Seat waves

lele · Oct 6, 2013

Hello boys

I don't know if this is the right section to post..but I try

After a three days in France and 1400 km my seat appear in this bad condition:

a lot of waves on it...

someone know how to bring it normal?

thanks

garyahouse · Oct 6, 2013

Looks like the seat cover is coming unglued and perhaps getting a bit loose. Most seat covers can be removed, relued and re-stretched. I'll bet any automobile upholstery shop in town can make quick work of it if ya don't wanna deal with it yourself. This is an early Gen 1 bike, correct? A buddy of mine years ago took my Suzuki seat apart (removed the staples underneath that held the cover on, re-stretched it a little and reattached it using a drill and pop rivets. Probably not the best way, but it worked just fine and looked perfect.

lele · Oct 6, 2013

thank you Gary, this winter i will probably do the work!!!

garyahouse · Oct 6, 2013

Typically the hardest part of fixing something like this is to get the seat cover back in place. Taking it loose is the easy part. I'm guessing that your seat cover just needs little stretching. I'm not sure if it's glued down to the foam. You'll be able to figure that out easy enough once ya take it loose. You might want to try to stretch it and glue it down. I know contact cement works pretty well in applications where other glues will not, but an upholstery shop can make wiser recommendations than I can. You can also have both seats recovered... for a cost.

Gary