupply sells ( i pulled the stitching out of the logo and removed it )

How does it look where the logo was ? Can you notice the holes from the stitching ? I'm looking for a plain black cover without graphics but I can't find one.............

Yes, you can see the stitching holes if you know they are there. But it doesn't bother me at all. You only really notice if you are up close and know they are there.

I just finished shaving and recovering my seat thanks to the instructions of you fine folks. Makes a world of difference! I really love this bike now that is back to earth.

I was able to re-use the stock seat cover for the chopped set. Just took a little more time with the heat gun and a little stretching of the material.

I just finished my stepped seat mod last week & it turned out pretty decent thanks to everybodys tips. I used to have a Corbin but I decided I liked the factory cover's grip a little better so I sold the Corbin & modded the factory seat. I wrapped an extra layer of 1/2" foam that was slightly softer than stock in the middle area to widen the seat area. I took a 2 hr. ride yesterday & it worked really well & I can get a better reach on the ground now.

Good stuff! How do you find the comfort level with your modded seat compared to the Corbin?

GREAT JOB YOU ALL!!!

You inspired me to give my stock seat a go.

Plucked the staples with a screwdriver, nice and easy and no damage, then peeled back the cover:


Shaved, shaved and shaved some more to get it nice and low, ended up with a rough idea with only using a sawzall:


My buddy owns an upholstery shop, he's gonna smooth it out a bit and recover for me, I will let you know how it turns out this week or next.

For now I have the Wheeling step seat to use so I'm not dead in the water.

Anyone add to the seat? I need to add 2" to mine. My legs seem to be a bit too long for the stock seat...

Holy Tam, you must be a tall girl!

inseam is 38in top of my head is 6'3 and yes the air is a lot better up here

Careful, I bet she could roll you into a ball and pitch you into the ditch.

He said NBA would not know what to do with a ball if you gave me a step by step how to
and I have a time getting my bike up when I drop it... But if your not nice to me my lil brother can, he's only 6'11 tho

Enjoy those legs, Tammy!! I have to tiptoe like a 4 year old.

Sarah

Enjoy nothing. Yes it's nice when I come to a stop by it stops there. As tall as I am no gear fits me and if I was to stand on the pegs and let the bars go my hand would be 6 to 8in away or something like that.. Hell I can't even find a dress that will fit me right

But in really rocky stuff or mud I got ya all beat. In mud my big feet act like boats and I just ride over everything. They work so good I use my WR as a jet ski when it's too hot to ride

Now about my seat? any one know of a taller seat??

I've read good things about these folks:

http://www.xpcracing.com/


Best of luck to you, I'm still working on shaving the top and sides of my seat a bit at a time.

Sarah

* wondering if they go all the way up *

Sorry... I had to say it. * ducks and runs *

You can duck but from up here I can still see you

I found a comp that will make me one... Got to send my seat to them tho, can't do that till it's tooo hot to race..

Seat is done and feels perfect. If your going to do this mod take your time and get the right shape, this is a world of difference in riding now.

http://www.diymotorcycleseat.com/

Great information, photos and videos of folks reworking seats.

I'll be tackling this job myself this winter... cross your fingers for me!

Do you think there is enough material in the seat to take off a total of 2 inches off the seat? Is that the correct way of doing it or should I take less material off the seat and get a lowering link too. I want to get the seat height of the bike as close to 32 inches as possible. If that's unrealistic than 34 inch seat height would be ok.

2 inches from the seat sounds excessive.


Have a look at this:https://wr250rforum.forumotion.com/t13972-trade-spiral-low-seat-for-stock