Seat Mod

[AZGeek]

Can you comment on how much elevation change you get from the ProPad gel insert? My stock seat is a tad low and a replacement BMW seat makes no sense for the expense. I'd rather mod the seat like you did.

Since I hogged out the seat foam I got no change in seat height. The Pro Pad gel is 7/16 inch thick so you should be able to add 1/2 inch height to your seat just by placing the gel on top of the seat foam. I think the Luimoto Technik cover would easily accommodate the extra thickness of the seat in that configuration. If you were going to do that then I would probably get a larger gel pad that would cover the entire seat so you don't have to worry about "seams" showing where the gels sits under the cover. You should also get a 30"x 36" BLACK FOAM LINER --- I called and ordered this because I wanted their foam and not the cheaper stuff that comes with the Pro Pad. Very high quality liner.

I had to go and look up Luimoto and managed to find a nice one that would suit my bike too. Two very nice pluses is that it is (1) a Canadian company, and (2) there is also a matching passenger cover as well.

I really like the red/gray/black of the seat cover you found. Very cool.

My only concern for the rider seat is that the material would make the seat more grippy ... I like the slide around quality of the stock seat cover.

I have the suede version which I haven't noticed as being stickier than the stock material.

You do have a very nice Lupin Blue RS ... best I have seen.

Thanks. I'm quite fond of the way it has turned out.