So, I've ridden about 1500 miles on my bike and have accepted that I need to work on the seat. I'm a, ahem, large man. I like to sit back in the saddle, so I can stretch my legs out. To have room to do this, I tend to press against the bolster/back rest on my GT. This means I'm sitting on the bottom portion of the bolster and putting way too much pressure in my tailbone.
So I went to my seat guy (Joel)- local guy that does seats - motorcycles, airplanes, boats, cars, etc. he previously did some work on my MP3.
After consultation with Joel, I'm going to start by carving off the lower, curvature section of the bolster/back rest. He will cut this section of the bolster pan off and then refinish the cover.
I think this is going to give me significant tailbone relief and then I will evaluate more work after testing this. I dropped the bolster off and Joel is going to work on it tomorrow.
I will post some pictures when I pick it up. Of course, I forgot to take any "before" pictures, so will have to rely on the goodwill of the forum in posting up a pic or two of a "normal" bolster.
So I went to my seat guy (Joel)- local guy that does seats - motorcycles, airplanes, boats, cars, etc. he previously did some work on my MP3.
After consultation with Joel, I'm going to start by carving off the lower, curvature section of the bolster/back rest. He will cut this section of the bolster pan off and then refinish the cover.
I think this is going to give me significant tailbone relief and then I will evaluate more work after testing this. I dropped the bolster off and Joel is going to work on it tomorrow.
I will post some pictures when I pick it up. Of course, I forgot to take any "before" pictures, so will have to rely on the goodwill of the forum in posting up a pic or two of a "normal" bolster.