tire pumps

[Eric L. Green]

On Fri, 27 May 2005, Ron Criswell wrote:

> Naw but we get to ride longer without Monkey Butt. IYou have to be a > tough un to ride all day on stock seats.

There's stock seats, and then there's stock seats. At some point late in production Kawasaki appears to have switched to double-density foam (soft on top, firmer on the bottom). I am around 190 pounds with my gear on and $on my 2002 with 25,000 miles have never have encountered the "sitting on rails" phenomenon that other lighter people have reported with older KLR's. The only complaint I have with my KLR seat is the shape -- I feel like I am sitting on a sloped bench that is conspiring to ram my family jewels into the gas tank, and the only "monkey butt" I get is from the friction of my butt against my riding pants holding me from sliding into the gas tank, and the whole thing just isn't wide enough for my fat behind. While this is perhaps useful for off-road riding where you don't want your seat whacking you in the buttocks in a way that would send you flying *backwards*, and the width undoubtedly helps in dual-sporting when you're standing on your pegs and want to move around, it's not particularly useful for long highway distances where it becomes uncomfortable after an hour or two. I'm going to get a Corbin seat as soon as I have more important things taken care of. I just wished to dispell the notion that *all* KLR seats cause "monkey butt". While not the epitomy of comfort, it appears that late-model KLR seats are at least usable for long distances, though not particularly comfortable doing so. I suspect that wearing padded bike shorts under your riding gear rather than pants and underwear would help significantly here, and on my next long-distance ride I'm going to try that. -E

[pzzldpnthr]

Just to update those that give a hoot. After 10,000 miles in Alaska and Canada over the last several weeks, I have to say that the wooden- bead seat cover rocks. It makes the stock seat firmer and a little wider. Add an Alaskan Leather sheepskin on top, which makes the seat even a little more wide, and you've got yourself a cheap alternative to the expense after-market seats. Many 500+ days without problem!

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "pzzldpnthr" wrote: > Anybody try using a beaded seat cover on a long ride? If so how well > did it work.

[robert bowman]

On Wednesday 27 July 2005 08:21, Arden wrote:

> Tried > the CO2, but those little cartridges hardly made a difference.

For the record, I went through three 12 gram cartridges and got from 10 to 20 lbs on a D606 rear. It was a break after putting the first 10 in with a bicycle pump, but I was underwhelmed. If you depend on CO2, you probably want to carry the BIG box of cartridges.

[Maurice P. Cruz]

Thanks, have been wanting to get one as well. Did you get your bead seat cover from White Horse Press or beadrider.com? Does anyone here have a preference between the two? Regards... --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "pzzldpnthr" wrote:

> Just to update those that give a hoot. After 10,000 miles in Alaska > and Canada over the last several weeks, I have to say that the

wooden-

> bead seat cover rocks. It makes the stock seat firmer and a little > wider. Add an Alaskan Leather sheepskin on top, which makes the

seat

> even a little more wide, and you've got yourself a cheap alternative

to

> the expense after-market seats. Many 500+ days without problem! > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "pzzldpnthr"

wrote:

> > Anybody try using a beaded seat cover on a long ride? If so how

well

> > did it work.