Uncle Hud
Just another blob of protoplasm using up your oxyg
Finally got my Seat Concept kit installed. Grippy surface, basketweave sides. Was a little difficult to stretch and staple, but a friend's very large vise helped by loosely holding the seat while one hand stretched and the other stapled. If you have a friend that wants to help by stretching or stapling, accept their offer immediately.
<added 3 hours later> Used a hand stapler, which occasionally required some tapping with a hammer to fully seat the staples. Took about an hour, and a lot of that time was wrestling the seat into a position where I could stretch the vinyl with my left hand and work the stapler with my right. Would I recommend sending the seat to them for installation? No. My bike was only out of commission for an hour. Although there are some wrinkles in the seat cover due to my ineptitude, I wouldn't want to be without the bike for a week to ten days.
Impressions after my first ride, only 30 miles: The feel is completely different from the stock seat. My butt now sits in a cup, instead of astride a bareback horse. The support on the outside of my butt cheeks was noticeable (even over this short distance) and felt substantial. There is a distinct slope to the saddle that tends to put me back into the deepest part of the seat -- which is where I like to sit. The grippy surface was VERY noticeable; moving my body from side to side for curves required lifting off the seat rather than sliding over the stock vinyl.
My riding is a lot more of the 'touring', and a lot less of the 'sport'.
I don't do much hooning through twisties, so I'm not concerned about sliding my butt across the seat; sliding can also be accomplished with a little exertion of the quadriceps, so it's not as if body positioning has been completely eliminated.
As for the long distance stuff, I think/hope that the supportive cupping will spoon with my butt and help spread the seating pressure to more flesh. I'll update in a few days, after griff and I get back from Stagecoach: that's 650 miles round trip for me and a good test of the seat.
<added 3 hours later> Used a hand stapler, which occasionally required some tapping with a hammer to fully seat the staples. Took about an hour, and a lot of that time was wrestling the seat into a position where I could stretch the vinyl with my left hand and work the stapler with my right. Would I recommend sending the seat to them for installation? No. My bike was only out of commission for an hour. Although there are some wrinkles in the seat cover due to my ineptitude, I wouldn't want to be without the bike for a week to ten days.
Impressions after my first ride, only 30 miles: The feel is completely different from the stock seat. My butt now sits in a cup, instead of astride a bareback horse. The support on the outside of my butt cheeks was noticeable (even over this short distance) and felt substantial. There is a distinct slope to the saddle that tends to put me back into the deepest part of the seat -- which is where I like to sit. The grippy surface was VERY noticeable; moving my body from side to side for curves required lifting off the seat rather than sliding over the stock vinyl.
My riding is a lot more of the 'touring', and a lot less of the 'sport'.
I don't do much hooning through twisties, so I'm not concerned about sliding my butt across the seat; sliding can also be accomplished with a little exertion of the quadriceps, so it's not as if body positioning has been completely eliminated.
As for the long distance stuff, I think/hope that the supportive cupping will spoon with my butt and help spread the seating pressure to more flesh. I'll update in a few days, after griff and I get back from Stagecoach: that's 650 miles round trip for me and a good test of the seat.
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