Just how uncomfortable is the rear seat??

[Spike]

Read a couple of posts on here (doing loads of research on which bike to get) about the GS adventure rear seat not being as comfortable as the normal GS model.

Now whilst it would be nice to have the bigger tank to go farther before I HAVE to stop, this might just cancel it self out if the rear seat is uncomfortable and I have to stop to let my wife get some feeling back into her bottom every hunfred miles or so ,so the GS might just be as worth while.

Does anyone ride the GSA 2's up and how is the seat actually, can it be changed to a softer more comfortable option??

Thanks

spike

 

[Giles]

Depends on yer missus!

I regularly ride two up, some days are ten / twelve hours. We'll stop every two hours or so for a quick leg stretch, and then carry on.

I've ridden with other couples where the pillion in particular has been the weakest link and has caused umpteen coffee breaks and stops .... which drives me nuts!!

Our seats are bog standard, and we have no problems

 

[Mav]

I've got a 12 GSA and ride regularly 2 up. Mavette has never complained about the seat - the longest we have done without getting off the bike is 285 miles. And have done several 600+ mile days 2up.

So I think your better half will be fine

 

[sven]

The GS pillion seat is horizontal but the GSA one slopes forward which causes the passenger to slide forward more, especially under braking. SWMBO hated the GSA seat.

 

[cookie]

mrs cookie assures me that the standard 1200GSA seat is the most comfortable she's found.

you're probably thinking of the 1150GSA seat which was notoriously poor.

 

[Goose]

Before buying the GSA we rode both bikes for a day. Wife definitely mentioned that the GS seat is far more comfortable, however the GSA seat is wider.

I have been searching through salvage companies and normally you could pick up a rear seat from a scrapped bike. Fits perfectly on the GSA!

 

[Spike]

Thanks for the replys guys. I think we need to take a trip to the uk and try them both out for a few hours to see what she thinks.

So what are uk dealers like for letting you take a bike out for a few hours, over here in guernsey its not a problem as you can go no where, but round and round the island and they are so trusting.
What sorts of things do you take to a dealer to get the bike for a few hours??

thanks again for the answers

spike

 

[Giles]

Take both parts of your licence and be prepared to pay for the first thousand pounds worth of damage if you drop it!! Most Bm dealers are pretty good about demo bikes.

 

[Spike]

Thats good to hear, seeing as I will more than likely be pulling up in my car but with foriegn plates. Guernsey plates have no letters only numbers, and are still black and silver.

Look good on a bike too,

spike

 

[Rederic]

I have 1200 gsa with a sargent seat front and rear and the boss thinks it is great all day long comfort
The only downside is the extra climb to get herself onboard a gsa
From the riders view its the best thing i have done to the bike 800 miles no problems
They are firmer and it lets you feel what is going on below you more than the squishy standard one

 

[iandavid]

Ye the climb up was a problem on my 1200GS after we moved from an 1200RT. The rear pegs on the RT are much lower than the GS! SWMBO had real difficulty getting on the back, I was always looking for kerbs to get her mounted (so to speak). Anyway fitted the Nippy N (wunderlich) rear peg lowering thingy's and I now have a very happy bunny on the back.

 

[Muzz]

Getting a bit off subject here, I have a HP2. My Mrs hates m traveling alone in Thailand as there is the danger that I may stop off in any town or village in this country and be acosted by the lovely ladies here. So I want to do a tour of Thailand and she insists on coming. Now I did a 1400 Mile non stop trip on an HP2 from Malaga to Northern France in 2009 ( over 26 hours in the saddle) and I tell you , I did 1000's of pounds worth of damage to my arse. Now, she thinks she can handle an HP2???? Lets see...............

 

[Rasher]

We found bpoth standard GS seats uncomfortable, I now have a secondhand pair of seats with Tony Archer for him to work his magic on.

For about £70 you can have them modified however you like. On my last bike we had gel put in (this is expensive though) and the pillion part of seat extended forward as in stock trim the rider area was huge and left a gap between us which she would slide into every time I braked.

This time I am just going for a bit more foam, or different foam types, basically whatever the man recommends, he has done many GS seats over the years, give hime a call:

http://www.tonyarcher.co.uk/

 

[Oldrat]

Tony Archer x2
He lowered my front seat by 1", including new gel pads, total cost incl postage £80.
So far money well spent.

 

[Mav]

Getting a bit off subject here, I have a HP2. My Mrs hates m traveling alone in Thailand as there is the danger that I may stop off in any town or village in this country and be acosted by the lovely ladies here. So I want to do a tour of Thailand and she insists on coming. Now I did a 1400 Mile non stop trip on an HP2 from Malaga to Northern France in 2009 ( over 26 hours in the saddle) and I tell you , I did 1000's of pounds worth of damage to my arse. Now, she thinks she can handle an HP2???? Lets see...............

We've done around 5000 miles 2 up on the HP over 2 trips - biggest issue is the height of the rear pegs so to give her a rest I would put my legs on the cylinders heads and she would use my footpegs!

 

[CrashOverride]

We've got touratech replacment seats that are a huge improvment over the standard GSA seats (the standard riders seat was awful but the pillion one was OK if a little flat and spongy) the t'tech rear is more heavily contoured and firmer. My mrs will happily go 300 miles between breaks now, one day we did 600 coming back from europe

 

[Wrinkly]

I managed to find a secondhand Sargent front seat but could not find a pillion seat and cringed at the thought of paying £260 for a new one.
So in the end I purchased a second hand standard pillion seat,bought a new Sargent rear cover (not the one that covers the standard GS seat but a proper Sargent pillion seat cover).
After doing some research I then purchased three different densities of foam and one gel insert.
It took a lot of time and patience to get the right shape for the cover but the result was that Jo says it's the best pillion seat she's ever known.

Total cost including everything was around £80.

Steve

 

[Tractor Boy]

Thats interesting dude, i didnt knoe Sergent did pillion covers
tb