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Scooters - 125 to 300 => LIKE 200i => Topic started by: atxscooterguy on April 21, 2015, 06:18:13 PM

Title: Upholstery Shop Time!
Post by: atxscooterguy on April 21, 2015, 06:18:13 PM

Ok, i'm not sure how you guys have withstood that friggin' seat on the Like, but it is absolutely horrendous. I'm 6'1" and I always push my ass back towards the higher part then I feel like i'm riding on a little bike! I'm taking the seat to a local upholstery shop here in Austin to see if they can work some magic, i'd like to make it into something like this:

Title: Re: Upholstery Shop Time!
Post by: atxscooterguy on April 21, 2015, 06:19:56 PM

Has anyone pulled off the original cover, shaved some foam off with an electric knife and reattached the original cover with staples? Wonder if that would save me $200?

Title: Re: Upholstery Shop Time!
Post by: Abner_Bjorn on April 21, 2015, 11:34:32 PM

http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=11358.msg116530#msg116530 (http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=11358.msg116530#msg116530)

and here

http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=11358.msg116387#msg116387 (http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=11358.msg116387#msg116387)

Title: Re: Upholstery Shop Time!
Post by: atxscooterguy on April 22, 2015, 12:59:11 PM

Thanks! I know i'm horrible at searching for other threads, lol!  :o

Title: Re: Upholstery Shop Time!
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on April 22, 2015, 11:00:14 PM

A few pix of different LIKE seat rebuilds.
I've written pages re. the seat rebuild, here, but will add these 2 thought: (1) with a properly re-padded seat the LIKE200i suspension seems to smooth out a 100%. I stopped looking to replace the rear shocks after doing the seat rebuild. I NEVER think about the seat any longer when riding my LIKE200i. (2) to make certain you can experience #1 - do NOT quit on the padding until you no longer feel the ridge when sitting any place on the seat! This is too much work to have that ridge come back to haunt your rides - so test ride - and test ride again - before restretching a new covering on the seat.
Stig
http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=10892.msg110422#msg110422 (http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=10892.msg110422#msg110422)

Title: Re: Upholstery Shop Time!
Post by: atxscooterguy on April 23, 2015, 06:44:23 PM

Quote from: Stig on April 22, 2015, 11:00:14 PM

A few pix of different LIKE seat rebuilds.
I've written pages re. the seat rebuild, here, but will add these 2 thought: (1) with a properly re-padded seat the LIKE200i suspension seems to smooth out a 100%. I stopped looking to replace the rear shocks after doing the seat rebuild. I NEVER think about the seat any longer when riding my LIKE200i. (2) to make certain you can experience #1 - do NOT quit on the padding until you no longer feel the ridge when sitting any place on the seat! This is too much work to have that ridge come back to haunt your rides - so test ride - and test ride again - before restretching a new covering on the seat.
Stig
http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=10892.msg110422#msg110422 (http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=10892.msg110422#msg110422)

Thanks Stig! Very useful and detailed information.    :)