OK, I’m a little slow…I had to look at the seat a few times before I noticed the, uh, increase..in size! 34” and you can flat foot it?? I’d need a ladder to mount that! The only thing I can flat foot is my Helix…with a 26” low seat height!
Yeah, Kymco intends for the rider to sit 1/2 the way back from the nose at the front....in that depression in the seat pan.
But for taller riders that RED circled ridge in the pan is a
Coccyx Killer! The seat foam is too compliant and too thin to help me (at a touch over 6'3" / 265lbs at the time - 245 now)
So I built upon the orig. foam - gluing good foam made for seating - not stuff from a fabric shop. (internet searched)_Used very dense foam at the front knob to keep from sliding off the nose, and at the rear as a bit of a butt/back rest.
Med. firm foam to widen the seating area and inches of the stuff to bury that da_n ridge!
If I recall correctly - I did not cut away any part of the orig. foam - just built upon it with my new foam using spray glue, and shaped it slowly with an electric knife and a belt sander. Stopping frequently to test ride it with plastic bag over it.
I started t h i c k ....and tried to stay thick - otherwise I'm wasting my time if I could still feel that ridge.
The height above the passenger grab rail gives some idea how much taller my seat is now.
Yeah - I drop my feet at lights - flat-footed no problem.
Stig
