Skat,


I'll have to look on my bike tomorrow and see how easy it would be to take the seat off or up.

But you do make it sound easy

Does this/risers make a big difference? Do you feel a difference.

i've said it before, i'll say it again...

you can spend a fortune looking for a "comfortable" seat.  but it's time in the saddle that will cure monkee butt. the more you ride, the more you're butt becomes accustomed to the ride.  

ride  ride  ride, thats the only thing that will give you experience.  

oh yeah,  the only accessory the savage needs is [glow=red,2,300]FUEL [/glow]   8)

Ok, I see now what ya'll are saying about sliding down/forward to the gas tank. Didnt notice it before ,I was concentrating so much on learning to ride

But now I have a awww....dumb question again.

How do you take the seat off? I want the risers on!

Also,is there a good Savage book(better than the manual) that shows you things like....how to remove the seat,replace fuses,and basic stuff "or more".If so, what book is it?
Thanks guys!

We went for a pretty long ride with a group of guys. On this trip I learned a lot about different issues on long trips.
About the seat comfort I learned 2 things:
1. there is a cover called " Air hawk" /i think/. What it is - like an air pad with many compartments, that You inflate very lightly. Two guys had this pad- one on a 2003 Honda ST1300 and the other on a 2007 HD Road Glide. Both love the pad. It is not cheap , but they say , it is worthed the money.
2.There was a new rider guy on a Victory Vegas. He had 2 different additional seat covers and keep exchanging them all the time. He had a shipskin and one that he made out of a Pep boys car upholstery. /the one that has beanies, made of wood/. The 2 things he said are that the "beanies"  are  very comfortable and prevent his behind from sweating + they give a massage to his gentle parts. He had good things to say about the shipskin also. Finally he settled for the beans over the shipskin and he rode most of the trip this way.

I've seen the bead car seat things, usually two tone beads.  Makes me wonder if you could get the beads rearranged into the Suzuki "S"?

Time to throw in my 2cents worth..  which is about all it's worth.  Remember, these are MY experiences, and one thing I found out from all the posts I read and everything I tried.. nothing is going to work the same for everyone!!

I had the "sore tailbone" problem.  I tried:

1. Seat lift - helped a little

2. bicycle gel pad - no help at all for me.

3. Sportster seat - went to HD place and sat on a few.  Did not impress me enough to do a mod.

4. Wooden bead seat cushion (the kind that are talked about above) - great, for about 10 miles, then worse than before.

Got a spare set of seat pans (bought from a guy here) then:

5. Dug various holes in the foam where sore spots were and tried various kinds of other foam.  Memory foam, some kind of weird latex, upholstery foam, etc, etc.  Modest improvements, but now I was on a mission.. and still sore after riding for about 4 hours.

6. Spend the $$ and got an AirHawk.  Slapped it on the stock seat.  Felt pretty nice, but didn't like the look very much, and would be a hassle to put on and take off (so it wouldn't be ripped off), etc.  And it made the seat higher than I liked.

7. The light comes on.. and I put the Airhawk on the spare seat pan (with a thin layer of foam underneath).  Eureka!!  Finished it up with some gray naugahyde and been loving it ever since.  It rides lower than the stock seat, it has a nice bucket shape, it doesn't HURT.

8. Still need to put on a sheepskin cover.  Got the skin, no time to fit yet.

My next step would have been a custom seat.  I didn't want to go that way because:
1. I wanted to be there when it was being made, so I could make sure it would work ok.
2. Expense!!!

No, this will not work for everyone, but I thought I would share what didn't work for me.

With all due respect to Sluggo.. yeah, you can get there by "ride, ride, ride"  until you get accustomed to it, but I would rather enjoy the ride while getting there.

An Airhawk is an inflatable pad strapped to the existing seat.  Corbin is an aftermarket seat manufacturer.  There are a lot of mods that can be done to the seat or to replace it.  Some folks remove the vinyl, shave some of the foam and add gell padding and restaple the vinyl.  Some replace the vinyl entirely with leather or marine grade vinyl.  I went with a one-piece pillowtop leather S40 gel seat on my 98 Savage for a while but several folks whose opinions I respect have reported success with the HD Sportster seat and it can be had on eBay cheaper than most other options.  I decided to give it a try.  It takes a little adaptation to get it mounted, though not a lot, and you can be inventive there too.  I've had one on mine for a few weeks now and am liking it quite a bit so far, though I still have some adjustments to make.  Do some searches and read the stuff in the Tech Ref forum.  There is already a lot of information covered.

Yes, I have just started reading in the Tech forum....Had not been in that forum much at first,didnt understand it  but its getting better to understand due to others help in other forums.

And yes,there is alot of good info there.

As far as the comfort of my seat goes.....if I hadnt of sat on so many other/different bikes when looking for a bike ,I wouldnt have gotten spoiled to the fact of possibly a better seat

I already know I want to change it!But I have wasted some money on stuff due to my little knowledge and wanted to get a better idea of what to do. Dont have alot of money for bike stuff to be wasting it.

So far, the risers sound great...and even the other factory seat for the Savage looks like it would be better than the one I have. I have the textured looking seat,like the S-40's. Don't feel like there's much of a seat under me ,the way it is now
Thanks!