| Author | Message | ||
     Cyclonemduece |
I went for an 80 mile spin thru the woods on some local roads yesterday and my ass hurt bad on my s1 seat i have a standard s1 seat from a 97 i believe, the one that has a strap across it. I am big but not fat 6'-6" 220 lbs and my boney ass was non compliant with the stock equipment. I ran a search but didnt turn up the type of info that i had hoped to find,it seams my options are 1, a euro stock seat 2, a buell select 3,a corbin 4, gel added to my stocker.. What is tried and true? any input is needed, i cant use this one much longer, | ||
| Wile_ecoyote |
Tell your ass its not riding enough and HTFU. LOL Seriously, Im no help here. I come with the uhhhh, extra padding necessary. | ||
| Smoke |
at 155lb the corbin is good for 400 mile days on the s1. good luck. tim | ||
| Ratbuell |
I'm 6'4" and (usually) 195. I can feel fiberglass tail section through the Euro solo seat on my S1W. Granted, I don't have much built-in padding...but not much weight, either. | ||
| Joesbuell |
I told you so Blake! Ha ha! I put a gel insert in my seat and it has not helped much. I'm ordering a corbin very soon. I hope it will help.... | ||
| Evadmils |
Your Ass gets used to it. I ride at least 60 miles/day. I'm 6' 185, my ass just got used to it after the first week. That Corbin seat does look good tho, a lil pricey tho at 390$, i think. | ||
| Jos51700 |
The theory is, if your ass is on the seat, you're riding it wrong. I don't mind my S1W seat, but I can see how a seat the size of a maxi-pad could get old. | ||
| Billetmetallic |
i have an s1 corbin i might be willing to get rid of for the right price, let me know if you are interested | ||
| Littlebuggles |
I cut away the front and scooped the back out on my stock S1 seat, leveled the seat out (this gives you a slightly wider plank too) so I can sit further back, doesn't push on the boys so much too. Haven't had the gel put in, I think I may some day. Custom cutting seems to have worked out pretty okay for me though. Local upholstery shop re-covered it for me. | ||
| Cyclonemduece |
billet i am interested pm sent. blake | ||
| 00nastym2 |
corbin seat is your best bet i rode over 300 miles yesterday and it is just fine no sadle sores lol | ||
| Jstfrfun |
The strange thing about the X1 is that the seat IS comfortable! Better than My Vstar 1100 which I scrapped out the seat for a Mustang...much better! | ||
| Cyclonemduece |
Yeah and an x1 has double the seating surface as an s1. | ||
| Joesbuell |
Here's some pictures of the Gel insert. I just followed the instructions on the web site. http://www.knoplace.com/Gel_Pad_Installation.html            | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
wow that has to be one of the coolest bikes i have ever seen. | ||
| Wile_ecoyote |
Yessir,that has got to be one of the coolest bikes I've ever seen too. She's awesome Jodie. | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
I love the fact that it was done so nicely that it looks like it could have come from the factory like that | ||
| Crazydiamond |
OK, thats an XB swingarm. How difficult is that switch? | ||
| Cyclonemduece |
jodie see what you have done.... jk what pegs are you running? | ||
| Wile_ecoyote |
Crazy, there is a whole thread devoted to Jodie's Buell. Have to look it up. Anybody wanna help him out? It shows the entire build. Really awesome job!!! | ||
| Joesbuell |
Blake are you asking me what pegs I'm running? if you are they are pillion pegs off of a H/D Streetrod. here's some links http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/476 23/218015.html?1172404115 | ||
| Bluzm2 |
Blake, I warned you about the seat! There's a reason they call them "thongs"! I'm going to do the gel pad trick on my S2 this winter. Brad | ||
| Eshardball |
If you don't want to do it yourself, try amsss1@americanasoftseats.com . He will replace your seat filling with Gel & memory foam or reshape it so it doesn't not keep your boys jammed against the back of the tank | ||
| Jespo_m2 |
Wow.... that's the first XB/tuber I've ever seen! Very cool.. the Buell that should have been built.  As for seats... I have a Corbin seat and it's very firm. I wear riding pants with padding to get around the comfort issue. Both would be ideal. | ||
| Mmmi_grad |
Oh God NO never show that seat again, all need to be destroyed!!! Makes asses hurt around the world im sure, bad memories and bad karma!!! Begone you damned seat and never show yourself again!!! |
