New Member Introductions » New forum member (but RS belongs to my wife)

Greetings to all and wish you all the best in new year 2019!
I am from Slovakia. We are "motorcycle family" (me, my wife and all my 3 already adult kids are bikers). My wife has got RS MY'17 this autumn as next bike after XJ6 Diversion (she did 50k km on XJ6 since last couple of years). I know RS pretty well from different test rides event and I like it a lot. Got good deal from dealer for demo bike with 2k km, condition of new bike and almost full package.
So far mods on the bike what I did: lower OEM seat, Givi crash bars, Givi rear rack and V47NNT top box, SW-Motech footrest (in lowered position), alu brake and clutch levers.
As for forums and technical staff it is me in the family, I join this forum to learn and contribute. I am an owner of FJR and R nineT.

Welcome ! I am guessing that your wife does not list basketball and forum membership under her hobbies

Welcome to the forum.
My wife also owns a R1200RS.

How does your wife like lowered seat? I (and my wife when she tried it) was very unhappy because of lack of material in the seat which led to pain in thighs.
(jinak gratuluji k volbe zeny a stroje :) )

Zitat von MedWed im Beitrag #4

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How does your wife like lowered seat? I (and my wife when she tried it) was very unhappy because of lack of material in the seat which led to pain in thighs.
(jinak gratuluji k volbe zeny a stroje :) )

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Zitat von MedWed im Beitrag #4

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How does your wife like lowered seat? I (and my wife when she tried it) was very unhappy because of lack of material in the seat which led to pain in thighs.
(jinak gratuluji k volbe zeny a stroje :) )

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Zitat von boxter im Beitrag #5

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I have the lowest seat, and yes it did bottom out, i had a gel pad fitted and raised by approx 15mm but i had the front narrowed, this did not effect the comfort but did mean i retained the same amount of foot on the floor as before the slight lift, no bottoming out now.
Ged

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I had a local seat covering company do the work = £80, i bought a set off new removed seat covers from Ebay £6, = Euro 6.30 ish, to use as covers, you don't really need them, there is enough slack to do this without new covers.

They layered the back and middle of the front seat to stop my rear end hitting the sloping under-tray, they inlaid, a gel pad down the middle of seat, that was about 1/3 " = 5mm thick, they then sculptured the sides at the front and the seat just behind the tank, this narrows the seat, and as you put your legs down you naturally roll your contact point forward and as your legs are not pushed out so far you get more foot on the floor, i'm 29" or less inner leg and i feel really secure with my foot down now.

Remember i started with this with the lowest seat available.

On the bike before this was done i could be having a painful arse after 1 hour, now with small stops i can do a 10 hrs.

I hope this is useful to you Kebo



Ged

Zitat von boxter im Beitrag #8

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I had a local seat covering company do the work = £80, i bought a set off new removed seat covers from Ebay £6, = Euro 6.30 ish, to use as covers, you don't really need them, there is enough slack to do this without new covers.

They layered the back and middle of the front seat to stop my rear end hitting the sloping under-tray, they inlaid, a gel pad down the middle of seat, that was about 1/3 " = 5mm thick, they then sculptured the sides at the front and the seat just behind the tank, this narrows the seat, and as you put your legs down you naturally roll your contact point forward and as your legs are not pushed out so far you get more foot on the floor, i'm 29" or less inner leg and i feel really secure with my foot down now.

Remember i started with this with the lowest seat available.

On the bike before this was done i could be having a painful arse after 1 hour, now with small stops i can do a 10 hrs.

I hope this is useful to you Kebo



Ged

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