Seats

[Smudge]

My question is ..... did they change the innards design from the 1100 to the 1150

My mate came round on his 97/98 GS 1100 yesterday. I noticed that the seat on his 1100 was much comfier than my 01 1150 . My seat gives me the pain after about 60 miles where he can do 'undreds .

Being a good mate we are swapping seats so I can use his comfy one for a trip later this month

 

[Neil W]

Possibly not the internal design just the quality and density of the foam.
My original 1150 seat was the proverbial pain in the **** after less than 60 miles, insertion of a gel pad improved it slightly.
I however, tried another seat from a P regd 1100 and it was fine. In the end i bought an older seat and got it recovered to match my bike. it is now okay for up to 150 miles , anything over that I still use an Airhawk .
Bloke who did the seat for me makes custom seats for Pan Europeans and apparently when you make the foams you can alter the density by the % of talc you add to the foam mix.
I think thats what the white writing on the gs base is all about as they all seem to have a % figure on them.

 

[Smudge]

Thanks Neil,
May have to 'doctor' my seat a tad.
It really is like sitting on a board after covering about 50 miles

 

[Neil W]

No problem , I had done a good few hundred miles in the Alps on three hired R1150GS's with 'standard seats ' before I bought mine and two of them were fine for 100 mile trips and then painful , the other was like mine and physically painful after next to no miles. Same with a couple of demonstrators that I tried one great the other a pain.
Yet on the two older 1100's that I rode both 1996 bikes the seats were plush and painfree for 200 mile plus in one sitting.
That said with an Airhawk the bike and my backside can easily do 5 to 6 hundred miles in a day which ever seat I have fitted.

 

[SteveBC]

Just a though.

I wonder if it is a case of the 1100 seats being older, as i presume that they would of done more miles and would have an amount of 'sag' in them ??

Although i have no problems sitting all day on my standard seat, 1200adv, it has conformed somewhat to the shape of my arse over the 28,000 klms it has done.

They do seem to take a little running in to get them just so.

SteveBC.

 

[Smudge]

I wonder if it is a case of the 1100 seats being older, as i presume that they would of done more miles and would have an amount of 'sag' in them ??

Although i have no problems sitting all day on my standard seat, 1200adv, it has conformed somewhat to the shape of my arse over the 28,000 klms it has done.

They do seem to take a little running in to get them just so.

SteveBC.

I had the same thought Steve , however, the 1100 is showing less miles than my 1150. I reckon Neil got it about right, different density of foam ...... or summat

 

[stuwr8]

Pain in the arse

Just bought a new R1200GS 5 weeks ago. The pain is severe and caused I recon by the hard plastic ridges at the back of seat. An Airhawk helps. I had a GS about 5 years ago and covered 16000 miles in 10 months. Pain free!! Help, I'm getting bigger on constant bacon butty and tea stops

 

[motobiker]

The main problem with the OE seat is that the Vinyl cover is bonded to the foam.. had the makers simply covered the foam and not glued it. It would be far more comfortable. Getting it simply remade is a very cost effective fix. I paid £60 for mine... and had no issues on my recent trip which included one 840 mile day. (Fussen to Nottingham)

 

[(RIP) Yamaha1]

"which included one 840 mile day. (Fussen to Nottingham)"

I think I would need a crane to get me off after that mileage!!

Respect - I like to stop every 100 miles or so for a cuppa and smoke!!

Mike