New twist on DP Racing seat - Ducati.ms

El Jabugo · Sep 12th, 2011, 2:56 am

I like the shape of the DP seat, but the cover is way too slippery for me. So I had an auto upholstery shop recover the seat in a special grippy fabric--it's more sticky than the usual moto seat, and a lot more sticky than the teflon cover that comes on the DP seat. I'm really happy with how it feels. It's much easier to hang off the bike, and overall I feel much more secure and more in control of the bike.

joelpatrol · Sep 12th, 2011, 6:28 am

Grippy has to be good................I usually ride in leather, but recently when just running round town in jeans, I called by a block of units we'd been working on that were being handed over to the client the next day. I pulled a wheelie up the driveway and slipped back on the seat which made me pull on the bars and twist the throttle even more. The bike was vertical and I was literally falling off the back and there was a closed garage door at the end of the drive. Really ugly. Somehow, I managed to shut it off and get the front back on the deck with about 5 metres to go. Spent the next 10 minutes asking myself what the heck a stupid old fart over sixty was thinking.
Yeah.........Grippy has to be good.

disgo duc · Sep 12th, 2011, 2:21 pm

yea ive used to a grippy seat cover as well coming from mx..i did a few seats so far with a combo of gripper material and carbon fiber weave vinyl...jus got a industrial sewing machine ..getn pretty good at it..next one is my hyper..also got a lot of gel material as well..been cutting into foam and placing inserts as i feel neccesary..

lavi · Sep 12th, 2011, 2:35 pm

I've got a gripper seat incoming too.

freezer16801 · Sep 12th, 2011, 8:23 pm

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Originally Posted by El Jabugo

I like the shape of the DP seat, but the cover is way too slippery for me. So I had an auto upholstery shop recover the seat in a special grippy fabric--it's more sticky than the usual moto seat, and a lot more sticky than the teflon cover that comes on the DP seat. I'm really happy with how it feels. It's much easier to hang off the bike, and overall I feel much more secure and more in control of the bike.

did you have the upholstery shop re-contour the seat or and or add any extra material? I am thinking of taking mine to someone this off season to have it recovered and have something that would help out on longer trips.

El Jabugo · Sep 13th, 2011, 1:21 am

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Originally Posted by freezer16801

did you have the upholstery shop re-contour the seat or and or add any extra material? I am thinking of taking mine to someone this off season to have it recovered and have something that would help out on longer trips.

No, I just had it recovered with the existing shape. I like the DP seat the way it comes--firmer than the stock seat and with a flatter seating area.

mangler7 · Sep 13th, 2011, 2:12 am

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Originally Posted by joelpatrol

Grippy has to be good................I usually ride in leather, but recently when just running round town in jeans, I called by a block of units we'd been working on that were being handed over to the client the next day. I pulled a wheelie up the driveway and slipped back on the seat which made me pull on the bars and twist the throttle even more. The bike was vertical and I was literally falling off the back and there was a closed garage door at the end of the drive. Really ugly. Somehow, I managed to shut it off and get the front back on the deck with about 5 metres to go. Spent the next 10 minutes asking myself what the heck a stupid old fart over sixty was thinking.
Yeah.........Grippy has to be good.

Everytime you wheelie, practice putting it down with the help of the rear brake. Always cover the rear brake before a wheelie as you set up. Soon it will become second nature when you pass the point of balance during the wheelie, to apply rear brake to bring the front down.