Fix any uncomfortable Motorcycle seat yourself for Cheap!

Quick and easy motorcycle seat fix for only a couple of bucks!

Here is what you need:
Seat Gel insert
3mm sowing foam (or thicker)
Spray adhesive
Razor blades, flathead screwdriver and staple gun

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[konarider]

I ended up getting one of those gel seat pads meant for horse riders and strapping it to the seat on my supermoto then put an Alaska leather long fur dual sport sheep skin over it. Man that thing is like sitting on a cloud. It also bulks the seat out around your thighs for extra grip and thigh contact

[thunderbear]

"Kawasaki torture device" 🤣🤣🤣

[timotoole]

Thanks for the video. I just finished the surgery on my seat. Did the whole job for less than $40 and under and 1hr. Hopefully less torturous. For those people watching this in Europe, the foam is called Headliner Upholstery or Headliner Foam.

[czykontour]

I use this Gel, too, with 2 layer Softshell on my Cb 1000 R, nice video thx

[mickleblade]

If you use spay adhesive, don't do it on the kitchen table, there may be a load of overspray and it'll stink the house out. It will severely reduce your chances of a frolic with your other half....

[isaiahmorris]

I would also wrap the gel insert in a layer of polyester, nylon or wool fabric. Adhesive the fabric to the gel or over lapping the fabric and adhesive the fabric. Sort of if your wrapping a present. The gel can melt, get wet from heat and rain. foam is very porous to begin with. Elements will most certainly soak thru after a while even from the extra layer of foam you put on top.

[rickgold]

Good video!
Gel butt is the way to go! 😂
Doing the same to my Vulcan Classic seat. Appreciate your time making the video! 👍🏻

[mmmasterscross]

Thanks for sharing your video!
Looking forward to trying it on my bike!

[vintagemind]

Same issue, can’t wait to change it!

Quality Video 👍

[YoungMulahBB]

Awesome! Ordered a purple cusion seat to do this same process with on my r6.

[johnhamilton]

How about a big shout out to your wife for letting you do that on that perfect unmarked table.

[finnbellFCB]

Thanks for the video. I'm about to do the same to my Kawasaki W800 Cafes factory seat. Seems Kawasaki is not really good with seats.

[Jodyrides]

You cannot test sit the seat in your garage or in a show room. You must test the seat doing at least a 2–4 hr ride in the saddle..
I have a Kawasaki Z 400. I am trying to make the seat tolerable for at least 100 miles ..I ordered a sheepskin on eBay for $20 directly from Scotland. Under the sheepskin, I have what was an aerobic exercise pad my daughter gave me. It’s about 1/2 “ thick.. I doubled it over so it’s about an inch thick cut to fit under the sheepskin which I sewed Velcro at the narrowest part of the seat under the sheepskin to attach the sheepskin which keeps the pad in place at the same time. This has been the best combination..
I also tried some black foam it’s about an inch and a half thick. It looks like rubberized charcoal foam. I believe that is too thick, and it also put my balls to sleep. I had that same problem putting my junk to sleep with a Corbin seat that had a hump in the front of the seat where it meets the gas tank on my moto guzzi v11 sport.. that Corbin seat was hundreds of dollars and it was worse than the stock seat because it put my junk to sleep. I was sitting on them, and it stops and long stretches, I was always reaching down fixing everything getting them out of the way so I wouldn’t be putting all my weight on them. Don’t get a seat with a hump in it. Corbin makes a seat for my Z 400 and it has a hump in it according to A video review here on YouTube about that specific seat for the ninja/Z 400 made by Corbin..
i’ve had dozens of motorcycles, I have had six Corbin seats. The best seat I ever had was on the stock seat on my BMW K 1200 LT. BMW motorcycles what they used to be but they sure know how to make a seat..It was very minimal, it looked almost exactly like the seed that comes on the Z 400, I could sit on that saddle 400 miles at a time. That was the best one. The second best one was a Corbin seat it was on my Honda Pacific coast for 24 years. I commuted on that machine five and six days a week, Eight months of the year here in the Northeast. I have done 700 mile days on that Corbin seat, I was not Daisy fresh at the end of a 700 mile day, but my ass was not hurting.. The stock seat on a Honda Pacific coast was too soft. You cannot ride a soft soft seat all day. It doesn’t literally pinch you, but it pinches you by being too soft. That BMW K 1200 LT seat and that Corbin Honda pacific coast said I had were very much like a horse saddle… a horse saddle is just shaped right, it doesn’t really have any padding.. I think the reason a horse saddle shape is so successful and can be written all day long, is because it is firm, and air can get around it. I think that’s why sheep skins are so good because they breathe..
I just did a 340 mile day today, 85° was the high, sort of humid, the seat on my Z 400 with the sheepskin and that inch and a half thick rubber under the sheepskin on top of the stock Z 400 seat broke my ass. My ass is broke right now, that’s why I’m here on YouTube, Trying to get pointers from people that may have figured this out

[malky]

Is a zee 900 seat the same as an Australian Zed 9 seat?

[patryko]

Great video mate, doing this to my Z800, original seat is terrible. Just in case anyone wondered what the foam is called. Its called SCRIM FOAM or UPHOLSTERY FOAM in the UK :)

[Sheesh-bgrk]

what about the weather ? does the gel freeze or leak during hot/cold seasons ???

[redcracker]

Can you please link the products in the description about where you brought'em

[manuelpiney]

Nice video thanks 🙏 I have one question is about the size of the staples? Thanks in advance

[mrmjsu]

Thanks for the help my new seat feels so much better

[terrystratford]

Ive a africa twin 1100 and that comes with a plank for a seat! I did consider replacing the inners with memory foam and a gel pad! I did some research and apparently the gel hold heat, so on a warm day could be abit too warm!? I was also concerned it may raise the seat hight more!! I decided to get a bagster 2 piece seat, hand made in france!! Reviews as comfortable as bmw, but not by much! It also has a raised rear seat, so more tourer look! Its £450, 10 week wait, but should be well worth it! 😊 ps, i also have a leo vince, baffle out! Sounds awesome 😅