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yfzracer45 · 01-29-2012, 11:24 PM

Anyone shave their seats down for mx and have any pics? Im in the process of takin about 1/2 off mine to sit a little lower for conering and ive heard it helps with running lower bars.

any help is appreciated.

souththirty · 01-29-2012, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by yfzracer45

Anyone shave their seats down for mx and have any pics? Im in the process of takin about 1/2 off mine to sit a little lower for conering and ive heard it helps with running lower bars.

any help is appreciated.

just buy an 04-05 seat.. there alot lower then 06 and up... i bet you could find an 04-05 guy wanting to trade straight up..

dylan450yfz · 01-30-2012, 09:49 AM

I've shaved a bunch, but not for mx bikes..

dieter33 · 02-10-2012, 11:58 PM

Nice seats, how did you do that?

yfzracer45 · 02-11-2012, 01:07 AM

well my seat is the 04-05 seats and i did end up shaving it down about 1" or less. It was kinda stiff (solid) feeling before and now its kinda comfy like the 06+ seats just lower. I dont know how you cut that seat soo smooth because mine looked like ASS and i had to sand the shit out of it hahaha. looks fine now tho just took alotta time.

dylan450yfz · 02-11-2012, 01:24 AM

electric fish fillet knife, then a orbital sander w/ 100grit.

in the pics I posted above the 1st 3 pics are all the same seat. pic1=after sanding, pic2=just cut, pic3 covered with ostrich.
the last pic is the seat on my drag bike. I only left 1" or so of foam.

01-29-2012, 11:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
yfzracer45 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bowling Green Ky Posts: 2,403	shaved seats??? Anyone shave their seats down for mx and have any pics? Im in the process of takin about 1/2 off mine to sit a little lower for conering and ive heard it helps with running lower bars. any help is appreciated. __________________ Thanks to all my 2012 sponsors: Rath Racing, leatt brace, EKS brand goggles, Motul lubricants, DWT, motoworks, houser racing, Fox shocks, GTThunder, Fly racing, odi grips, slick offroad wash, precision, Fourtech ind, Dynamite Atv, Flexx company, zbroz racing,

02-11-2012, 01:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
yfzracer45 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bowling Green Ky Posts: 2,403	well my seat is the 04-05 seats and i did end up shaving it down about 1" or less. It was kinda stiff (solid) feeling before and now its kinda comfy like the 06+ seats just lower. I dont know how you cut that seat soo smooth because mine looked like ASS and i had to sand the shit out of it hahaha. looks fine now tho just took alotta time. __________________ Thanks to all my 2012 sponsors: Rath Racing, leatt brace, EKS brand goggles, Motul lubricants, DWT, motoworks, houser racing, Fox shocks, GTThunder, Fly racing, odi grips, slick offroad wash, precision, Fourtech ind, Dynamite Atv, Flexx company, zbroz racing,

01-30-2012, 09:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
dylan450yfz Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 742	I've shaved a bunch, but not for mx bikes..

02-10-2012, 11:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
dieter33 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 9	Nice seats, how did you do that?

02-11-2012, 01:24 AM	#6 (permalink)
dylan450yfz Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 742	electric fish fillet knife, then a orbital sander w/ 100grit. in the pics I posted above the 1st 3 pics are all the same seat. pic1=after sanding, pic2=just cut, pic3 covered with ostrich. the last pic is the seat on my drag bike. I only left 1" or so of foam.

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