30-05-16, 08:44 PM
So I'm gradually getting the bike all sorted - 2001 FZS1000
All running very nicely but I still have one bug-bear - the seat. It's the original seat. At low speed when I want to sit upright I can sit where I want. But at high speed, when I want to slide my arse back and get down behind the screen, the shape of the seat causes me to slide forward every time I hit the slightest bump, making me sit up in the wind. GRRRRRR. I have to shift myself back several times a minute - it's infuriating. Also, it's quite convex, causing arse-ache much quicker than an arse-shaped seat would.
I had a Yamaha FJ1200 years ago which had a seat which almost seemed as if it had been designed by someone who once actually sat on a motorcycle, or maybe even ride one once! Remarkable. Clearly, that person got sacked so that Yamaha could pay the marketing people more. Either that or they once tested the FJ by actually riding it several miles.
Anyway, I digress - do others hate the seat as much as me? What do folk do about it? I've looked at some of the websites and their seats look lovely. But I don't want a seat that looks lovely - I want one that I can sit on all day and not feel like I've been riding a bucking scaffold pole. Also, the sites tend to show the seats before they're fitted to the bike so I can't see what angle they lie at once fitted so they could be just as bad as the one I've got.
Any advice much appreciated!!
Dave
All running very nicely but I still have one bug-bear - the seat. It's the original seat. At low speed when I want to sit upright I can sit where I want. But at high speed, when I want to slide my arse back and get down behind the screen, the shape of the seat causes me to slide forward every time I hit the slightest bump, making me sit up in the wind. GRRRRRR. I have to shift myself back several times a minute - it's infuriating. Also, it's quite convex, causing arse-ache much quicker than an arse-shaped seat would.
I had a Yamaha FJ1200 years ago which had a seat which almost seemed as if it had been designed by someone who once actually sat on a motorcycle, or maybe even ride one once! Remarkable. Clearly, that person got sacked so that Yamaha could pay the marketing people more. Either that or they once tested the FJ by actually riding it several miles.
Anyway, I digress - do others hate the seat as much as me? What do folk do about it? I've looked at some of the websites and their seats look lovely. But I don't want a seat that looks lovely - I want one that I can sit on all day and not feel like I've been riding a bucking scaffold pole. Also, the sites tend to show the seats before they're fitted to the bike so I can't see what angle they lie at once fitted so they could be just as bad as the one I've got.
Any advice much appreciated!!
Dave