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carelesschucca
03-09-15, 08:06 PM
I need a bit of help, I'm looking to get the Streets seat-foam replaced as after 30,000+ miles. its starting to get a bit past its best and I want it sorted in my close season.

Can you point me in the direction of someone that you have experience of doing a good job and can do the business for me. I'm not that interested in getting a Gel seat, just getting the foam replaced.

Thanks in advance :)
wideguy
03-09-15, 08:15 PM
I could use a place like that in the Carolinas or Virginia, U.S.A.
So far all I've found are dumb looks, and all I've gotten is reasons why they can't. It's not really difficult, and good foam is easy to get. It does take special tools and experience.
I can't easily shape the foam, or I would...
Bibio
03-09-15, 08:19 PM
chucca PM Colin as i'm sure he used a bloke in Stirling. there is a thread somewhere in the ecosse section i think.
BoltonSte
03-09-15, 08:27 PM
it may be as cheap to buy a 2nd hand seat. I got a street for the R (kept sliding about in leathers) for £30 on street-triple.co.uk.
carelesschucca
03-09-15, 08:28 PM
I tried a guy on Ebay (Tophills) he told me to burger off.... Well honestly he said he didn't have the stuff to do my seat and didn't want to do a botch job... I actually respect him for his honesty. He sent me to a place down south who also didn't do it.
littleoldman2
03-09-15, 09:39 PM
Tony Archer http://www.tonyarcher.co.uk/index.html
Alexander94
03-09-15, 09:42 PM
Some people I ride with have suggested Tony archer too
ophic
04-09-15, 11:35 AM
Can personally recommend Tony. He resculpted my Mrs' seat, shaved off about an inch and a half and made it much more comfortable to boot. And she smiled nicely at him and the price went down £10 :)
zombie
04-09-15, 12:05 PM
I could use a place like that in the Carolinas or Virginia, U.S.A.
So far all I've found are dumb looks, and all I've gotten is reasons why they can't. It's not really difficult, and good foam is easy to get. It does take special tools and experience.
I can't easily shape the foam, or I would...



this is the guy in the US


http://greatdaytoride.com/Home_Page.php
punyXpress
06-09-15, 10:20 AM
Try 'Horney' on Street Triple, he's breaking a 2008 Street Triple and he's just down the road from you at Peterhead.
That'd be a nice end of season ride for you ;)
wideguy
06-09-15, 12:43 PM
this is the guy in the US


http://greatdaytoride.com/Home_Page.php
Thanks!:cheers:
punyXpress
08-09-15, 09:13 AM
Hi Dean:
Batfink on Street Triple forum is selling a Tony Archer seat @ £85
carelesschucca
08-09-15, 10:36 AM
Oh thanks David I'll have a look. not been on the street forum in ages.
dizzyblonde
08-09-15, 10:59 AM
Tony Archer is highly recommended by me too. Sent several people to him over the years, had two seats done in this house. Probably send the Raptor seat and the Z seat there at some point.....and as hes only about six miles away from me, would be rude not to. His prices don't seem to have changed over the ten years I've known of his services either!
Fordward
11-09-15, 07:49 AM
Tony Archer did the seat that was on my Tiger when I bought it. It was awful. Couldn't sit on it for more than 45 minutes without proper buttock bone and top of rear thigh pain. The insertion of the gel pad made the surface of the seat a convex hump, rather than a flat or concave seat area, which basically puts pressure on and tries to spread your buttock bones. The seat was ruined and worse than stock not better.


I had to buy a new seat, got the OEM Triumph gel seat, and did 475 miles on it the Sunday of the GM with no issues.

So if getting a gel pad put in, make sure it's on the recommendation of someone who has the same bike as you with the same seat, and if possible borrow theirs for a few hours to see how you get on with it.


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