There was some talk about cost-cutting measures on the US bikes VS the rest of the world. Paint was mentioned, imobilizer another...
I'm wondering if we got cheap seats? We've not heard to many complaints from the rest of the world about the seat, but a painful butt been a fairly consistent theme since the US bikes were delivered. Some unkind person - not me! - said the seat was designed for svelte, Adonis-like European riders, and doesn't work for fat American butts. But that theory doesn't hold water, 'cos it also hurts this Aussie arse (which is merely ample).
It would be interesting to compare to the Euro and American seats to see if there was a difference (apart from the cover). If yam were looking to cut corners, the seat would be a good place to do it?
At the moment this is only a 2-hour seat for me. Given the bike has a range of 240 miles or more, and I sometimes want/need to ride tank-to-tank, it needs to be a 4 hour seat to work for me. Corbin's have worked for me on the last few bikes I've had - on the Strom and Concours I'm nearly as comfy at the end of the day as the beginning. Not quite so much on the Corbin on the KLR, but that's a different beast. Not seeing anything from them yet.
Trevor
I'm wondering if we got cheap seats? We've not heard to many complaints from the rest of the world about the seat, but a painful butt been a fairly consistent theme since the US bikes were delivered. Some unkind person - not me! - said the seat was designed for svelte, Adonis-like European riders, and doesn't work for fat American butts. But that theory doesn't hold water, 'cos it also hurts this Aussie arse (which is merely ample).
It would be interesting to compare to the Euro and American seats to see if there was a difference (apart from the cover). If yam were looking to cut corners, the seat would be a good place to do it?
At the moment this is only a 2-hour seat for me. Given the bike has a range of 240 miles or more, and I sometimes want/need to ride tank-to-tank, it needs to be a 4 hour seat to work for me. Corbin's have worked for me on the last few bikes I've had - on the Strom and Concours I'm nearly as comfy at the end of the day as the beginning. Not quite so much on the Corbin on the KLR, but that's a different beast. Not seeing anything from them yet.
Trevor