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What seats are available for an '81 GS850G?

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Hi All,
I am a new GS850G owner and I am wondering if anyone has suggestions for alternate seats?

I am looking for long range comfort for both myself and a passenger (my wife) that we can do some 100-200 mile days on.

I checked out the Corbin site, but it appears they don't offer one for the GS850 and I didn't see anything particularly interesting on eBay (lot's of the faux king / queen sets)

I would LOVE something that was more Corbin like with a bench style, or slight step style.
 
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The stock GS850G seat from 1979-81 is widely considered one of the most comfortable seats in the entire history of motorcycling.

I ain't kidding.

If the seat foam is a bit sacked, you can install an insert of Sargent's SuperCell foam like so:
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If you need a new seat cover in the stock shape, these folks can hook you right up:
http://motorcycleseatcovers.com/
 
mjolnir2k said:
Hi All,
I am a new GS850G owner and I am wondering if anyone has suggestions for alternate seats?

I am looking for long range comfort for both myself and a passenger (my wife) that we can do some 100-200 mile days on.

I checked out the Corbin site, but it appears they don't offer one for the GS850 and I didn't see anything particularly interesting on eBay (lot's of the faux king / queen sets)

I would LOVE something that was more Corbin like with a bench style, or slight step style.
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Not much available for our old machines, if you had a seat pan in which to work with you could probably get an upholstery shop to make a custom seat for you.
 
bwringer said:
The stock GS850G seat from 1979-81 is widely considered one of the most comfortable seats in the entire history of motorcycling.

I ain't kidding.
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The 82+ 850G seat aint too bad either. I covered 8000 miles on mine in only 3 weeks this summer. Average of 380 miles a day, although the longest one was closer to 700. :eek:

Only complaint I have about my seat is the cover is starting to tear on the edges. The foam itself is perfect. I'm looking into getting a new seat cover, perhaps from Pit Replica or Sargent. Plenty of information about them both can be found here using the search function.

Sargent also has a program where you can send them your seat and they will rebuild the foam to your wishes and recover it. It's a few hundred dollars, but may or may not be needed depending on your seats condition.

A good local upholstery shop can do the same thing, probably for less.\

Hope this helps.
 
About the only other alternative is from Saddlemen.

Complete seat for $221.95 or

a foam and cover set for $134.95.

Plenty comfortable, but it raises you up over an inch. In spite of my height I prefer the lower, stock seat to the Saddlemen bucket (yeah we have one at home, but don't use it).

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bwringer said:
The stock GS850G seat from 1979-81 is widely considered one of the most comfortable seats in the entire history of motorcycling.
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well, ok then. The one currently on there is in almost new condition. No tears, perfect cover and the foam seems to be in excellent condition. I guess we'll just leave well enough alone..
 
The Saddlemen double bucket is an abomination...
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bwringer said:
The Saddlemen double bucket is an abomination...
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I will partially agree with you, Brian. :-k

The seat on my wife's bike is great.
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Fits the bike well, fits the rider well. :D

Based on that experience, we got one for my son's '81 850G. It fits the bike well enough, but only sort of fits the rider, not counting the fact that it is well over an inch thicker, raising the rider to an even MORE upright position. It's better than what was on there, but only because the cover on that one was shredded, along with the foam. We found a stock seat to put on there, instead.
 
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