All 2st Anyone bought a GUts Racing seat? hows it holding up?

I just fitted mine and have some reservations about how long its going to last.
The vinyl seems very thin and ripped easily around the edge of the stapples whilst I was fitting
it With shipping the cover cost me just over 80 USD :S
Im not dissing the company but just questioning the quality of the vinyl that I purchased.

Said it before but really like the look of those graphics

Re the the seat, it should be up to or better than the original cover IMO. You could probably measure the vinyl thickness with some gauges. I imagine there's different grades of vinyl too. I had my seat re-foamed as way too hard. They layered it and sculpted it and did an excellent job for £50.00. The OE cover was used again and it stood up to the removal/re-stapling/glueing just fine.

http://www.saxonseats.co.uk/

My add a bike mount rubbed a hole through the Guts seat cover in 6 rides.

I was concerned with that as well. I added a thin washer between the seat and the rotating lock pin to stop it twisting the vinyl. All I did was round off the edges of the washer to ensure it didnt cut into the vinyl.
First ride is on friday, wait n see I guess. Worst case I repair the OEM one and put it back on if it stretches and rips as I hate wasting time with stuff like this.

meh

That cover looks heavy duty compared to mine. Mine is a gripper seat so maybe I need to try something like yours with red. Looks much more hard wearing.

I have used GUTS on 3 bikes with no issues, (and have other folks using them as well) remember they make different quality level (price reflects this). The ones that I have used are the dual material ones with the "ballistic" nylon inserts, the inserts were good against the knee brace rubs and no-slip material is quite thick (mils?). These never tore on me. These are the more expensive ones. Lots of offroad miles in fun rides and races with no issues.
I think I installed the 1st one myself (1991 KTM300EXC) tall firm and it was on the bike when I sold it after 5 years of use.The 2nd was my 04 TC450, The 3rd was on my 2006 TE450, I had the upholstry shop do these for @ $20 each, they are both a tall firm set up.
It's tough to deal from overseas, but I must say they are very responsive and nice folks over at GUTS. I hope you get dialed in, or go local as mentioned above. Also if you are dissatisfied, GUTS seems to be a company that would probably respond to your issue, its a family type biz. Your bike looks amazing, best of luck with your issue. RN
2004 TC450, with GUTS tall firm (in pre Tecate Hare Scrambles clothes)

2006 TE450 with GUTS tall firm (in pre Elsinore GP livery)

I am on my second Guts competition style seat cover (the thicker one). Both me and the bike have gone down hard quite a few times but the seat has never been damaged. Only replaced it recently to go with the tall version.