Motoboogie
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If you decide to start selling a better seat bucket that I could take to a local upholster, sign me up. I don’t care for any of the current seats that are on the market.
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id be happy to.If you decide to start selling a better seat bucket that I could take to a local upholster, sign me up. I don’t care for any of the current seats that are on the market.
sure thing, i was planing to share, which is why to make the mold rather the just a "one off'Hay squeaks, when you get that mold made, give us a peak If you would Sir. I’m sure you could sell a bunch to the big boys here. Any upholstery shop could cove it once you have the pan.
Count me in.sure thing, i was planing to share, which is why to make the mold rather the just a "one off'
keep in mind im not a pro at multiple parts making.
i will offer them for cost when I have them done.
will do, right now i have a plug taken from the bottom of the moto loard, and am working on a modification . when i get anything of interest i will post some pics.Count me in.
Got the seat yesterday. And on the first test ride I found I was no better off than with the stock seat. The padding over the top of the grab bar is so thin as the seat pan is molded to be above it. A Dremel tool and foam from an old seat took care of the problem. Now it's much better!!!So glad to find out about this seat. I ground off the bar added the small passenger seat and put a cut off piece of "pool noodle" between the two.
Looks like crap but it was the only way I could find to ride it without a bruised tail bone. I ordered this long seat yesterday evening from Auto7star on ebay for $229.89.
I would have rather gone with beezdeals because I have had good luck with them, but it was out of stock. It must be a popular upgrade and many in the same boat as us.
Also thanks to "Lazy dog productions" on Youtube where I found that it existed.
After using this seat for a couple months, I decided to cut the rear rack grab bar off hoping that it would soften up that spot under this long seat and to be completely honest, I'm disappointed in how little it changed anything...and now I have a cut-up OEM rack for nothing.
The problem that I'm realizing is that even with this Motolord seat, the hardness under the seat right where my tail bone is was NOT from metal bar anymore (since it's gone), but from the mold of the seat itself which is shaped AROUND the bar. The design basically leaves almost no padding in the area directly above the bar:
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Since I've already chopped the grab bar off, this got me thinking about modifying the seat bucket mold as well. The only way to make this seat more comfortable now would be to cut out the part of the mold that is shaped around the garb bar and lower it (with fiberglass sheets?) while stuffing additional padding in there - Basically, increase the padding from 1/2" to 1.5 or 2"
This is the area I'm talking about:
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While I know how to turn a wrench, I have nearly zero experience working with fiberglass and this kind of project, so the only thing holding me back is the prospect of completely ruining this seat and being out a couple hundred bucks and right back to square one with the oem seat. Any tips or ideas would be welcome!
i found out the same thing, the plastic base is very thin, and just a lot of foam to make it flat.If you decide to start selling a better seat bucket that I could take to a local upholster, sign me up. I don’t care for any of the current seats that are on the market.
Thanks Trvlnman! That's literally the exact thing I was planning to do. Now I just need to pick up some foam and I have my project for the weekend.Here is another picture. I am really a hack when trying to do modifications to seats but this one was easy and turned out really well I thought.
You can add one of these (or a pool noodle) over the rack grab rail if you are still using the stock seat.Im 6’0” with 41 miles on the bike. It only took 41 miles til I hit a small pothole and…. BAM! Drilled my tailbone on the rear handle. It didn’t feel good. Still sore and I’ve been done riding about an hour. From the sounds of things I may just need to remove the rear rack entirely and get the seat that stretches over the rear fender.
will the seat lock like the oem seat?Just installed the Motolord longer seat and I love it so far. Much more comfortable riding position for me (I'm 5'11"), lets me keep the stock rack, and makes it look a little more motorcycle and less scooter imo.
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