Seat Options?

When I first got the WRX I thought the seat felt 'firm' but had some give and would likely be OK.
Now that I've ridden it a while and it is fully broken in with 8,000km on it I can honestly say the saddle is 'hard as a flipping rock!'

Unlike my KLR which is actually too soft so your tail bone gets weighted and hurts, the WR is super firm and causes numbness after half an hour. I suppose for a dirt bike it wouldn't be a problem, but as a dual sport, some highway and distance travel is kind of in the plans.

What are people doing for the seat?
What options have people found?

Alaskan Leather Sheepskin Buttpad, mine's a dual sport deluxe. Took me through last weekend's 1100 mile round trip, and a 330 mile day trip two weekends ago. I like to stop a lot, but it definitely added a ton of comfort compared to stock and made the ride much more manageable. Also, riding side saddle or standing a lot helps.

One thing nice about the sheepskin is it doesn't add much in the way of height.

Anybody have a picture of a sheepskin on a WRR? I need to do something to my seat.

wheeling is about to have some step seats... they look nice and lower seat height a bit.

The stepped seat gives the bike a real aggressive look.

I really didn't like my stock R seat when riding over 50 miles. Way too hard.

So I had mine rebuilt by Renazco Racing over the winter. Much, much, much better now. No more sore buns.

derm75 wrote:

Anybody have a picture of a sheepskin on a WRR? I need to do something to my seat.

Here's mine, dual sport deluxe, natural dark color.

skierd wrote:

derm75 wrote:

Anybody have a picture of a sheepskin on a WRR? I need to do something to my seat.

Here's mine, dual sport deluxe, natural dark color.

This just reminds me of this... the ever-so-classic setup!

W...T...F... I think I saw one of those on the lake...it was called a Jet-Ski...

PQRS... wrote:

wheeling is about to have some step seats... they look nice and lower seat height a bit.

Hmm. I guess I should mention that I'm 6'2" with long limbs. The WR feels short to me. I even tower over my KLR. Good option for smaller folks to consider instead of lowering links though.

Gargoyle wrote:

I really didn't like my stock R seat when riding over 50 miles. Way too hard.

So I had mine rebuilt by Renazco Racing over the winter. Much, much, much better now. No more sore buns.
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I saw your thread on that. almost posted the question there, but thought maybe a more general thread may be good too. I was wondering though how does it feel? I kind of like the grippy feel when I'm on the pegs on mine.

skierd wrote:

Here's mine, dual sport deluxe, natural dark color.

A lot of people swear by seepskin. How do you hold it on? Is it Natural or artificial?

mtb wrote:

This just reminds me of this... the ever-so-classic setup!

OMG. And we thought there wasn't much left of Dave's bike...

Thanks for the pic Skierd, I think I like that.

ZED, there are two straps, the front one slides under the horn of the seat, the other has snaps and I run it between the subframe and plastics near where the dirtbagz mount. Its 100% real natural sheepskin. Mines a Deluxe Dual sport, dark natural color.

http://www.alaskaleatheronline.com/servlet/StoreFront

Yeah i would say...i would have to go with the Renazco seat.
Cause the skin ones just look alittle...how should i put it funny looking.

I just happened to pick up the very same seat skin from Barb up in Alaska! That thing rocks!! I can't believe I hadn't tried one before! I honestly doubt you'll ever see my WR² without it in place now!

"A lot of people swear by seepskin. How do you hold it on? Is it Natural or artificial?"

Ya, but was the sheep hurt in the process?

AK