How To Cut Down A Motorcycle Seat

September 05, 2021 Posting Komentar

I cut the rough shape of the seat in the dense foam and glued it using neoprene glue. Begin by removing your seat from the motorcycle.

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Its either glued on or stapled.

How to cut down a motorcycle seat. This seat is sacked. This video shows how to re-design and re-shape a motorcycle saddle seat using the dutterscutters foam rubber shaping tools. The bikes seat that is.

Lowering a motorcycle seat. Often the covering can be removed and the foam and padding cut down to lower the seat height. After adding the first layer use a staple gun to fix the position.

A slightly narrower seat can give you a big advantage when it comes to getting your feet down to the ground. I had to add material to the sides and the nose of the seat. -- The normal way to fix the cover to a metal or fibreglass base is to use pop-rivets.

This requires an interesting motion. Turn it upside down and check out how the seat cover is fastened to the base. On my KLR I ended up.

Seat height is a product of the motorcycle design frame and the actual seat itself. Here is a link to a post on another board from one of the seats I did. Remember that the seat cover exists to both make the motorcycle look nice and to protect the seat foam.

Aside from looking atrocious if this level of neglect is left unchecked for much longer the foam is going to succumb to deterioration. Then the covering can be pulled down and reattached usually with staples. Adhere half the piece to the motorcycle seat on one side of the tear.

Let a bad cover go for very long and youll be learning to cut foam too which is both a different article and sort of a pain in. Dont leave the corners to prevent the sharp corners of plywood hurting your thighs while riding. You can buy these great foam rubb.

You can choose foam or gel and cut it according to the size of your seat. Cut a 6-inch-long piece of masking tape. You have to keep the nose of the seat pinned while you rotate the back end in an upward arc and the seat will come off.

A rim round the base will solve this problem. I like to have my feet flat on the ground when I am sitting at a light. Neoprene is a contact glue.

The stock OEM foam can be shav. Push down on the seat next to the tear to create an indentation that joins the edges of the tear. If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your device.

The BMW frame makes for a tall seat and for me personally I am 5 9 it is just too tall. Dirt Riders Adam Booth shaves down a 2004 Honda CRF250X motorcycle seat for. Modifying existing seats is usually the least expensive way to change saddle height.

You can use two strips of padding to make it. Remove the two mounting bolts then push down on the lowest part of the seat near the front. So make sure youre glueing it.

You have to put glue on both surfaces let it dry for a couple of minutes then you press the two faces together and voil its glued forever. I cut the seat down on a couple of my bikes with a fine tooth hacksaw blade I took it out of the saw and held both ends carefully by hand it was slower than a bread knife but doesnt tear old seat foam up. This is my video a follow up to a previous video on how to lower your motorcycle seat height to improve reach to the ground.

Also remember to keep the plastic underlining on your seat youll need to replace it. There are a number of companies that supply lower seats and even a few offering taller ones. Use the other hand and grab the tail of the seat and pull backupwards.

When researching how to cut a seat down I found vids of guys soaking the seat foam with water then freezing it so it was easy to cut I didnt have to do this tho. Also If the edge of the seat pan is further out than the frame rails of the bike it may also cut into the riders leg in the event of an accident. You wont have to spread your legs as wide to get them around the seat and that.

For example I have always been interested in a BMW road bike but for me the seat height has been the contract breaker. If you do not have crazy curves a 4 way stretch vinyl will work well to re-cover the newly shaped seat. The other tip is to use a layer of auto headliner fabric with to smooth out things before covering in vinyl.

Press the other end of the masking tape into place across the tear. Then you can sand down with a heavy grate to smooth it out a bit. Lowering a motorcycle seat - YouTube.

We show you how to customize your dirt bike seat to better fit your ride height. You will need to get some upholstery material preferably the 4 way stretch vinyl and beef up the sides and depending on the cut possibly the top as well.

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