Add a Seat to a Razor Kick Scooter
This tutorial will teach you how to add an official Razor brand seat to your Razor Kick Scooter (models with aluminum footboard only). Adding a seat may enhance your riding experience, especially down hills.
Contents
Steps
- Get a Razor Kick Scooter. This works only with scooters that have an aluminum footboard. To save money, you might just want to buy the basic A scooter. Remember that the scooter you buy must be able to support your weight and the seat's weight, plus any items you might carry. The A scooter's weight limit is 143 lbs. For those weighing more, you should really buy the razor pro scooter.
- Order A Razor E200S seat with post from Razor's Replacement Parts section.
- Get some bolts and nuts (nyloc nuts should work well).
- Get a drill and some wrenches or a ratchet set.
- Wear eye protection.
- Drill two holes on either side of the seat post, as close as possible to the center of the post mount.
- Place seat on top of scooter footboard as close to the back tire as possible.
- Ensure the seat is facing straight forward, exactly how you want it.
- Drill two holes of the same size right where the holes you have already drilled are (perhaps you should use a clamp to hold the seat).
- Your holes you have drilled should go right through the scooter to the other side.
- Insert the bolts.
- Loosely put the nuts on the other end of the nuts.
- Using two wrenches, tighten the bolt and nut together as tight as possible.
- You might want to cut off any excess bolt length beyond the nut.
- Try riding it by coasting first on a flat surface at low speed so you don't get hurt.
Tips
- How to stop:
- Place {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}} behind seat, press on brake as needed.
- When you don't need to brake, leave your feet in front of seat on footboard.
- Paint when finished to seal out rust.
- Try a scooter with two wheels on the front, to make it easier to balance.
Warnings
- Ensure the scooter you buy will hold your weight.
- Wear a helmet and other protective gear.
- Use caution when riding your scooter.
- Tools can be dangerous use with common sense and protective gear.
- Always use good judgment and try to be safe.
