I shaved just a bit of the hump at the rear down, just rounded over the "cliff" a tiny bit. It installed easily, very well made, the red stitching looks cool and the extra padded in the seat cover itself is in the right place. The foam density is definitely better than the stock seat. Took my first long ride last weekend (900 mi. over 3 days) and maybe my ass is made funny or something but I didn't get on well with it especially the third day, The seams where the red stitching are dig into where my legs connect to my butt, got fairly painful before I got home. I may switch back to the stock seat and see how it feels.
, Did mine today, and I mirror your comments on the install!! Wanna do more, it was so fun!! Seat does seem soft and have not done enough miles to see if it it a long term fix. It did raise the CG a bit so have to get used to that - does put my helmet in clean air with the Cee Bailey screen ---
http://www.seatconcepts.com/products#!/~/product/category=1671357&id=24590609 Seat Concepts has one. I've heard good things about their products but never had one myself. The more miles I put on the Terra with the stock seat is making me think I'm pretty happy with what I've got though.
Well I got about 10 hours on the SC tall and comfort wise it's no better than the stock. One positive is the extra leg room and the helmet in clean air. Put a bead seat cover on today and that helped maybe a little. About time to go back to the time tested "sweet cheeks"! http://cycle-analyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/sweet-cheeks1.jpg
im using an airhawk seat and it tells me that i need some width at the rear lol and some level in the front, does the seat supplied by SC offer that?
Please use the classifieds and Conversations to buy/sell/trade things. Each week I get a lot of emails asking if something is 'still available' in threads like this from many years ago.
It is not a big deal, at all, just want to be able to keep up with my emails... and I eventually try to reply to all of them, instead of ignoring those types of things like other sites do. In an ideal world people would look at the dates of the discussion, and hopefully realize that the Contact Us link could not possibly reach the proper people - but people do not do that.
..(SOLD!)I don't reckon I'm breaking any rules...but I just posted in the classifieds a Seat Concepts Tall seat used for sale....I tried it just decided I liked the stock height better..it's in the classified section at a good savings over new.. If I'm breaking rules here please nuke the post! ......SOLD....SOLD....
I just did a deal with another member to swap seats. I think the tall SC seat is the balls! Lets me sit in a much more natural position rather than fighting the bucket. Thank you to Wolftrax for swapping his Tall SC seat for my stock seat! I love it.
The only issue is that people find this site via the internet search engines, then they use the 'Contact Us' link which generates an email which is sent to me. Even many years later. Why don't you just toss up a link to your ad in the classifieds? Then when people try to follow the link years from now they will see it is no longer available (like a old link to a Craigs List or ebay ad).
I got lucky the same way....a gentleman on Adv got an SC Tall kit and installed it - too tall. Wanted to go back to stock. I offered up my pristine oem seat as a straight-up trade and we did the deal. It's the 3rd SC I've had, and is the seat the bike should have come with (IMO)... Offroad I never liked the step and I'm tall enough that the SC Tall is about as comfortable a seat as I could have put on the bike.
I ordered the kit from Seat Concepts for my Strada a month or so ago. I had it it installed locally after dis-assembly as my staple gun was not up to the task. In any case, it came out beautifully and looks great (black carbon fiber with red stitching) with the bike. It definitely allows me about 2-3 hours in the saddle before I need to stop. I highly recommend and this may be the only modification I do to the bike until it is time to find new tires.
Just had mine fitted as the buying the stapler and staples etc was 3 times more than getting an upholsterer to fit it. On the first ride I noticed a marked improvement over the stock seat and am very happy
As some of you may have seen on another thread, my dog decided that I definitely need a tall seat from seat concepts! If only she could come up with a solution to my stalling/stumbling problems.
