gel pad - touring guys?
- Thread starter leem00
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You missed the one that I had for sale....I had the Yamaha Comfort Seat and I thought that it was more uncomfortable than the stock seat. Gel gets too hot. I have found a place that makes seat pads....Brooklyn Butt Buffer, they were at a motorcycle show that I went to, and it was pretty comfortable. They have a website: Brooklyn Butt Buffer - Relieving lower back discomfort for motorcycle riders
I sent my seat to Spencer's Motorcycle Seat Mods in Florida and it's on it's way back right now. He shaves down the stock foam and replaces it with Supracor material. It's supposed to look just like the stock seat for the most part. I'll post pics and a review once I've had a chance to do some longer rides. It only cost $75 plus shipping. I would have had him do my passenger seat as well, but he said he doesn't do sport bike pillion seats as they are too thin to do it properly. So I bought FZRblack's AirHawk for my wife to use.
yeah but those things just cook under your butt? I tried one and had to give it away. I couldn't take how hot that thing got.
I bought the comfort seat gel pad from ebay (2) and insert it in the seat itself. It was a bit better but not enough to keep it. The gel was bottoming out too and I could feel my butt bone bottoming on the plastic. So I end up throwing everything away and started almost from scratch with new foam.
2 layer of high density foam (1")
2 layer of low density foam (1")
1 layer of foam to blend in everything
Then the upholstery guy next door covered it up nicely. Yellow and black.
2 layer of high density foam (1")
2 layer of low density foam (1")
1 layer of foam to blend in everything
Then the upholstery guy next door covered it up nicely. Yellow and black.
buuuuut, how does it feel on your butt?
She feel good in the butt!
What what....??? In the butt?
We've worn bicycle shorts and seat pads on our long trips. The pads go on sale at CTC here for $10 (best $10 spent on the bike btw). Just cut them on the sides so there isn't too much overhang. If you cut gel, it's a bit of a problem. They look like this below at the links from another forum:
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KeysRider3
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Harley riders who ride long distance use sheepskin (with the wool), but anything that provides more air circulation between your two seats will keep you more comfortable.
Well I haven't posted anything on it yet, because I haven't gone on any super long rides, but on the two hour ride I did go on last week, it was noticably better. Not a hint of my butt getting sore. Usually by the two hour mark I start to squirm in my seat. I'll post pics of the seat when I get back home in a couple of weeks. It looks almost stock, but if you compare it to the stock it is probably a little thicker looking. Stock vinyl cover, reused, but all new padding, and that Supracore material seems to really work. I'll post more about it, including some pics, once I've taken it on a day long trip.
