Seat foam ...

[The Buddha]

OK I have a bike that has a seat pan and no foam or top cover ... Its not a GS ... now where do I get seat foam for it ... and how to cut it.
Cool.
Srinath.

[airbrush]

not sure where you would get the stuff... you could try an upholstery or fabric place. As for cutting it... i've seen people use a long serrated knife, like a bread knife...even an electric turkey carving knife.

[Dom]

Yeah, upholstery suppliers carry all kinds of foam...different densities and  types, some better for motorcycles than others...shaping can be done by carving it or by using a hot knife or wire.  The hot knife is basically a soldering iron with an assortment of different lengths and shapes of knives and the hot wire looks like a bow.  I havn't seen any electric shaping tools for under $200.

[The Buddha]

For wire we can use a PVC pipe cutter ... aka steel stranded cable ... and for knife of course turkey carving knife or the manual bread knife ... or hell I'll use my ginsu ...
Cool.
Srinath.

[airbrush]

I thought true GS'ers don't need foam...we're all a bunch of hard asses anyways! ....haha :lol:

[Jared]

What kind of bike is it.... ?

Most modern plastic seat pans have a waffled  top that the foam sits down in that keeps the foam scured to the pan.... (Your seat foam is usually injected/poured..).

The electric carving knives work... I have a  real Foam saw here (They run 650$ wholesale....Bosch...). I used to ( and still do sometimes) do upholstery for a living.

http://www.garysupholstery.com/upholstery-foam.html

Just one quick search...I think thats in NC....

Send me an email...

[The Buddha]

Its a cheap ass savage with lots of crap broken on it ... the usual starter, the oil leak from the head, some clacking the guy ignored for a week and ended up dying, of course seat eaten by a dog ...
I am thinking of slapping some foam and stapling away really dont care much ... its going look like shaZam! wiht or without the seat ... The waffled and made to fit moulded pattern ... yea I was thinking I'll glue the foam to the base ... but there is a huge mountain to climb before I even get to that point.
Cool.
Srinath.

[dyran]

Take a battery charger take two posts and run a wire between them and hook it up to the charger and you have your self an easy to use foam cutter (make sure the room is well vented though cause burning foam smells bad)

[Jared]

Is the foam-waffled parts of the foam still on the pan...if so glue right to the existing foam ( after you cut it down to get to clean foam/smooth..)

There's a set of seats for an 87 on ebay right now...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4517081344&category=35589&sspagename=WDVW

[juggernaught]

ya might try......



http://www.fourstrokesonly.com/seatindex.html

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[GeeP]

One quick and easy hot-wire cutter can be made using an AC stick welder as a power supply.  Use .040 304 stainless safety wire and set the current to around 7.5 amps per foot of wire.  You can adjust the heat if necessary by coiling up a section of wire and putting it between the hot wire cutter and the welder.  Make sure to put the coil on a concrete floor or something and for God's sake don't trip over it!    

I like "Temper foam".  It comes in different levels of firmness, and contours via body heat.  I've spent 10 and 12 hours at a time on 1" of this stuff in aircraft.  I highly recommend the pink.  One note though:  I've never hot-wired the stuff so I don't know whether it gets all gooey or not.[/url]