Any luck with store-bought brat seats for a kz650?

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I used a old skateboard and carefully used the stock seat cover.
Looks great with no sewing involved

Of course I'm just a guy on a budget so it's not high end but gives the look decent.

I bet one of those dime city cycle seats would do good. Go to google and type in upswept brat seat dcc

Another option that would be more cafe but keeping stock parts is, remove that old nasty seat foam in your stock seat and replace with thinner foam or old yoga matt.
Then it'll fit and latch like stock


Here's my backyard build

I just went through this with my 750. When I took my seat down to the seat pan, I noticed it was rusted through pretty badly and the hooks that hold the leather were mostly shot. So I looked EVERYWHERE! I found a place/guy called Texavina. Makes aftermarket seats using copies of the stock seat pan. I ordered a "cafe" ish seat for mine and really like it. Haven't got to take it for any rides yet due to snow, but it looks great. Seems like it'll be comfortable. More pricey than amazon/ eBay universals but I think its worth every penny. All the mounting hardware works the same way.