remove side panels w/ht panniers attached?

[James Sherlock]

>May I please hear opinions about Russell versus Mayer seats for long distance riding. Also does anyone know if the original seat has to be destroyed to make the new one? I would prefer to keep the original along with a new seat. I have read the comments about Corbin and have personal experience so I am not interested.

thanks Dave

[Gary Parece]

Hi , I have a russell seat on my concours and I have put over 100,000 miles on it . the longest day being 2,750 in one sitting (43 hours ), other C.C. trips 3,300 miles in 57 hours and many 1,500 ,1000 mile days. The only reason I didn't buy one for the klr is I didn't want the wings while off road, but if you don't plan on going off road to often go for it. If you do buy one for the klr it will not be your butt that will want you to call it quits for the day Gary Parece 98 concours 101K, 01 VFR 5K 01 DRZ400E,KLR650 2K

----- Original Message ----- From: "James Sherlock" To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 9:30 PM Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re; Seats > >May I please hear opinions about Russell versus Mayer seats for long distance riding. Also does anyone know if the original seat has to be destroyed to make the new one? I would prefer to keep the original along with a new seat. I have read the comments about Corbin and have personal experience so I am not interested. > thanks Dave > Dave, > > I cannot advise on the Mayer. However; I do own a Russell saddle. I like it so much, that I will never buy another manufacturers seat, unless someone manages to come up with an even more superior product. That will be difficult to achieve, imho. The only downside to the Russell is the expense. For me though, the expense of the saddle was the best money I have ever spent on the KLR. This saddle was the difference between continuing to ride and having to leave my bike behind. If you are looking for full on comfort and support, then one of these two is currently the best commercially available seats in this class. If you have any specific questions about the Russell, drop me a line. I'll be happy to answer them if I can. > > Jim > Smithville-Texas > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > >

[Greg Roberts]

I met some folks up in Birmingham, AL this morning who have made some modifications so they can get the seat off without removing the panniers. Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to look at the modification, and I didn't get any contact information from them. But it can be done. Greg Roberts

----- Original Message ----- From: "don dotson" To: dsn_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 4:17 PM Subject: [DSN_klr650] remove side panels w/HT panniers attached? > Would like to remove the side panels (remove seat) > without having to remove Happy Trail aluminum > panniers. Any ideas? > Thank you, > don in UTah > A15 > > ===== > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway > http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > >