rvich
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The main job of the seat is to keep your backside happy. But unfortunately you are going to look at it every time you climb on and off the bike. So, you certainly want it to look neat, if not perfect. If I were doing the job myself I would pull the cover off and fit the seat without the cover. Make sure the pan and foam are shaped the way it needs to be before you stretch the cover on. I remember fooling myself years ago on some bucket seats I did that since the foam was soft it would mold to the stretched material. Wrong! The material will continue to stretch and work until it fits the shape of the foam. So the foundation is important. Then you gotta make sure when you pull it on that you don't pull one side more than the other. A heat gun can help get rid of the bunching. The cover should seem near impossible to get on when cold.
That gap at the front. I would want it even, but a slight gap between the seat and tank can keep it from rubbing off your paint. My interstate tank has a rubbed spot there that no ammount of polishing and waxing is gonna get rid of it. I only see it when the seat is off, but it is removing the paint slowly from the tank. You decide how to deal with it, this is just a heads up.
Russ
That gap at the front. I would want it even, but a slight gap between the seat and tank can keep it from rubbing off your paint. My interstate tank has a rubbed spot there that no ammount of polishing and waxing is gonna get rid of it. I only see it when the seat is off, but it is removing the paint slowly from the tank. You decide how to deal with it, this is just a heads up.
Russ