Comfortable seat?

[Ratti]

Actually you dont want soft foam on your sitbones.
You need a firm closed cell foam in several densitys and layers.
Soft foam compresses and causes direct pressure on these bones. It is useful as a comfort layer, which is all I ever use it for.

Yes, I am an upholsterer by trade

[crash99]

Hey All,

After going for a cruise today I feel I may need to get a new seat for my Suzuki M50.
Any ideas or experiences of what sort of seat to get and where to get it from?

Thanks All.

The problem with sorebumitis is compression - so build up the ability to better absorb the compression and stretch. Now I'm not trying to be a smart arse (oops, sorry) but best way to do this is build up your glutes/butt muscles (not fat . . . ). Serious. Not only will you feel better but the extra muscle in your butt, legs etc means that you can balance better, ride better/safer. And importantly you can more easily "lift off" slightly over bumps/corrugations etc which also means that you take the pressure off your butt and exercise the muscles at the same time. Might sound like sh1t (sorry again) but its basic physiology and it works. Now of course all you have to do is the exercise . . .

[FJRider]

So much for Bikers being hard arses ....

Just get a good sheepskin ...

[ynot slow]

Yep sheepskin and even glue a piece of foam to it,get a few offcuts of various foams(elephant type is ok,likewise packing foam which is firm but has give)from upholsterer or para rubber,place them on top of each other,sit on and glue together.Using small pieces(scrap offcuts) can give an idea of density,then buy the required amount is another way