Modified seat (Close Shave)
 

I picked up my GZ last week for my girl friend to start riding. I felt as if the seat had a little too much bulk to it so I decided to shave it down and re-upholster it with smoother vinyl.

The first step was to remove all the staples holding the stock vinyl. I used a flat screwdriver to pry them loose then went back and pulled them with some needle nose pliers.


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After pulling all the staples and the stock vinyl, I marked a line of where the foam really stops underneat. If you don't make a reference point you might end up cutting all the way though the foam.

I dre my approximate area that I wanted to cut down. I ued a serrated knife to cut it close to my markings......after I cut the excess foam to my liking....I smoothe all of my cut marks down with a disc sander using 80 grit discs.
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Now that I have it shaved to my liking..... I cut out some vinyl (Marine Vinyl bought from a fabric store). Start with thw widest part first. I used a contact spray adhesive only on the curve of the base to help keep the vinyl put.

I streched the vinyl and I used a pneumatic stapler to staple the fabric to the seat pan.
Take your time to strech out the vinyl.

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I shaved down a little bit of the rear seat and recovered it to match the front seat and trimmed the excess fabric off the bottom

With the seat cut down....the is no more tendance to slide back....think of it as a butt stop....lol :2tup:

Nice work. Good Write-up.

Thanks!

The moderatora may want to conisder moving this into the how-to section.

Yep, going to move it to the How-To section. Great write up!!

Thanks Dupo!

Heres a better pic of it installed on the bike w/ the passeenger seat....No more buttons! Just a smooth seat.


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I will be polishing the forks as well....so stay tuned for a how to: