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Title: Adding foam to fazer 600 seat
Post by: Craiginuk on 16 February 2015, 09:08:58 pm

i'd forgotten the one thing I battle with on the Fazer. Cramp in legs after not too many miles. I'm not tall, about 5ft9, but seem to battle with this. Is it riding position or do others also experience this? Was considering having some extra foam added to seat but wondered if others had done this. If so, anyware southish that could do it?


Cheers
Craig

Title: Re: Adding foam to fazer 600 seat
Post by: Paulfzs on 16 February 2015, 09:45:00 pm

i added foam to mine, old kitchen sponges at first as a test as seat cover was ruined and needed recovering anyway...


recovered and done properly now, you can but gel insert things on ebay but theyre £££


made it more comfy however changed the seat shape slightly making it look a bit odd

Title: Re: Adding foam to fazer 600 seat
Post by: fazersharp on 16 February 2015, 10:43:12 pm

Hmmm im 5ft 8 and have never had a problem with cramp in me legs, mind you to be fair the most I have ever been in one go is 100 miles, bum was a bit numb tho after that

Title: Re: Adding foam to fazer 600 seat
Post by: Craiginuk on 16 February 2015, 11:08:55 pm

Yep I thought it was the taller guys that battled. I think I'm just not that bendy. Can't touch toes etc so think my legs cramp sooner. As I say might be riding position. I'll try changing position on bike first. Just feels my legs are folded underneath me. Ie from normal riding position it is hard to lift and straighten legs if that makes sense..

Title: Re: Adding foam to fazer 600 seat
Post by: darrsi on 17 February 2015, 06:43:47 am

Drink more water!  :b

Title: Re: Adding foam to fazer 600 seat
Post by: mtread on 17 February 2015, 10:38:34 am

Which means you need to make a piss-stop every 50 miles, and thereby stretch your legs and move your arse. Problem solved  :lol

Title: Re: Adding foam to fazer 600 seat
Post by: mr self destruct on 17 February 2015, 10:58:21 am

Just recently I bought two scrap seats, ripped the foam in half on one of them, glued the pillion half to the other seat and covered it all with a bit of £17 vinyl from ebay. It added a good 2" to the seat height and is a lot more comfortable for me. Granted it looks utterly shit, the riding position is a lot different, there's much more wind blast on my chest at speed too, but my legs are great now over long distances.

If I did it again I'd cut the outer edges off the seat so it feels a bit more like the front half, but I'd definitely reccommend you try it. Cost me £48 in total.

Title: Re: Adding foam to fazer 600 seat
Post by: Craiginuk on 17 February 2015, 01:14:23 pm

Quote from: darrsi on 17 February 2015, 06:43:47 am

Drink more water!  :b

Surely beer has water in it?

Title: Re: Adding foam to fazer 600 seat
Post by: Craiginuk on 19 February 2015, 01:56:33 pm

Come to think of it, it's more a cramp in my hips than knees.  Anyway, this site is quite interesting.  You can compare angles of crouch and knee bend etc with different bikes.  http://cycle-ergo.com/ (http://cycle-ergo.com/)