Floribama Riders

At 9,500 miles in less than a year on my DR650 I've decided that the masochistic experiment Suzuki calls a seat must be changed.

A couple of weeks ago I ordered three 18x36x1 sheets of urethane foam in high, medium, and low density.  I was surprised, when the box came, to see just how much foam I had ordered; I thought I had wasted my money buying so much.  I needn't have worried though because my first attempt at comfy seat fabrication was a torture device worse than the stock seat.  My second attempt is indeed quite comfortable but asthetically sketchy, so I have plans for a third attempt tomorrow.

One limitation I have is that whatever I do must fit under the stock cover because I don't sew.  I had to stretch the cover with all my might to get it over the current foam, and it's still narrower than I would like.

My plan for tomorrow is to make a pattern and work on my foam shaping technique.  Maybe I can even figure out how to embed the pictures too.

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