Trying to save a few bucks on foam padding for a superbike tail

Anyone order just foam off the internet and make their own seat pad? I really dont wana pay the 60-70 dollars for a 12" piece from a bike place. From what I gathered it's a Closed-Cell foam of some kind and i've seen them 1/2" or 15mm thick. I'm ok with cutting to fit my aplication and if it matters it's an 08' R6v

 

Somebody posted up a while back and said they used seat foam for a kayak. Said they ordered it from an outdoor store on the internet.

 

$60 or $70?

Contact Woodcraft or Sharkskinz.

 

HT Moto. Custom seat foam, relatively inexpensive. It's really nice stuff, they have been making watercraft footmats for many years.

 

I get mine from the local car upholstry shop...they had some high density foam 3 inches thich. I bought a piece 12''x24". used an electric carving knife to shape it.

 

I got the stuff from kayak outfitting and glue from home depot. It worked well. I stacked it, used a grader and sand paper to shape it.

This place. http://kayakoutfitting.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=15

 

Thanks to everyone for your fantastic replies. I would have never thought of the whole Kayak thing. I think I'll try this out. Again, thanks guys!

 

+1. And they come in badass urban camo (if that's your thing).

 

This is the best seat foam that I have ever seen or used. 10x better than the stuff woodcraft or sharkskins sells. Their foam seems to get slick after a couple races and requires sanding to get it to where your butt won't slide all over.

http://www.gptechllc.com/seatfoam.html

 

Best way to save money on seat foam is not to use any.

Try it a few days before you buy a pad, VERY connected to the bike. A little sore after but whats a little pain in the pursuit of speed.

 

I can appreciate your taste in quality however thats the 65 dollars plus shipping that I'm trying to avoid.

 

I used kayak foam I bought at REI. It was a bit thicker than normal which worked out well for me.

 

I've been using the children's play mats from Home Depot. About $16 for a pack of 4, usually comes in 4 different colors. Lasts a long time and the remaining pieces are good for sitting on when working on the bike in the pits.

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-202019836/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

 

This is the creative stuff I was looking for, awesome! Wish they were black though. I guess beggers can't be choosy. lol. How are you attaching it, Spray adhesive or some type of spread-on glue?

 

Lepage Contact cement....also from Home Depot, the one that comes with a an applicator brush. I recall that they occassionally had 4 packs of black foam available as well. Big toy stores usually sell similar products so you may have more options available at Toys'R Us, etc....

 

+3 to HT Moto! Best seats ive used, SUPER nice and easy to work with guys there and priced cheap. Plain black is like under $40. :up:

 

You can get the floor mat tiles at harbor freight in black. The only thing I dislike about using this is the tiles are fairly rigid and don't glue well to curved surfaces.

The cheapest stuff I have found is the yoga mats at Wal Mart and Target. Usually around 7 - dollars. I used gorilla glue and put industrial hook velcro on the SBK tail and the loop section on the mat. Lasts about 1/2 season of hard riding.

I finally decided the GP Tech seat was much better and never looked back.

 

The foam that the bodywork companies sell is nothing more then industrial foam gasket. I picked up some from a local hose and rubber store for less then half what they want.
1/2" thick peel and stick. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy326/jackel151/100_1358.jpg

 

More fantastic ideas. Love this place.

 

+1 to the Yoga mats. I'm a cheap bastard who doesn't care about the color. But I don't like much padding either.