Seat Sectioning

[Fry]

O.K. my Ducati Monster seat should be coming soon and though I wouldn't have bought it if I didn't think it would look good on the bike, a few have voiced their opinions on it's look. Some say it looks great from a side profile but that from the rear and close up the seat is a tad to wide and portly looking on the GS? While I won't know if this will bother me til I get the seat I have a thought and was wondering what you all think.

Could the seat pan(Plastic) be sectioned right down the middle, taking out an inch or so of width, the same amount of foam (Removing a 1/2" from each side) and re stapling the seat cover, to narrow the whole thing down? This probably would effect the seat tank junction though. Let me know what your thoughts are.

Thanks

Ryan.

[The Buddha]

No no no hell no.
The seat pan is made of paper thin plastic atleast on the modern Jap bikes it is, the only reason a seat actually doesn't crack under your weight is because it is about as flexible as a rubber band and it transmits all your weight to the frame with the bearing cushions on the under side. Your seat's bearings points need to be matched by nice hard and flat lugs on the frame. So you can at best cut on the outside of the bearing points. Cut the middle, and you cannot get it back together in 1 piece. Cout the outside and it will not curl over the frame and mate with the body work underneath ... and if its not curled down, the staples and under side of the pan will be visible and look like crap.
BTW a monster seat may not be as wide and I know its not as square as the R6's that people have done.
Cool.
Buddha.

[Fry]

I see your point, but Epoxy can be your friend.

I will not be running any rear body work, I will be refabbign the subframe with the lower bar curved upward to the seat and following it's contours tightly.

The triangle piece created by the two subframe bars will have a piece of metal industrial speaker grill material, think many many many holes in it. These holes will give some attachment points for electrical componnent moutning.

Thanks for the info, always welcomed.