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gel seats (Read 327 times)
bill67
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gel seats
12/30/07 at 06:13:23
Suzuki has 2 gel seats is there much differ between the 2
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Re: gel seats
Reply #1 -
12/30/07 at 06:45:10
I have the 1st gen. I still get saddle sore in an hour or so. Been meaning to try Greg's removing center rubber bumper trick.
Then again, for long hauls I take the PC800, so the 650 just is used for local short trips.
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drharveys - FSO
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Re: gel seats
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12/30/07 at 18:08:52
The pillow top looks better!
Heck, it looks so good that Harley imitated it!
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Re: gel seats
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12/31/07 at 04:54:10
I bought a gel seat pad from JP Cycle a few years ago. Not cheap but about half the price of replacing the whole seat. I like it. It's none skid on one side and sheep skin on the other side
Cons are it sits you up about an inch higher and someone could easily walk off with it
Pros are it helps alot on a long trip and it's warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
We went on a pretty long weekend ride last summer and I could really tell the difference.
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Re: gel seats
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01/06/08 at 16:43:50
I switched my stock seat for gel and was highly unimpresssed with the results.
I purchased an Air Hawk seat pad - slapped that on and suddenly I love the seat!
I just do not think that a Gel seat or seat pad does enough to cushion the stock Suzuki seat.
I just have been a fan of the Air Hawk for three years now. There is a review at
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Product/tf-Browse/s-10101/Pr-p_Product.CAT...
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Max_Morley
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Re: gel seats
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01/06/08 at 18:03:14
and Max has been using one longer than that. On my 3rd version and would not be w/o one.
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youzguyz
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Re: gel seats
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01/07/08 at 03:01:25
For the airhawk, here is how I used one. Other seat ideas are in the threads as well.
Here is how I did it:
LINK Seat mod using AirHawk
and the follow up:
LINK Seat Evolution
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Re: gel seats
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01/07/08 at 07:50:15
drharveys, nice seats indeed, where do you bought them?
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drharveys - FSO
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Re: gel seats
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01/07/08 at 10:00:33
Violent_Rage wrote
on 01/07/08 at 07:50:15:
drharveys, nice seats indeed, where do you bought them?
The one on my Suzuki is the pillow top gel seat from Suzuki -- I got it from Oneida Suzuki by mail order.
www.oneidasuzuki.com
As for the Harley seat -- BTSOOM!
(BTSOOM -- sounds like an Arabic word, but it's really Beats The Ship Out Of Me!)
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Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. Thomas Jefferson
When I look fast, I'm not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast. Alain Pros
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Re: gel seats
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01/07/08 at 17:03:14
will not fit ls650, wonder why?
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