Today I started work on my frustratingly necessary custom seat. After comparing the (modified) seat on my GS500 and the one on the Fazer, I came to the conclusion that in addition to more width, I needed to make the Fazer seat come forward around the tank a little more so more of my weight is supported by my legs... which is how this... construction came into existence.
Still a few days of work left in it - I need to bevel and tweak the frame to be more comfortable, reinforce the base a little, add some extra pads near the front to support it from the bike frame, build up the new foam on top of it all, then once I'm happy with that, make a cover to fit it.
Oh, and probably fit lowering links so my feet can touch the floor properly by the time I'm done. Does anyone know what the distance between bolt centers on a standard set of links is so I can check if its already been lowered/raised?