seat issue

[hard road]

Ive only had my 14 just over a day and the seat is giving my ass grief    ive read they are a bit of a problem !!!  last time i rode one in 2006 i cant remember how it was ? but its obvious what the problem is, its the slope. my other bikes have a flat seat and never had an issue.
has anyone flattened out the riders part with some seat mod's ?   

[Speedy1959]

Funny you should mention the seat..
I spent around 7 hours today (not continiously) in the saddle and my ass caused me to stop several times!
In my case I would say the saddle is a tad too soft.
Its a K7 so in all that time the foam must have Deteriorated..
S

[Tally]

Mine too , I find myself sliding down the seat to the tank , I did a 200 mile round trip today and find the seat compresses too easily and my arse begins to ache. My weight doesn't do the seat much favours , compensate this by adding an inflatable seat which straps onto the seat and helps a lot especially when I go down to Cornwall to my mates which is a 4+1/2 hr ride. Levelling the seat off by modding it would work,but it also means having the seat recovered. Finding a spare seat and having that done would preserve the originality of its present one. Btw mines a K7fe

[hard road]

Mine too , I find myself sliding down the seat to the tank , I did a 200 mile round trip today and find the seat compresses too easily and my arse begins to ache. My weight doesn't do the seat much favours , compensate this by adding an inflatable seat which straps onto the seat and helps a lot especially when I go down to Cornwall to my mates which is a 4+1/2 hr ride. Levelling the seat off by modding it would work,but it also means having the seat recovered. Finding a spare seat and having that done would preserve the originality of its present one. Btw mines a K7fe

yeah getting a spare seat would be the way to go and modding it keeping the original one to the side. the seat on my GSX1100 is flat (level with the floor) and is the best seat ive ever sat on. as you can see from the pic below.

 

[KiwiCol]

I had my seat re-sculptured to almost flat & a Gel Insert installed. New seat cover (have the original here too)  Then I put a mesh cover over that. I'm happy with the result and don't suffer the sore ass syndrome anywhere near as much as I used to. 

[hard road]

I had my seat re-sculptured to almost flat & a Gel Insert installed. New seat cover (have the original here too)  Then I put a mesh cover over that. I'm happy with the result and don't suffer the sore ass syndrome anywhere near as much as I used to. 

have you any pic's ?

[steve porter]

Cheapest solution would be to just get the foam replaced with High density foam and reuse the stock cover,depending on your height it could be enough of a fix, the std foam seems to be designed fir someone in the 50-70 kg range

[Tony Nitrous]

That is sooooo nice. 
The first of many great 16v Suzuki's.

[Nic]

I started a thread about seats a few years ago

https://gsx1400owners.org/forum/index.php?topic=5059.0

Then this one later:

https://gsx1400owners.org/forum/index.php?topic=6637.0

I might add, after putting on the Z1 higher bars I never really gave much of a "how is it" after some Ks. I still have them and my arse pain dilemmas don't seem to be so bad so the more upright riding position has helped I think, well I'm still riding and I did consider giving it all up. So, level seat and higher bars is my preference after all the dramas with arse pain.

[mlivkovich]

My PITA and backache dramaticly reduced after I put lower and wider handlebar as my body weight moved a little bit forward on my arms

[Nic]

My PITA dramaticly reduced after I put lower and wider handlebar as my body weight moved a little bit forward on my arms

Hmm, opposite to me.

[KiwiCol]

I had my seat re-sculptured to almost flat & a Gel Insert installed. New seat cover (have the original here too)  Then I put a mesh cover over that. I'm happy with the result and don't suffer the sore ass syndrome anywhere near as much as I used to. 

have you any pic's ?

A couple, but not very good.

Resculptured seat, no mesh yet




Mesh fitted, Black K6 in the background


Bit closer


   

[KiwiCol]

That mesh has stayed up really well, not squashing down at all.  Quite impressive really, cos I'm a heavy guy, bike has to be set for 2 up all the time . . .  

[Nic]

Nice lookin bike Col. So what would you say the mesh cover does, extra grip?

[KiwiCol]

It adds cushioning & also lets air flow under, keeping you cooler on hot days.  I have the same on my YFM700 Quad, works great on summer runs up the river etc.
They're cheap as online, really worth a crack, n if you don't like them for some reason, it hasn't cost ya more than a beer.