Seat Experiences

[Ray]

It [sport seat] sits me higher so less angle at the knees plus easier to move around on if I want due to the profile not locking me in. The additional padding is appreciated as well.

An old thread, but I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents from the ergonomics perspective. I used an old custom Corbin for over 100,000 miles, and loved it, but to date, the sport seat (OK - with RS suspension) has been the most comfortable touring platform I've run. For someone like me, who has to compress lots of riding into single days and a few weeks/year, all-day (and rarely all-night) comfort are paramount.

With old well worn leather and new synthetics, we have sufficient friction to stay connected to the seat, and can more easily use our glutes to actively "sit in" (to use a horseback term) and remain one with the bike as it accelerates, decelerates, bounces, and jumps, and slides. (One reason a great rider like Darrell doesn't need to use his knees under heavy braking.)

BMW got it right in not calling the sport seat a high seat. It's more. For me, someone who loves the ergos of the RR, it's not about knee position and higher height; it's about a flat platform that does not require a lot of gluteus activity to keep me from getting jammed up against the gas tank with every bounce and deceleration.

(In fact, during a recent run with CSBS on a 2018 RR - with a new, stock, tilt-forward seat - I ended up with slippery, new leathers, for which Dylan Code had me experiment successfully with some sticky stuff - yes - produced for horse folks....)