I did pretty much the same thing to the seat on my 650 last year.
Actually, I had to do it more out of necessity than desire.
The PO of my bike had cut a square into the center section where the driver sits, shaved it down about 2", then placed the square piece back in there.
Of course the sides around that square flared out and started hanging out from beneath the cover, which was cracking anyway.
I adhered that square piece to the sides again, then shaped the back portion of the drivers area using a large bread knife (I've heard electric carving knives also work great for this) to form sort of a pocket, similar to a Corbin Gunfighter seat.
$5 worth of Marine grade vinyl (the kind with the simulated grain) and two hours later, I'm stylin' again!
The vinyl kind of "pooched" where it rises up. But after riding it out to Vegas for the BikeFest, the heat and my butt smoothed it out for the most part and it looks/feels pretty decent now.
It's not a pro re-cover by any means. But sure a lot better than paying an upholstery shop $50+ and waiting a week for them to get around to it.
I'll try to take some better pics tomorrow when it's still light out and post them then.
Post edited by: RetroRiceRocketRider, at: 2006/04/18 22:57