Triumphrat

propforward · 11-21-2008, 01:00 PM

Apparently Triumph have finally seen fit to release a stock looking seat with a gel pad in it. They must have read the letter I sent them.

I didn't find it on the Triumph website yet, but madss is showing it on the new Triumph accessory catalog. Might have to try one out - I always liked the look of the stock seat but my arse simply couldn't take it.

I'm pretty sure this is new, or have I been skipping over it all this time?

http://www.madss.com/eshopprod_cat_4...mfort_Seat.htm

tomster · 11-21-2008, 02:50 PM

Prop - Don't know if that's new or not, but the way my arse has been feeling I might have to put that pretty high on the wish list. Come to think of it, does the gel really help much? I wouldn't know as I've never used one.

propforward · 11-21-2008, 02:55 PM

A lot of people like the gel thruxton seat.

The gel pad should give one's hiney a bit better support. The real problem with these Triumph seats is that the foam is too soft, so it squishes down and your leg pushes against the seat pan, cutting off circulation to various extremities and causing numbness and arse ache. The gel pad might well alleviate that.

I dunno, come next spring I might well have to get one of these seats and try it. Otherwise I'm sticking with my Corbin, which has firmer foam and is good for 400 + miles.

road dog · 11-21-2008, 04:19 PM

Also notice that they (MADSS) $hit-canned the entire line of sixty8 accessories.

propforward · 11-21-2008, 04:30 PM

Yep. I don't think that 68 range did so well really.

mikeinva · 11-21-2008, 04:45 PM

thats kinda neat ,the only thing i have heard about the gel seat is they get hot as hell if bike is in the sun.
That 68 junk was a joke most of it was ugly as hell

propforward · 11-21-2008, 04:48 PM

I've heard that about leaving them in the sun too. Scorched buns is no good either!

sweatmachine · 11-21-2008, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by propforward

I've heard that about leaving them in the sun too. Scorched buns is no good either!

or fried eggs! I don't want my huevos to be sunny side up!

roxythruxton · 11-21-2008, 05:49 PM

That seat appears to be just a normal Bonnie seat . Cute colored logo.......

I'd go with a Thruxton gel seat if I were you.

wenzel850 · 11-21-2008, 06:14 PM

I've got the Thrux Gel Seat and I love it. Heck the bare frame would be better than that stock torture chamber.

Yea the gel does get hot if left out in a strong sun, but during the cooler weather that is good.