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Old 25 Feb 2007
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Can anyone tell me the best seat for a long haul to my Dr 650 SE 96 and the cost of it?

In alternative (and certainly with a lower cost) are there any covers to improve the confort of the original seat?

Where can I find both?
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Yeah the seat is a plank, but time spent on it improves it. The comfort issue is with the width rather than the foam density.

For a 3 week tour of Europe I made up a seat widener from a split bicycle seat (costing about 26stg). A strap across the seat and bungies to the footrest brackets tensioned the contraption, resulting in a seat width of about 14 inches. I also used an airseat on top, but I could have forgone this. Perfect comfort for long days in the saddle.

(This really need a photo, but I don't have one, sorry).

A great thing about this approach is that you can swap the device between bikes, and remove it altogether when you need room for control.
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Apart from the width I found the biggest problem to be the steep slope. I can't sit at the bottom of it when riding on the road, and I don't want to. The constant tension of my skin caused excruciating pain.

Solution: Add more foam to make it wider and higher in the front, so the seat has almost no slope. I made the mistake to make it too wide in the front, which causes problems with the thighs. Then I had a new cover made by a car upholsterer.

I suggest you take the modified foam for a long test run, before the new cover is made, because it's easy to make changes beforehand.

My bike is a bit too high now, but otherwise I'm happy with the seat now.
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I use a flat Corbin on my KLR and it suits me fine. Last year I rode to Alaska with some friends and one of them got aseat enhancer called a Sweet Cheeks. Its a fabric and foam rig that goes over the seat and has pockets on the edge that you insert 2 liter plastic soda bottles in. There is an air pump arrangement to adjust the hardness of the bottles. This makes for a really wide seat, and thougfh I didn't try it my buddy kept it on for the duration of the trip.
I don't know the web address, but you can google sweet cheek seats and have a go.
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a sheep skin on the seat will make it alot more comfy & is cheap also good for sleeping on sitting on etc . Used one on 8500mile ride round N/W Africa & it was great only down side maybe is it will make the seat higher.
Good luck kev
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now i've just bought myself a sheepskin here in Marocco (v. cheap) and i rode for 3 hours a couple of days ago and i didn't notice any improvement in arse ache.

Does it need to be of a certain type or quality? and i take it its shaggy side up?

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Try these guys if you have the cash
Lot of good words said about these guys:

Renazco Dual Sport Seats

They rebuild your existing seat to your spec, wider, softer, lower, whatever. Looks good quality, from 300 bucks from what I can gather.
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What about this one?

the DR650 thread - Page 242 - ADVrider

It looks wierd but comfortable.
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