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shaping seat foam question
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:01 pm
by Robert Rhinehart
anyone have some input about shaping the foam in a corbin dished klr seat. i need to make it more contoured to my backside! can it me sanded or what? thanks to any that may answer. robert
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shaping seat foam question
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 8:18 pm
by Jeff Saline
On Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:01:22 -0800 (PST) Robert Rhinehart
writes:
> anyone have some input about shaping the foam in a corbin dished klr
> seat. i need to make it more contoured to my backside! can it me
> sanded or what? thanks to any that may answer. robert
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Robert,
Maybe 8 years ago I talked with a seat guy at the Sturgis rally. He was
putting foam in a seat and we talked for maybe 30 minutes while he was
working.
As I remember he used an electric carving knife to make a grid cut to
depth. After cutting he just plucked the cubes off the grid. Then I
think he used a rough sandpaper to finish shaping the foam.
I've never tried it but think it would work.
Good luck with your quest for a better seat.
Best,
Jeff Saline
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shaping seat foam question
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:00 pm
by Eddie
How old is the seat, Robert?
If it's a relatively new Corbin, it's likely not broken in yet.
A pain in the butt, literally (pardon the pun). But, it will get better.
They can take several thousand miles to conform to a given posterior.
If it is an older seat, I'm with Jeff. It can probably be cut and reshaped.
The only trick would be getting the cover back on smoothly if you did it
yourself.
eddie
Columbus, GA
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> Date: 12/26/2011 8:01:25 PM
> Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Shaping seat foam question
>
> anyone have some input about shaping the foam in a corbin dished klr
seat. i need to make it more contoured to my backside! can it me sanded or
what? thanks to any that may answer. robert
>
shaping seat foam question
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:45 pm
by Jeffrey
For those of you with the stock seat with the cover still in decent shape...Don't fork out the bucks for a brand name aftermarket seat.
With two people ie 4 hands it is fairly easy and cheap to change out some of the hard stock foam to memory foam.
Where I sit near the tank, I just cut a V out of the area(though not to a point) and replaced the modified V with the same amount of softer memory foam plus an inch. I left the side foam intact.
For the sometimes passenger(the back half), I just added 3/4 inch of memory foam on top of the stock Kawasaki hard foam.
This also made the front half a bit lower than the rear half and notches me in a little.
You could probably do the similar things to an aftermarket seat. The stock seat just has staples holding the cover on. You just need a staple gun and an extra set of hands to do this fairly easily and quickly.
J#3
shaping seat foam question
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:57 pm
by Jud
You are asking the wrong question. The Corbin has already been reshaped. Don't throw $350 down the drain; reshape your butt.
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> anyone have some input about shaping the foam in a corbin dished klr seat. i need to make it more contoured to my backside! can it me sanded or what? thanks to any that may answer. robert
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shaping seat foam question
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:17 am
by ron criswell
I have the flat Corbin and it is great for riding 600 to 700 mile days which I have done numerous times but I don't think it helps for off road even though it is a little lower. The Corbin is wider than stock. I may carve up the stock seat for use on dirt, lower would be good with a 30 inch inseam. A friend has modified his with a carving knife and carpet foam.
I also put a Corbin on my Versys. It is a big improvement over the stock seat which was miserable for rides longer than 30 minutes. Coe ins are firm but that doesn't bother me.
Criswell
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On Dec 26, 2011, at 11:45 PM, "Jeffrey" wrote:
> For those of you with the stock seat with the cover still in decent shape...Don't fork out the bucks for a brand name aftermarket seat.
>
> With two people ie 4 hands it is fairly easy and cheap to change out some of the hard stock foam to memory foam.
>
> Where I sit near the tank, I just cut a V out of the area(though not to a point) and replaced the modified V with the same amount of softer memory foam plus an inch. I left the side foam intact.
>
> For the sometimes passenger(the back half), I just added 3/4 inch of memory foam on top of the stock Kawasaki hard foam.
>
> This also made the front half a bit lower than the rear half and notches me in a little.
>
> You could probably do the similar things to an aftermarket seat. The stock seat just has staples holding the cover on. You just need a staple gun and an extra set of hands to do this fairly easily and quickly.
>
> J#3
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shaping seat foam question
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:35 pm
by Andrus
> > anyone have some input about shaping the foam in a corbin dished klr seat. i need to make it more contoured to my backside! can it me sanded or what? thanks to any that may answer. robert
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Yes you can reshape your Corbin seat. Sand out or cut out places and add different shape foam to it. Don't be afraid to experiment. Only thing is you best have one heck of a strong staple gun as the shell is pretty hard. I've sat there at Corbin in Holister and watched them reshape my seat on my DL1000. Just hope you don't ruin it/
shaping seat foam question
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:05 am
by mechanizeinc
I second the statement regarding one heck of a good stapler. A friend of mine has a pneumatic staple gun and that is the only way to go.
I've been wanting an electric fillet knife for years but never found a good one for a reasonable price. I suppose there's always WalMart. These days it seems if I can't get it from Tractor Supply, Wally World, Harbor Freight or eBay, I don't need it.
Does anyone know of a killer deal on an electric knife?
Mech
shaping seat foam question
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:13 am
by Jeffrey
It is easy with 2 people/4 hands to staple with a regular staple gun. One guy stretches the cover into place, the other one staples.
A decent thin knife and a box cutter or just a razor blade will do to cut.
It aint nu-cle-ar, Bush says Nu-cu-lar...though it might be if you speak like W!
J#3
nklr gear wrench caution/ great
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:45 pm
by jwflower53
I bought a set of the Alden version. They're the same size on both ends, so you can break loose or tighten with the same wrench. And the head is very compact (don't know if any more so than other brands).
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DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jeffrey" wrote:
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> The greatest use on the KLR if for the PIA shift lever bolt.
> It takes 15 mins to get that bolt out with a regular wrench and you cannot get a socket in there. It takes 2 mins. with a gear wrench.
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> I only bought the 10mm ratcheting wrench...cheap because it is
> a common car side battery terminal tool.
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> I know to break loose or final tighten with my Snap-on 10mm regular wrench.
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> J#3
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