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[Ted Palmer]

Van wrote:

> Ok how are you all doing 600 miles plus without your butts being > sore??

With the small fuel tank on my 600, by the time I start to get sore the bike is wanting petrol anyway.

> I go 10 miles and my butt starts to hurt. Is it my newbie butt > checks not use to the seat or is it the seat??

KLR seats have never highly praised for their comfort, or praised much at all for that matter. Aussie magazine testers of the KLR600 likened the seat to a plank. I got used to it, but after one 16-hour trip I was starting to wonder about the 24-odd hours of riding to get back home. Mister_T

[racing43rd@aol.com]

I guess it may be something one gets used to, or I have found that if I can move around and change position I'm fine. Actually I think "comfort" is overrated. We are having fun or we wouldn't ride these distances. The scenes we pass through, the smells in the air, the bonding with the bike that increases as the miles pass by, the thoughts and feelings that occur during the ride, all far outweigh any temporary "discomfort" that may be present. Adventures by their very nature are not meant to be "comfortable" and every ride, in fact every moment should be an adventure. Many times I remember songs when I ride, and one that plays frequently in my head is an obscure Moody Blues tune, I think the title is 22000 Days. Anyway the "hook line" goes "22000 days 22000 nights it's not a lot, it's all you've got". That is your lifetime 22000 days and 22000 nights, spend them wisely. Ed Windsor Oh 256,000 motorcycle miles and lovin' it more every day

[Alan L Henderson]

At 02:44 PM 7/22/2000 -0000, you wrote:

>Ok how are you all doing 600 miles plus without your butts being >sore?? >I go 10 miles and my butt starts to hurt. Is it my newbie butt >checks not use to the seat or is it the seat?? > >What seat has the best comfort and where do I buy it? > >Thanks for the help, my checks appriciate it. > >Van >93 A7 >At 01:00 PM 7/22/2000 EDT, you wrote: >I guess it may be something one gets used to, or I have found that if I can >move around and change position I'm fine. Actually I think "comfort" is >overrated. We are having fun or we wouldn't ride these distances. The scenes >we pass through, the smells in the air, the bonding with the bike that >increases as the miles pass by, the thoughts and feelings that occur during >the ride, all far outweigh any temporary "discomfort" that may be present. >Adventures by their very nature are not meant to be "comfortable" and every >ride, in fact every moment should be an adventure. Many times I remember >songs when I ride, and one that plays frequently in my head is an obscure >Moody Blues tune, I think the title is 22000 Days. Anyway the "hook line" >goes "22000 days 22000 nights it's not a lot, it's all you've got". That is >your lifetime 22000 days and 22000 nights, spend them wisely. > >Ed >Windsor Oh >256,000 motorcycle miles >and lovin' it more every day >

It may be a matter of getting used to the seat as I first thought would happen as does on bicycles. But with me the stock seat irritates a pressure point in my right hip no matter what position a put myself in. I find the stock seat fine for around town but if I plan to be out for more that about half an hour I have to add my seat widening device. There are a number of solutions out there to include different seats. My device consists of two rolls of dense foam about 3 inches in diameter held together with denim so that one sits on each side of the stock seat making the seat wider. Not a pretty solution but it is cheap and works for me. There was another person a Moab this year that had independently come up with the same solution so it must make some sense. This is a problem that I can't get "used to" or ignore no matter how much fun I may be having. If I ride for very long without the pad there are physical consequences to my actions. My right leg will bother me for several days after the ride. All you have to do now is figure out whether your butt just needs to harden up or whether you have a physical problem with the saddle and will have to do something to alleviate the problem. Alan Henderson A13 Iowa

[Dennis Angus]

A lot of us work out, especially the leg muscles. Strong legs allow you to keep your ass off the seat. Bars with less pullback and more rise, help this scenario. If you can do this you're butt will be safe. The downside is the leg cramps are worse............... Never mind. DAngus A-11 -----Original Message----- From: Van [mailto:melvan@...] Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 8:45 AM To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com Subject: [DSN_klr650] Want a new seat! Ok how are you all doing 600 miles plus without your butts being sore?? I go 10 miles and my butt starts to hurt. Is it my newbie butt checks not use to the seat or is it the seat?? What seat has the best comfort and where do I buy it? Thanks for the help, my checks appriciate it. Van 93 A7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Remember four years of good friends, bad clothes, explosive chemistry experiments. http://click.egroups.com/1/7077/6/_/911801/_/964277084/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the KLR650 archives at http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... Let's keep this list SPAM free! Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com

[Kurt Simpson]

> What seat has the best comfort and where do I buy it?

