Motorcyclists: I’m looking for a replacement saddle

[Bullitt]

What does your butt say? Corbin, Sargent, Day-Long (Russell), or other?

I’ve had 2 Corbins on my last 2 bikes going back 30 years and they were great. But they were surprisingly heavy. I just got a new bike and its stock saddle is awful. I need a replacement. In case it matters the bike is a 2017 BMW R1200 GS Adventure (why are stock BMW saddles awful, BTW? Rhetorical question, let’s not go there).

I’ve ridden some long(ish) distances, but not extreme long distances: I’ve done 5-6 Saddle Sore 1000s [➜ SaddleSore 1000 ■ ] but never submitted the paperwork. I did them just to do them. My farthest ride was 10+ years ago, a 2 week business trip to St. Louis, I rode out and back from San Francisco. Other long rides were from San Francisco to:
Denver (2007 World Series);
to Phoenix (business trip);
to Fort Sill OK (artillery training);
to Camp Pendleton (more artillery training).
And I just put 900 miles in the Philippines on a rental.

So, some longer rides but nothing too extreme.

As I near the end of my riding years (I’m 65) I want to do another legit Iron Butt ride just to get the stupid paperwork and license plate frame so I can have the documentation.

So what does your butt say? Corbin, Sargent, Day-Long (Russell), or other?

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[Pork_Rind]

I’ve had a couple Corbins and at least one Sargent. The Sargent was much better. The Corbins were just SO heavy and they have a very particular mindset about foam stiffness. The last one I got they kept telling me it would break in and that saddles that felt good on day one were too soft. It never was anything other than a brick.

The Sargent was great out of the box and still great thousands of miles later.

My favorites of late are from Seat Concepts, but I’ve only had those on my supermotos. I don’t have a direct reference to how those feel on larger bikes. But the one on my 690 SMC-R was amazing.

[Bullitt]

Good to know, thank you.