Seat foam

Flit-e · Sep 20, 2008

Is there a way to get a brick of the same type of foam boss uses??

Thinking about taking my seat cover off and trying to carve the seat foam to make my seat a little stiffer?

ice biker · Sep 21, 2008

Don't ask boss seats i can tell you that. You could look up Fishers upolstery in Boise idaho. He makes amazing dirtbike seats and sled seats. He does some work for carls cycle sales i believe. If you call carls they could get you his number i bet. He made edge seats that looked stock but weighed a ton less. Great guy his name is Dave i think.

Ron · Sep 21, 2008

ice biker said:
Don't ask boss seats i can tell you that. You could look up Fishers upolstery in Boise idaho. He makes amazing dirtbike seats and sled seats. He does some work for carls cycle sales i believe. If you call carls they could get you his number i bet. He made edge seats that looked stock but weighed a ton less. Great guy his name is Dave i think.

Correct info-Phone is 208-939-6513. Dave does nice work but doesn't like the Boss type foam, he uses a softer foam & compresses it...not lighter on the seat he did for me, but did a great job.
The last Boss seat I had was more like a styrofoam & it will break down over time.
My 08 seat felt too soft last year in the morning & by PM felt too hard. Might be suffering from tired bun syndrome.

donbrown · Sep 21, 2008

Ron said:
My 08 seat felt too soft last year in the morning & by PM felt too hard. Might be suffering from tired bun syndrome.

Which seat ... from Boss or Fisher?

donbrown · Sep 21, 2008

Yahoo is a beautiful thing.

Fisher's Upholstery 661 E. Beacon Light Rd. Eagle ID 83616-2815

(208)939-6513

dooit4fun@c.s.com

Ron · Sep 21, 2008

donbrown said:
Which seat ... from Boss or Fisher?

My stock 08 Dragon seat.

HMFNW · Sep 21, 2008

2 years ago I spent a couple days google searching and talking to foam distributors. I finally found the same type of foam that boss uses and it is called closed cell foam. I cant remember the name of the company that I talked with but i purrchased a sheet of 4' x 8' x 2"thick closed cell foam from them and he then cut the sheet into 6 32" x 20" squares and laminated them for me. cost $120. The shipping was able to go in regular parcel post for about $18. Very light wieght but also very hard to shape it around the gas tank on a polaris edge. GOOD LUCK! :beer; :beer; :beer;

donbrown · Sep 21, 2008

HMFNW said:
2 years ago I spent a couple days google searching and talking to foam distributors. I finally found the same type of foam that boss uses and it is called closed cell foam. I cant remember the name of the company that I talked with but i purrchased a sheet of 4' x 8' x 2"thick closed cell foam from them and he then cut the sheet into 6 32" x 20" squares and laminated them for me. cost $120. The shipping was able to go in regular parcel post for about $18. Very light wieght but also very hard to shape it around the gas tank on a polaris edge. GOOD LUCK! :beer; :beer; :beer;

Just read a little on this.

What do they use? Minicel ... polyethylene, neopreme , Volara.

What pound density?

HMFNW · Sep 22, 2008

I'm not 100% on the type that BOSS uses but the stuff that I bought looked and felt identicle to the BOSS foam was closed cell polyethelene. As far as the density I dont remeber what it was, I want to say it was around 2 lb per cubic inch density. Do a google search on closed cell polyethelene foam distributors. Just start calling them and questioning. That is what I did!

likinit2 · Sep 22, 2008

www.diymotorcycleseat.com/foam_types.htm

http://www.hibco.com/material.htm

http://www.closedcellfoams.com/sitemap.html

Just some links I came across, I need to get the seat on my dads sled up higher on his 04 edge. He has to be able to straigten his legs out some but I may just see if I can't find him a nice Boss seat. He just doesn't have the circulation to be able to keep the knees in the armpits anymore.

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