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Actually, 614km (about 380mi) is a very comfortable distance each day. Enough to get in a very good day of riding yet not too long to become tedious. Over the course of your trip do you have "off days" or a few shorter riding days planned? Good luck dealing with Seat Concepts, hopefully you can get a resolution on your seat.

***UPDATE*** I rode a little over 300 miles today and only stopped for a quick lunch and 2 gas stops. The sport touring foam is a definite improvement over the standard S/C foam, but still not perfect, though I dont know of ANY seat that will leave you 100% comfortable at the end of a longer ride. I frequently ride with a small group and everyone has aftermarket seats whether its Seat Concepts, Sargent or Corbin. We recently did a week-long road trip with consecutive 400+ mile days, after a few hours there was not one person who wasn't squirming, readjusting, briefly standing on the pegs or stopping to walk around. While I still needed to do all of the above, I did it much less frequently with the S/T foam and I felt much better at the end of the day.

I can sure understand your situation, fortunately (for me) I am a bit taller at 6'-1" and 34" inseam. The increased seat height might be a slight bit easier on the knees as well.

Well, I got the new Sport-Touring foam and cover installed today and I just got back from my first ride. As a comparison, I had the Seat Concepts standard foam, I call it their "sport" foam as it feels like it came straight from a sportbike. The first impression was it feels taller, quite a bit taller. I'm not sure of the exact dimensions but would guess that the middle and rear portion of the foam is at least 1/2 inch taller, like switching your seat to the higher position. The next immediate realization is that it is softer/squishier (less dense or firm) than their standard foam. Someone on here wrote that they moved around a bit more on the S/T foam and yes its true, if you rock your hips side to side, you move much more than the standard foam. Some may not like this, it took a while to adjust to it but I didn't mind it, I was able to hit some fast sweeping corners and tighter twisty roads and still felt firmly planted thanks to the gripper cover, but if you want a taught, dense feel for sportier riding then stick with their standard foam. I wasn't out very long, 2 hours at the most, but I didn't feel the need to stop for a break, re position or change anything for more comfort. Tomorrow I plan on a longer 300 mile ride to get a better evaluation, but between getting new tires(Pirelli Angel GT), upgraded suspension (Forks by Matt/Penske shock) and now this new Sport Touring foam, the ride today was definitely the most comfortable ride I have taken on this bike.

I got shipping notification on mine this morning, it should be here on Wednesday. Hopefully soon after I will get it installed and take it out for an evaluation ride.

I sure hope it is an improvement over their standard seat. I currently have the standard Seat Concepts foam and gripper cover, it is fine for a few hours, but definitely not all day comfort. I just got back from a 2-day ride, 10 hours each day and just short of 900 miles. My ass is killing me! I try to stop for a "walk around and stretch" break about every 90 minutes as well as stand up for a few seconds at a time while riding to get some blood flowing, but the standard seat foam is just not good for longer rides. When I get the S/T foam installed, I will sure let you know my impressions, though I'm sure Wordsmith will have a verdict before me.

I couldn't wait, I ordered one last week. I have several multi-day road trips coming up in the next 6-weeks and wanted it installed before the trips. On their website they claim a 10 to 14 business day lead time to get it made plus shipping time. "During our busy season, our production lead time is approximately 10-14 BUSINESS DAYS as most of our covers, kits, and complete seats are made to order. This does not include weekends or holidays as we are likely out testing our products to better serve our valued customers! The lead time is a bit longer during our busy season and we will do everything we can to get your order to you as quickly as possible."

Seat Concepts offers 2 different seat foams for the FJ, standard and Sport Touring. They recently reorganized their website listings, if you specifically search for Yamaha FJ-09, you will get the standard seat. If you just search Yamaha seats, you will find the sport touring version as well, but in the picture it says FJR. You want This One.

The bar diameter of most bars are 7/8", I think Harley's have 1". Grip thickness can vary a lot but the inside diamerer of the grip is the same.

Good job on the cover installation, looks good. I too just ordered their ST foam and cover. Looking forward to your riding impression on a day-long ride vs. their standard seat. Their website lists a 2-3 week backlog on orders.

I have had the Motion Pro version for many years. It works great for bleeding brakes.

Do you suspect a pinched or clogged vent line from the tank? When you opened the tank, was there pressure on the filler cap or a psshhht sound like opening a beer can? Just thinking out loud here. Glad you were able to get it started and weren't left stranded.

Those bars look nice, the bend is MUCH better than the stock bar. I have the MA005 on mine (no longer made) it is slightly lower than the MA009. The bars DO NOT come pre-threaded, you will have to do that yourself. I removed the handguards and use FZ1 weighted bar ends.

I am very interested to hear what you think after a full day ride. I have the standard-original version Seat Concepts seat and am not impressed at all concerning comfort, even after several thousand miles of break-in on the foam. Their foam is extremely firm. I rode a buddys FJ back-to-back with mine yesterday, he has the stock seat, I much preferred the feel of his stock seat at the end of the day. If they did in fact use a different density foam as well as make it taller, that might be the perfect fix. Keep us updated on your findings.

They offer a "Touring" version now? I just had them upgrade my seat 2 months ago... yours looks a bit taller.

Meanwhile, for $485 the MCCruise model is a viable alternative and it works FLAWLESSLY!

You never measure the oil when it is on the side stand, all of the oil is on the left side of the engine. When you set your oil to the proper level on the center stand and then put it on the side stand the oil completely disappears from the sight glass.

Nothin' better than properly set up suspension!!!

Isn't it a nice feeling when everything is adjusted just right and there are no further add-ons you need? You can just take off and enjoy the ride.

Ok so now we all want to know the Yamaha price AND the eBay price. ?Ebay parts were $54.00 shipped, the OEM parts vary, about $30-$40 each side.

I just received the same ones from Ebay, the seller was very quick to respond with any questions and I had them in 9 day shipped from the U.K.

That top case looks much better and is an ingenious design. It looks like it will match the SH36 side cases nicely with the CF finish.

A Micro Driver is perfect for reaching in there.

tripleschack - I am really liking the black and white color scheme. VERY sharp looking bike!!

Another option is to just get the recall kit... if they let you have it.I went in to see my dealer about this today. He said they cant order say 75 recall kits, they have to order them individually by VIN number then once the service is done they can get that VIN checked off as complete. They have to have everything documented as it is a legal procedure. There's no way any legit dealer who wants to maintain his license will just hand out the parts and "call it good".