New Seat

I broke down and bought a gel seat for my DRZ400. After riding a few long rides this spring I decided that I had to do something as the stock seat was killing me. Maybe I don't ride aggressive enough, sitting too much, or I have a tender hinny, but it just isn't fun to be in such pain! I bought a gel seat from ridenow.com and rode with it up near Stanley. We just went about 22 miles the first day and I wasn't impressed with the comfort, even though we were on and off our bikes going over or around 20 logs. It took us 2 1/2 hours to ride 5 miles. Check out the Marten Lake ride. The next day we rode from Sunbeam, up Loon Creek Summit down to Diamond D Ranch, up to Pinyon Peak and back to Sunbeam. I was ready to give up riding by the time I was done. It was 100 miles, but it seemed that the gel seat was almost worse than the stock seat. It is nice and round compared to the square sides of the stock seat, but sure wasn't any more comfortable to me. I called them up and they said I could return it so I sent it back today. I did some surfing and came across a forum where I guy swore by gutsracing.com seat. You can order just the foam for about $65 including shipping in soft, medium or hard. When I called and talked to them they said that medium is like the stock seat. He also said that they get quite a few orders replacing gel seats. The challenge will be taking off the cover and installing the foam. I'll let you know how it works out when it comes.

Rod