X-Town Scooter Seat Comfort

[randyo]

Randy I do concur.  It's weight solely on the spine which leads to my discomfort after a few hours.

I know the answer, I have to loose about 60-75 lbs and strengthen my core

[Neil955i]

I know the answer, I have to loose about 60-75 lbs and strengthen my core

Let me know how Randy and I'll join you!!

[Neil955i]

Still no response from the motorcycle reupholstery company in the NE, but I’ve found an automotive reupholstery guy about 20 miles away who gets good reports. He’s willing to take a look at it so I’m taking a run out there in the morning for him to take a look and quote me. Update will follow.

Update 7 Sept - took a nice ride out there yesterday morning to let Rob give my scooter seat the once over.  It's do-able to quote him and he'll remodel it to move the bum stop back a couple of inches which will be great, giving me a useful increase in the legroom.  Will need it for 2-3 days so we've agreed I'll drop it in at the end of the month for the transformation.

BTW his main source of income is upholstery repairs for the motor trade, but he has another sideline restoring classic cars for enthusiasts.  While mooching round his workshop I saw a 1980's Triumph Stag in for a new soft top and seat work and a 1950's (I think) Alvis also in for seat recovering.  Alvis is a long-gone marque which used to be manufactured in Coventry just south of where I come from in Birmingham.

[Stig / Major Tom]

Randy I do concur.  It's weight solely on the spine which leads to my discomfort after a few hours.

No issues with any of my 4 scooter seats....after I fixed the LIKE200I's seat...but I  get homicidal after 3 hrs in an airline seat!
Stig

[aschrauth]

Update:  Well after the other week  I now know that I can do 3+ hours in the saddle with no permanent damage!

Still looking for a better ride comfort though and as the reupholstery company never got back to me, as an interim measure I’ve invested £15 in a gel pad to try which arrived at the weekend. It’s now strapped on, so I’ll let you know how well it works.   Edit:  First ride with the gel pad tells me two things straight away:
1.  Most importantly it does make for a more comfortable ride which augurs well for a reupholstered seat with gel pad inlays which would address the other thing...
2.  The add on gel pad raises the seat height by just under 25 mm (1") which is not a deal breaker for me with a 32" inseam, but might be a problem for others?

Makes me want to try again to find a seat upholsterer who can help me in my quest for the most comfortable X-Town seat available!

I work in the nursing industry, that kind of looks like one of the inserts that we put on the patients weelchair to prevent bottem breakdown.

[Neil955i]

I work in the nursing industry, that kind of looks like one of the inserts that we put on the patients weelchair to prevent bottem breakdown.

Ha ha