sargent klr seat?

[Andrus Chesley]

Wow! Seats. Nobody's hind end is the same. Or, their posture on sitting on the bike. On my '06 DL1000, I went thru a seat problem that I never solved. Stock was a killer after about 80 miles running for me. Bought a Corbin Gunfighter. Great seat. But, could only touch the ground with my tippy toes , leading to 2 falls at a stop. Once passenger got off before I was ready and another, depression in the grass. Too late to slide my hine end over to catch it. On a California trip,. went by Corbin in Hollister and had the nose cut down and the seat lowered a little. Felt good sitting on it at the shop. But, Hours down the road, it reared it's ugly head with not being near as comfy at the stock Corbin. Oh well, did make it back to Louisiana with it. Sent my stock seat to Rick Myres with pictures and a letter on what I was looking for and my problems with the Corbin. Got it and did a few thousand break in on it. Still not equal to the stock corbin but, I place it a bit above the modified Corbin. Now, I had 3 seats with about 1200 bucks in them and none of them doing everything I wanted. Moral of the story ? You may have to go through a few seats to find what combination fits YOUR mode and butt. What works for me will more than likely NOT work for you. My flattop Corbin on my '02 KLR was just fine for 9 years. The Corbin on my present '07 Bandit is just peachy king. Could not ask for better so my hind end tells me with quite a few 150 to 170 mile settings on it after breaking it in. And , both feet on the ground pretty good.