seats for 600+ mile long days.

[* DEKS]

........ 1) Remove Luggage rack and steel side plates. 2) Remove Rear Fender/Tailight assembly. 3) Remove Turnsignals 4) Remove Chainguard5) Remove Passenger Footpegs 6) Remove Stock Exhaust 7) Remove Front Fairing and Headlight. 8) Remove one rearview mirror. I would estimate the weight loss at 75 lbs! Here's what I put on: 1) Acerbis universal rear fender with Maier tail/brake light. 2) KLX Numberplate with plastic headlight. 3) Supertrapp Exhaust. Weight added around 15 pounds.Net weight loss 60 pounds! ........ Barry ........ I friend of mine saw an aluminium alloy subframe for the KLR 650 in a Kawi shop in Germany. It amased him how it was tough as steel and VERY light at the same time. Has anyone mounted that on his bike and what are your experiences? Deks, Croatia ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

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garagedoor79@... writes:

> I can't really believe there is a motorcycle seat out there that will allow > a 600 mile day without it letting you know you sat on a motorcycle for 600 > miles. Some are probably pretty darned good, but even sitting in a car

seat

> for 600 miles will give you a hot spot or two.

Believe, son, believe. There is a seat that makes 600-mile days no problem for the human butt--the Russell DayLong. I've gone over 16 hours (1150 miles) on my ST1100 and Russell with no tush-related discomfort. Everything else was weary, perhaps a bit achey, but not the butt. I won't buy a bike that I plan to ride for 4+ hours in a day unless Russell makes a DayLong for it. I order the saddle the day I know I'm getting the bike. And who says car seats are worth a damn, anyway? They should only hope to be as good as Russell DayLongs. Chris Lawson KLR650 Russell DayLong ST1100 Russell DayLong R100GS/PD Russell DayLong R100RT Sold with Russell DayLong Drifter Considering a DayLong CBR929RR Needs one--bad--but it just won't happen* *It'd almost be worth it, though, just to watch the squids retch their brains out.