In an effort to save money I just performed the "homeboy" mod on my motorcycle. Right in the middle of the seat there is a hump in the plastic. Due to this the foam is thinner there, and it causes much butt pain. The mod is to remove the hump.

I was very apprehensive to remove my seat cover, but after doing it, it's nothing! So I pulled off the cover, and cut out the hump! In place of the hump I did place a cut up garbage bag, then put the foam and cover back on. I took it out for a test sit. Wow. I could definitely tell a difference.

Now the only hard part is that my seat mounts to the bike with two screws on a bracket on the back. Guess what I just cut out? The bracket. I knew this going into it that I would have to fabricate a new mounting bracket. So I did a cardboard tracing of what I needed, and started to cut it out of plate steel with a Dremel. Well 5 cutting wheels later and I wasn't even 10% done. This wasn't going to happen. So I called Eric to see if he could help. Today I took the sheet metal into his work at lunch and using his plasma cutter he was done in a matter of minutes!

So tonight I cleaned it up on a bench grinder, and drilled my holes. This should work perfectly. Before finishing I threw some Rustoleum on there to keep the rust from coming. So that's where I sit now.

I'll update this with finished pics, but in the mean time there's pics here:

http://www.waterman981.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=12953

Update: This morning I checked the bracket, looks awesome! I put one rubber grommet in to check it out. Looks like it will work perfectly! My bolts may not be long enough, so I'll see if I can fit them or not. If not I'll pick up new ones, when I get rubber ends for the bolts. I'll finish it up tonight and take final pics!

Update 2: All done! I put my rubber grommets in, then measured and drilled my holes into the seat to mount the bracket. Got it all installed and took it out for a little ride tonight! Couldn't tell with how short of a ride it was, but seemed really good. Time will tell. Final pics in the gallery now too!