After 50,000 miles on the RS I came to the conclusion the stock seat worked perfectly for me. But then I'd never sat on anything else. How quickly things can change.
Seat 1 - I had a rider contact me if I was interested in selling one of the extra Vortex GPS brackets I purchased from Tony T at Hightide Technologies. We agreed on a price and I rode the 150 miles to deliver the Vortex bracket to him. He had just purchased his used RS with around 3000 miles and it had a Seth Laam seat he did not like and had purchased the BMW stock seat. The Seth Laam seat sits me about ⅜" higher than the stock seat. We agreed no money would be exchanged so I delivered one part and took home one part. A couple of weeks later we met about 100 miles from my place as his passenger seat had arrived so I picked the passenger part, enjoyed a good meal of BBQ at one of my favorite places in WI, and met a new very happy RS owner. The one thing about this seat is I need to get a water proof cover as the top stitching will take on water. I'm ordering one from King of Fleece tomorrow. I have their covers for my leather seats for the GSA bikes and they work.
Seat 2 - I noticed on Minneapolis Craig's List my BMW dealer listed a RS they took in trade that appeared to have the higher sport seat in the photo. I rode to the dealer to check out the seat. Sure enough a like new BMW sport seat with less than 10,000 miles on it. Asked to take it for a ride and after 50 miles I needed that seat. So exchanged my 50,000 miles stock seat for the sport seat and some cash. Have rode about 600 miles since last Friday on the sport seat and love it. Ray and Bruce both have sport seats and both have told me they preferred that seat to the stock seat.
So I'm one happier seat owner of two different seats yet was very satisfied before.
Darrell
Seat 1 - I had a rider contact me if I was interested in selling one of the extra Vortex GPS brackets I purchased from Tony T at Hightide Technologies. We agreed on a price and I rode the 150 miles to deliver the Vortex bracket to him. He had just purchased his used RS with around 3000 miles and it had a Seth Laam seat he did not like and had purchased the BMW stock seat. The Seth Laam seat sits me about ⅜" higher than the stock seat. We agreed no money would be exchanged so I delivered one part and took home one part. A couple of weeks later we met about 100 miles from my place as his passenger seat had arrived so I picked the passenger part, enjoyed a good meal of BBQ at one of my favorite places in WI, and met a new very happy RS owner. The one thing about this seat is I need to get a water proof cover as the top stitching will take on water. I'm ordering one from King of Fleece tomorrow. I have their covers for my leather seats for the GSA bikes and they work.
Seat 2 - I noticed on Minneapolis Craig's List my BMW dealer listed a RS they took in trade that appeared to have the higher sport seat in the photo. I rode to the dealer to check out the seat. Sure enough a like new BMW sport seat with less than 10,000 miles on it. Asked to take it for a ride and after 50 miles I needed that seat. So exchanged my 50,000 miles stock seat for the sport seat and some cash. Have rode about 600 miles since last Friday on the sport seat and love it. Ray and Bruce both have sport seats and both have told me they preferred that seat to the stock seat.
So I'm one happier seat owner of two different seats yet was very satisfied before.
Darrell
Darrell
2016 R1200RS
2022 R1250RT
2016 R1200RS
2022 R1250RT