Miles per day on seat - stock vs. Russel

If you sit [long enough] in even your most comfortable chair in the house....it will get to your butt in time.

I've had several Corbins they are firm,..but firm means support. Never had any OEM seat that was comfortable.....some are just evil!

Currently have a Sargent on my Roadster,...not perfect, but much improved over OEM.

AFAIC it's all a matter of blood flow, stop get off, create a little blood flow, repeat as needed, on a day long trip.

When younger,..I used to do 6-700 p/day on a regular basis ...just can't anymore, 5-6 hours saddle time is all I want. On 'back-roads' that may mean considerably less miles. On slabs..about 250-300?.........that's enough for me.

I agree

2bikemike said:

Maybe maybe not. There's alot more that goes into riding 700+ miles than just the seat. Only you can answer this one.

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I agree with "bikemike" ....may be the seat or not. I personally like the stock straight seat on the older bikes; you can move around more on them. The newer seats seem to have a pocket keeping you from moving around or slides you up on the tank in the case of my now gone/sold 1150rs.

Seats have never been the problem for me, it was the foot pegs or bars. Once you get them right, your ride will be better.

DW

i have no problem with the stock seat on my gs. seems like i can put all the miles i need to on any given day or night.

I have a 2011 r1200gs. The stock seat would make my "privates" go to sleep after 20 to 35 minutes. An Alaska Leather sheepskin pad helped a bit but the problem persisted. I recently bought a Sargent seat and used it on a 6600 mile trip out west over a 15 day period. The seat solved my problem and I have not needed to use the sheepskin cover. I am very pleased with the quality and customer service from Sargent.

Thanks guys for your responses they gave me the courage to go for it. I went from Ashland, Ohio to Denver, Colorado in two days visited friends and made my way home in two days. Two of the days were longer than I would have liked but it made the trip work. My bottom side was fine but other parts sometimes needed to have the kinks worked out.

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nevergrowup said:

Will the new seat make it so I can make a one day run of 750 miles?

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I guess it depends on the person, but that is an easy day on a stock seat. I've done quite a few thousand milers on my stock GS seat.