After spending a few rides with my wife sliding forward at every stop

I decided to see if recontouring the passenger seat would help.

Looking at the seat showed a decided slope from the rear toward the front. Kinda seemed that if I were to cut about an inch from

the rear portion of the seat she might be less inclined to slip forward.

Here are some pictures of what I did.

The entire process took less than 45 minutes.

After removing the seat the first thing I did was pull the

staples out that held the cover in place.

Needle nosed pliers did the job.

I left the staples in place at the very front of the seat

just to keep a reference point established when putting the cover back on.

After peeling the cover off I found a thin plastic cover over the foam.

I removed this and also left it attached at the front.

This is were the pictures begin.

This picture shows the cover pulled off and the plastic bag that enclosed the foam.

 

Foam cushion from the rear.

 

Using a black marker I made a line to follow when cutting.

I am taking 1 inch off, tapering from rear to front.

 

Using an electric knife to cut the foam. You can see toward the left of the foam

how the cut tapers up.

 

One half of the seat cushion is cut.

 

Another shot showing the first cut.

 

After the second cut the slab is free.

 

From the side.

 

A little clean-up.

 

Using the edge of the blade like sandpaper to smooth out some edges.

 

The plastic cover was put back in place. The cover stretched to make the stitched seam lines match

the contour of the new foam and then stapled in place.

 

Re attaching the rear mount.

The stitching you see around the edge is in it's new location. Orginally it was right on the edge of the seat.

With the 1 inch slab removed the cover pulled down more.

 

After installing back on the bike only a very sharp eye would know anything had been modified.