.png "Powered by vBulletin")
so as some may remember, a couple months back i had asked about how to make the seat on spock softer. so after reading the link that someone posted a while back, diymotorcycleseat.com, i decided to have a go at it myself. after looking at the "other ideas" tab, i decided to try out the gel insert route.
what i decided to do was get a gel pad that had the foam cast into it from ebay that came with some smoothing foam:
once i removed the staples and peeled the seat cover back, i traced out where i was going to put the pad and used 3m's paint stripper drill attachment to hog out the foam to insert the gel pad:
after i put the pad in i decided to take it for a spin to see how much better i made the seat. i found that i hadn't improved it, i actually made it worse, after a couple miles i was sitting on pins and needles, instead of it taking 25 miles for the pins and needles to show up. come to find out i did take out enough foam in the back where the foam curves up. after getting down to almost the seat pan(i actually did in one spot) and adding some pick-n-pluck foam for the nose, it maded a big difference, but went from pins and needles, to making my bootie and tailbone go numb, mostly on the tail bone. so i cut a tailbone channel which helped(i ended up having to cut all the way down to the original foam), reducing the numbing factor to just the ischium, as evidenced by the cold sensation in my bootie cheeks:
so after riding to and from work several times, i had to think of how to make the seat even better, realizing i needed better, firmer, higher density foam for the nose and some to build up the sides to cup and cradle the bootie. i came to this realization after thinking about the more ergonomical solid chairs you find at like libraries, schools, restaurants and coffee shops, as opposed to the flat straight chairs you would find at events that have steel folding chairs. so yesterday i went scouting to try to find some curb couches that i could potentially scavenge the cushions off of and remembered that there was a classic car dealer that opened up not too long ago and stopped in to ask them if they did their seats in house or out sourced. as it turned out, they out sourced to a place just across the river. so i stopped in to the shop they out source to, and they didn't have any scraps that i could scavenge, but invited me back next week to see if they had any. so i continued my quest and came across another upholstery shop by pure accident, on my way to the next town to search for curb couches. so i took the chance and stopped in to see if they had any scraps i could get. and oh boy did they. since the do more than just auto stuff, mostly furniture, the had some used and other large scraps that they gave me for free.99. really awesome of them! so i took what i foresaw me using and what i could fit into spock's saddle bags:
so i headed back to the home base and ripped back into the seat, and not a moment too soon since there was a heavy rain storm coming in. i started by removing the pick-n-pluck foam i added to build the nose and cut 3 pieces of the thicker stuff and glued them together so i could build the nose better. don't judge me too hard, i shaped it with an xacto:
what i decided to do was get a gel pad that had the foam cast into it from ebay that came with some smoothing foam:
once i removed the staples and peeled the seat cover back, i traced out where i was going to put the pad and used 3m's paint stripper drill attachment to hog out the foam to insert the gel pad:
after i put the pad in i decided to take it for a spin to see how much better i made the seat. i found that i hadn't improved it, i actually made it worse, after a couple miles i was sitting on pins and needles, instead of it taking 25 miles for the pins and needles to show up. come to find out i did take out enough foam in the back where the foam curves up. after getting down to almost the seat pan(i actually did in one spot) and adding some pick-n-pluck foam for the nose, it maded a big difference, but went from pins and needles, to making my bootie and tailbone go numb, mostly on the tail bone. so i cut a tailbone channel which helped(i ended up having to cut all the way down to the original foam), reducing the numbing factor to just the ischium, as evidenced by the cold sensation in my bootie cheeks:
so after riding to and from work several times, i had to think of how to make the seat even better, realizing i needed better, firmer, higher density foam for the nose and some to build up the sides to cup and cradle the bootie. i came to this realization after thinking about the more ergonomical solid chairs you find at like libraries, schools, restaurants and coffee shops, as opposed to the flat straight chairs you would find at events that have steel folding chairs. so yesterday i went scouting to try to find some curb couches that i could potentially scavenge the cushions off of and remembered that there was a classic car dealer that opened up not too long ago and stopped in to ask them if they did their seats in house or out sourced. as it turned out, they out sourced to a place just across the river. so i stopped in to the shop they out source to, and they didn't have any scraps that i could scavenge, but invited me back next week to see if they had any. so i continued my quest and came across another upholstery shop by pure accident, on my way to the next town to search for curb couches. so i took the chance and stopped in to see if they had any scraps i could get. and oh boy did they. since the do more than just auto stuff, mostly furniture, the had some used and other large scraps that they gave me for free.99. really awesome of them! so i took what i foresaw me using and what i could fit into spock's saddle bags:
so i headed back to the home base and ripped back into the seat, and not a moment too soon since there was a heavy rain storm coming in. i started by removing the pick-n-pluck foam i added to build the nose and cut 3 pieces of the thicker stuff and glued them together so i could build the nose better. don't judge me too hard, i shaped it with an xacto:
Comment