Yet Another Seat Mod?
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:46 pm
Well possibly, but I'll give it a few long rides to decide!
Having experienced the 'joy' of the limited seat space on the PCX because of the seat hump, tonight I finally got round to doing something about it. I unbolted the hump and went for a good ride to see if comfort improved ......... and what a difference! Even with the two seatframe 'bumps' (just what are they called????) still under the seat cover, I was able to move back just enough to get a lot more comfortable.
I don't think I'm going to have to remove the two seat bumps, as others on here have, but just wanted to seal the holes in the seatcover. The perfect solution (for me) might well be two low profile, but wide plastic carriage bolts that I can thread through the seat holes and tighten them up, thereby stopping any water getting in. But, what I've done in the meantime is to use two mushroom puncture repair plugs.
I've applied rubber solution to them and trimmed them off inside.
If they work in the long term they will have saved me a few quid in not having to get the seat recovered. If they peel off in a few weeks I won't really have lost anything - and at least I will know that the seat is far more comfortable without the hump. If needed (why?) I could refit the hump and it would look just as it did when new.
Just thought I would share this idea, as I'm sure not everyone will need to remove the seat bumps to get comfy. What we're really looking for might be just a couple of the plastic bolts described above ........ I can see them in my mind, but damned if I can see them in the tool catalogues!
The pic below gives an idea of what it looks like. I'm hoping the 'creases' in the plastic cover will disappear now the hump is removed, but I feel that the improved comfort outweighs any aesthetic considerations (within reason) especially as I've got a few 200 mile day rides coming up!!
Having experienced the 'joy' of the limited seat space on the PCX because of the seat hump, tonight I finally got round to doing something about it. I unbolted the hump and went for a good ride to see if comfort improved ......... and what a difference! Even with the two seatframe 'bumps' (just what are they called????) still under the seat cover, I was able to move back just enough to get a lot more comfortable.
I don't think I'm going to have to remove the two seat bumps, as others on here have, but just wanted to seal the holes in the seatcover. The perfect solution (for me) might well be two low profile, but wide plastic carriage bolts that I can thread through the seat holes and tighten them up, thereby stopping any water getting in. But, what I've done in the meantime is to use two mushroom puncture repair plugs.
I've applied rubber solution to them and trimmed them off inside.
If they work in the long term they will have saved me a few quid in not having to get the seat recovered. If they peel off in a few weeks I won't really have lost anything - and at least I will know that the seat is far more comfortable without the hump. If needed (why?) I could refit the hump and it would look just as it did when new.
Just thought I would share this idea, as I'm sure not everyone will need to remove the seat bumps to get comfy. What we're really looking for might be just a couple of the plastic bolts described above ........ I can see them in my mind, but damned if I can see them in the tool catalogues!
The pic below gives an idea of what it looks like. I'm hoping the 'creases' in the plastic cover will disappear now the hump is removed, but I feel that the improved comfort outweighs any aesthetic considerations (within reason) especially as I've got a few 200 mile day rides coming up!!