Fixing the GS1200 Seat

The one part of my survey from BMW that I found myself dogging the bike on was the seat. There is no way to get comfortable on it. It wants to roll you forward even with the back set down and the front up (I noticed in my manual that they say not to run it this way). I have the tall seat option as I am 6' 9". The seat pans are the same for the standard and the tall seat they just put more foam in and longer covering.

So really the seat just needs a wedge up front. So I had some foam left over from fixing the seat in the Ford F350. It is a $3 foam sleeping pad from wally world.
So Material/Tools
Stainless staples
Electric Staple gun
Pliers
Clamps
Foam sleeping pad
sanding things for shaping the foam
3M 777 spray glue

First cut out about 3 sections of sleeping pad about the size of the seat starting at the low point measured towards the back.

Next take the pliers and start pulling staples from the back up to the low point of the saddle.
Shape the foam so it sits on the flat part of the seat pan and fills the angle. For shaping the foam I used a sanding station. A belt sander turned upside down will work. A Drill/grinder with a sanding disk would work also.


Next insert the foam in between the pan and the seat foam


Now using the clamps work the cover back over the seat pan and staple. You may find stapling the back will help.

Also if the staples come through the plastic lower than where they will be covered with seat foam then you may want to add some scraps of foam to make sure they do not punch through the seat cover.

For a couple hours work and $10 you now have a workable GS 1200 Seat.