Slippery Seat? Good or Bad?

[jtemple]

My leathers kind of grip the stock seat on my 10. I'm kind of wondering if that's a good thing or not. When hanging off, I think I'd rather be able to easily slide from side to side, rather than having to pick my butt up off my seat to do it. Am I correct? Is there some kind of seat covering I can replace the stock one with to accomplish that? Is a slippery seat a bad idea? I suppose I could try some Armor All or something.

[Trip]

preference based, I like a slippery seat, some people go out of their way to make sure they can't move around as easy with stomp grips and such.

[t-homo]

I have a slippery seat, which I like for moving side to side, but stompgrip to keep from sliding forward and backward so much.

[Gunther1000]

Man, I would have to say no to the slipery... But if your leathers stard to grab and Bunch up on it at all it would get pretty annoying. My seat has a carbon look weave to it that gives it just enough of grip and slip. Dirt bike wise I have always hated the gripper seats and prefered a stock slipery one but on the street I would rather stay planted for those corners where you are hanging off and waiting for the next apex instead of repositioning. Nothing like an oh shit slip and throttle jerk at that point to fuck up your line I guess.

[Sixxxxer]

I prefer a 'Grippier' Seat...As for a Passenger...My Buddy has what i call 'Ass Gripper' On the rear seat and I need to buy it for my bike, My Fiancee moves all around when we ride and it annoys the shit out fo me.

On a sde note I've seen Stomp Grip start to Chafe a Really Expensive Leather Suit...Which is no good.

[the chi]

Take my word for it, you DONT want to armorall that seat, especially not when you ride with leathers. Unless you like sliding right off everytime you leave a light or accelerate!

If the leathers are sticking, try using a leather conditioner, same for your seat, that may help. Stomp grips also are a preferred method. I havent had any problems myself and prefer to go without the grips as they dont allow me the freedom of movement i prefer. Good luck! :dthumb:

[OneSickPsycho]

Stop Armor-All'ing that motherfucker! My dad and I did that once... read, ONCE... when we first got WaveRunners...

[FT BSTRD]

I use Honda Polish on mine. It has a bit of a cross weave pattern on it and the leathers don't slide. This forces me to stand up and relocate and screws up the body position.

I prefer a slicker surface.

[No Worries]

I prefer to keep my butt square on the seat and move my upper body from side to side. It makes for smooth transitions. To move my butt around, I'm weighing and unweighing the pegs. That upsets my line and the steering geometry of the bike. Plus it takes too long to shift my butt during a string of tight S-curves. The main thing is to have my body centerline (the middle of my chest) to the inside of the bike's centerline.

[Cutty72]

I prefer it somewhat grippier. On the track, other than the straight, my weight is on the pegs and I'm off the seat a bit to move back and forth anyway. On the streets I like to stick to it unless i WANT to move.

[FT BSTRD]

Ass off is mo betta!

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[Cutty72]

Ass off is mo betta!



Especially when your seat is already 4' off the ground! :lol:

[FT BSTRD]

Especially when your seat is already 4' off the ground! :lol:

Yeah, but I gotta lotta ass.

[DLIT]

Sometimes I get Plexus overspray on my seat and it sucks, it gets pretty slippery. For me, it's not good because my leathers get sliding pretty easy and during agressive riding/heavy braking it sucks because you have to work even harder to keep your ass still. Now I just go over the seat with windex and it's good.

[Dnyce]

i was cleaning my dads racebike when i was little one time, and i armor all-ed the seat, not knowing any better

he was NOT happy when he made the first pass
oops lol, lesson learned

[Gunther1000]

I got one better... When I was just a young squid, I applied Armor all to the side walls of my new Gixxer (did I just use that term!) And "the unused sides of the tire I never use cause they looked so dull!... First corner.. Vooooom, Bike so side ways I thought I was on a slick track! leson learned... I didn't feel so bad cause my Squidling friend did the same and at the same corner we were both looking at each other with the Bug eyed, Oh shit look... Ah, to be young and dumb again!

[Dnyce]

I got one better... When I was just a young squid, I applied Armor all to the side walls of my new Gixxer (did I just use that term!) And "the unused sides of the tire I never use cause they looked so dull!... First corner.. Vooooom, Bike so side ways I thought I was on a slick track! leson learned... I didn't feel so bad cause my Squidling friend did the same and at the same corner we were both looking at each other with the Bug eyed, Oh shit look... Ah, to be young and dumb again!

lol-after my seat incident, he told me the no-no spots

[Gunther1000]

It would have been nice to have a father around to tell me the pitfalls...

Oh well, I learned the hard way about armour all , Drinking and riding, and running from the cops.

[Dnyce]

It would have been nice to have a father around to shit talk me the pitfalls...
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more like that lol

[t-homo]

It would have been nice to have a father around to tell me the pitfalls...

Oh well, I learned the hard way about armour all , Drinking and riding, and running from the cops.

Thank god I found all these fuckers or I probably would have killed myself.

[Dnyce]

Thank god I found all these fuckers or I probably would have killed myself.

no shit alky

lol

[Phenix_Rider]

What is this armor all of which you speak? Anyone gets that near my bike dies.

My stock seat is pretty grippy. Don't have anything to compare leaning off to unfortunately. Demo rides are never spirited enough.