Shovelhead chopper: DIY seat foam for anyone!

Hey everyone! Jason is making headway on the chopper build and last week he was able to make a custom seat pan. Todays video is like a part 2 where he needs a comfortable foam to sit on. A multiple compound seat foam is created by using a yoga mat (layered) as a foundation and a closed cell high density foam on top. The theory is that by using different densities of foam we are able to create a comfortable seat with also supporting the rider for an extended time.
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[@szczerzo]

One of the best tools to shape foam (or styrofoam) is a thin wire that you hold with clamps plugged to car battery. It smells and smoke but it's the nicest cleanest cut you can get and the heat create a hardened shell so the foam won't crumble as easy.

[@chopperguy16]

I never thought of a yoga mat. Great idea. Looks great.

[@theabyssgarage]

Thanks you

[@gasmann6746]

Top job 👍🏻🇦🇺

[@Punkerage]

Come on this turned ou AWESOME man!

[@theabyssgarage]

Thanks!

[@MadMotoInc]

Pick up some Dacron for your seat, it’s a polyester fiber batting that’s used in upholstery, goes over the foam, blends any small imperfections. Thank me later 🤘🏽

[@theabyssgarage]

Thank you for that info!

[@MadMotoInc]

@@theabyssgarage just passing on what’s been shared with me! You’re gonna be stoked with what a difference it makes.

[@andygalushko2695]

Great videos, thanks for sharing…my seat guy Counterbalance Cycles uses an angle grinder to shape his seat foam, he uses yoga mat foam too. The seats come out great and super comfortable too

[@theabyssgarage]

Thanks! Hopefully I made the right choice on materials. I’ll find out on the test ride.

[@glennstatham960]

nice work!

[@chopper_Bob_customs]

Killer looking build , I’m a leather tooling expert at motorcycle seats , wallets, purses, tool bags,side bags and blanket rolls, I do all the custom lacewing and anything else you can dream up. Lmk if you are interested in a one of a kind custom

[@chrisdodd4095]

Would like to see video of the finished seat

[@theabyssgarage]

Hopefully in the near future I’ll have a video on that

[@hodaka1000]

Good thinking the yoga mat
I've heard if you glue layers of foam like your high density foam the layers of glue between the foam will help make it dencer
And you're not wrong about what you called an electric "turkey knife" for shaping foam, I have one that I picked up for a few dollars at a charity store and it's fantastic

[@theabyssgarage]

I’ll have to keep an eye out for an electric turkey on the cheap cheap.

[@hodaka1000]

@@theabyssgarage
Right
I got mine to do repairs on my SR500 seat's foam and will use it when I make a couple of seats for some of my Hodaka dirt bikes
And great job you're doing on your chopper seat
EXCELLENT ✔️

[@buck_the_atlas]

Looks the goods mate. Are you going to upholster it yourself?

[@theabyssgarage]

Thanks, and yeah that’s the plan. I’m trying to do it all. Including the paint.

[@alyssaaguirre5666]

What adhesive did you use to stick the layers of foam togther?

[@theabyssgarage]

I used a multiple purpose spray adhesive. You have to spray both parts that you want to stick together and once the “glue” has dried then you stick the two together.

[@ricardorichardson6991]

The Bike was looking not so bad until that terrorist act on my visual senses. That being the piece of shit seat which really fu*ked up the whole bike.

[@theabyssgarage]

Please elaborate on what you don’t like about this seat? I’m curious

[@Chopper650]

douche