I don't think you would gain anything, this seat is wider than normal but has been shaved to make lower so some of the cushioning effect is gone, so I don't think its any more comfy than stock seat, but good for shorter people. I am the same height. Welcome to try it if you want. Cheers
I've got a spare stock seat, but it's purple and yellow...
I use it as my low seat when trial riding...
I havnt been on KB for a while now . Just letting yous know my DR has over 73,000 miles ( not km ) . Only major problems were ignition pick up failed at 40,000 miles , O ring leaked in carby at 60,000 miles so while tank was off checked valve clearances for 1st time . Its still running ok but carby is getting worn and it dont like slow running on cold days .
So I bit the bullet and ordered some Cogent DDC suspension valve thingys, some stiffer racetech front springs, and a 7.6kg spring for the rear of my new to me DR. Fitting them up was easy enough after I discovered my front forks had been lowered the factory way with the spacers put under the damping rods.....(thought it sat too low in the front)
First impressions are great, the bike feels like a different machine now. Once again excellent service from Procycle.
I gave a few 2nd hand carb parts to a travelling German dude a while back as his BST40 was getting pretty shagged, around 180K km on his DR IIRC & he hadn't had any major issues. Mind you, when we were talking about tyres as you do, I mentioned how good the E0-7's lasted, he agreed, said 27K km was indeed a good run... I get 9K... So I think that DR had a pretty easy life.
Clint
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