By most counts the Russell Day-Long, the modified Corbin also works very well but be sure to get the modified... Kurt

[Conall O'Brien]

>From: "Kurt Simpson" >To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com>, " Van" >Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Want a new seat! >Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 09:26:19 -0600 > > > What seat has the best comfort and where do I buy it? > >By most counts the Russell Day-Long, the modified Corbin also works very >well but be sure to get the modified... > >Kurt >

I agree with Kurt, the Corbin pictured on their website and in the Corbin catalog is _not_ the seat you want. I've lately been using the Kawi seat with a sheepskin cover from the Goodwool store. http://www.shoal.net.au/~goodwool/ If you have a North American "A model" you need to order the cover shown as MB299 ( $85 US) I like my new arrangement much better than the Corbin I used to use. The people at Good wool really deliver. They made my sheepskin cover the same day I placed the order, & airmailed it to me in 6-7 work days. The sheepskin is tailor made for the KLR, covering the whole seat. It is made from three pieces of material and a stretchy neoprene band all around the edges that fits perfectly around the underside of the seat pan. Two straps attached to the sheepskin secure it to the seat. Basically my ride(1990 KLR) feels like a brand new bike, the difference is amazing. The seat is very cushy and soft, I think the ultimate would be a Russell seat with a cover from the Good Wool store. They make everything to patterns so that might be a little difficult. I'll be using the stock Kawi seat with a sheepskin cover until I have the Corbin redone. I have 2 KLRs so I can experiment with different setups. BTW there was a post on the Trans Alp list last week about a person who rode his T/A from Colorado to the Corbin factory in Hollister CA. He wanted to have his seat modified. He arranged the appointment with Corbin several months in advance and called them 4 or 5 times to make sure everything was set. When he got to Hollister for his appointment , I think it was July 5th, he was in the middle of about 45,000 Harley dudes packing up getting ready to leave town. He went to Corbin and the place was closed up nothing but a parking lot covered with rubber. A couple guys were sweeping up and knew nothing about his appontment. Finally he got ahold of somebody and they admitted they forgot to tell him about the annual Wild Ones Rally. He couldn't find a motel witin 80 miles for less than $180. He left without ever getting his seat done. In addition they told him they had tried to call him to warn him which he said was not true. Can you imagine? Luckily we at the KLR list have a contact at Corbin and his name is Raul. Make sure you talk to him about any orders for the KLR. Conall ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

[Arne]

-----Original Message----- From: ChaoSun [mailto:itiswhatitis@...] Subject: [DSN_klr650] Fw: Inches Away.

> Thanx to all who responded. I gotta tell ya, I was impressed both > with the quantity and quality of responses. Think I'll buy a KLR > just to be part of his group. *smiles* > > Someone expressed a concern that I might be wanting the dual sport to > give me the quickness that I get from a street bike, like the '97 > Honda Valkyrie that I ride. (You can see it at > http://vrcc.cyberpunk.net/justpics/297.jpg ) No such thing. I just > wanted to know if the KLR was a quick bike in its own class, the dual > sports. And by quick, I wasn't talking about top speed; I was > talking about acceleration from a stop and between gears. > > 'Nuff said. I like this board. That may be enough reason to go out > and get one. > > Ride safe! > > ChaoSun

____________________ Hey Chao... You're right where I was just over a year ago... except that I had to sell My '97 Valk Tourer. How you likin' those Two Brother's pipes BTW? =) It was the list that sold me on the KLR. ciao, Arne - so funny he even cracks himself up...