Adding foam to fazer 600 seat

[Craiginuk]

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

[Paulfzs]

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

[fazersharp]

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

[Craiginuk]

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..

[darrsi]

Drink more water!  :b

[mtread]

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

[mr self destruct]

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.

[Craiginuk]

Drink more water!  :b

Surely beer has water in it?

[Craiginuk]

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/