Thanks for the honest review. I tried a Seat Concepts standard on my DR650 and it did not make a $325 improvement. Ass was still sore in 40 miles. I got lucky and scored a used Corbin seat for $50 and it is actually a great improvement. 200 mile days are still a grind but I get an extra 30 miles before I have to stand up for relief.
Good review, I like listening to you ramble on as you were going over how you felt about it in your mind in real time. I am in the process of ordering a 2023 and I will probably end up with a Sargent seat as I did on my Super Tenere. It was hard as a fucking rock too, but the shape of it worked for me and I could ride all day. Some days were well in excess of 1000 km. In 2017 I did a loop from AB down through Yellowstone and Colorado to Moab. Then west through Nev and Lake Tahoe to the coast just outside of San Francisco. Took that north along the ocean, up through the Redwoods, Oregon and Wash to BC and then back home.
Agree I had-a go at doing my own seat upgrade. Pro cycle kit . Foam and gel option. Cost me around 300 Australian now I see there even more expensive now. Only thing I had to do was borrow a air staple gun from a friend and it’s the best thing I’ve done for the trusty dr650 . It’s pretty easy just start from the front then the back and then do the sides . Compy as . I am 120 kg and the seat is simply awesome.
Holy Shit. I have the exact same seat and felt it was very expensive at $350 US. My opinion: It is a vast improvement over the stock seat and a must have.
I have 2.5" Rox risers and Renthal Fat bars and the stock cables are fine. If you want you can take the tank off and re-route the carb & clutch cables by pulling them back and running them on the opposite sides. clutch on the left and carb cables on the right. That will give you some more slack if required. You can also have the trottle cables enter the throttle from the bottom by rotating the throttle tube upside down.
@@greasycanadianbiker There is an audience for everyone, you just need to keep making videos, doing stuff like product videos that people search for will help you with discovery.
@@greasycanadianbiker Yes Harley has gone up a lot in the last couple years. I just traded off my 2020 Street Glide in May after put on over 42,000 km in two seasons. I was always curious about Gold Wings and I liked the look of the new ones so that is my touring bike now. So far so good. I have put over 10,000 km on it in the last 3 months.
im going to get the lower seat because im 5.8 . its a pain in the arse not being able to touch the ground properly. i have a dr 650 and a drz400e. 2 seats big expense
I'm in Canada to, was thinking about upgrading to this, once you said 700$ i nearly spit out my drink. We get screwed up here. I'm going to take it to my local apolstry guy see what he can do first. Also what brand is your back fender rack? I don't want the sides. Just the rack on the fender itself. Good video man. You just saved me alot of money lol 😂
Glad I could help. I will say though, I did end up trading a guy for the low comfort seat and it's really really good. Fits me perfectly. Much more enjoyable. As for the rear rack, that's a dirt racks rack. They are in BC. Haven't had any problems with it.
I’m 6’1” with a short 32” inseam for a person who is 6’1”. Lucky I got to try the tall seat on a buddy’s bike and I knew I didn’t want the tall seat. IMO you should have a 34” inseam for the tall seat. I bought the standard height seat and it’s just right for height but the tall seat is more comfortable due to the extra inch of foam in it. It seems odd to me that you didn’t think it was more comfortable than the stock seat.
“The seat itself is as hard as a f-ing rock.” 🤣 That was funny. I wouldn’t have thought that it raised you that much? Have you measured before and after for ground (or pegs) to seat top?
No never measured it, but it raises u up 1" and 3/4" from stock. So almost 2" higher then stock. I have since gotten rid of the seat. I'll make an update video on it soon.
I’ve got both a Tall Comfort and a XL Comfort on order … couldn’t decide and figured I needed to try both to decide which is best … will return the other and pay the restocking fee.
What year is your bike? And what model of Dominator did you order? Do you have the full exhaust or slip on? I just ordered it from eBay but there's a couple different models and non said they fit my year lol. Said it goes from 97 to 09. But there were no changes from 09 until now so i assume it will fit. I didn't get the MX just the regular Dominator.
My DR is a 2019. And I believe I got the one that worked on an 09 and it just fit right into the middle section beyond the initial pipe that comes from the header. The exhaust I bought was not an entire exhaust to the header in other words. U should have no problem. What year is your bike? And I got a regular Dominator, but it does come with the baffle plug. I love the exhaust, it's sounds great now.
@@greasycanadianbiker i just ordered it last night. And i just got the bike a couple days ago, it's a 21. Only has 5k kms on er. Mint. Old man in his 60s bought er new during covid when no one had anything in stock. So it wasn't what he wanted. Then he got another one and was selling this. Said he never had it off the pavement once. And it shows. Did the break in and had it serviced ect. I just ordered the windshield, rear fender delete kit with the led taillight w integrated signals, LED headlight bulbs, the seat concepts stock height (i don't want to be sitting way up like that in your video lol) 2 inch bar risers, mirror expanders (all i can see is my arms in the mirrors lol) and i ordered the Dominator exhaust last night.
@@TheKingOfKings818 excellent 👍 well the Dominator will make it sound a lot meaner and is a lot of fun. Sounds like u got the bike ready for war. Don't forget to get case savers. Those and the skid plate are the two most important things.
@@greasycanadianbiker already ordered the skid plate forgot about that lol. Didn't offer the case protector though. I'm mostly pavement anyways. Id say 95 perfect. I have a 4 wheeler for off roading. But may still be worth it for the occasional dirt road? I'm struggling to find a phone holder that fits. Got one in today the was supposed to be the biggest. Won't fit on my s22 ultra with case. Any recommendations? And where abouts are you? I'm in Truro Nova Scotia.
@@TheKingOfKings818 I wouldn't bother with the phone holder, get a tank bag and put it in that. That's what I do usually. I'm in Saint John buddy! Safe riding!
Well now that I switched to the low comfort seat that's what I should have had all along. The low comfort is fantastic. As for the tall, it's fine but its definitely come someone that's 6'1 or taller. Totally changed the ergonomics of the bike and I didn't enjoy it at all. To make it worse seat concepts sucks as far as Canadian support goes. So if your in Canada and ordering from the US u better make sure u are picking what u want and the right seat. Do lots of research. As for saddle time, with the low comfort I put on thousands of kms since getting it. It's a huge improvement.
Awww man my brother I would but I have actually shipped it away to another Canadian. We traded. I have to make a follow up video on it. Thanks so much for watching and asking though!
YES SEAT CONCEPTS RIPPED ME OFF, i AM IN CANADA AND PAID FOR MY SEAT IN APRIL AND THEY HAVE NOT SHIPPED ME ANYTHING YET. IT IS JULY 20, A TOTAL NO-SHOW, LOUSY SERVICE.ES SEAT CONCEPTS RIPPED ME OFF, i AM IN Canada TOO.
@@altoncrane9714 i think mine was around 4 weeks through bushpig performance. They were great to deal with and were upfront with the fact that the seats are made to order. Just hold on, they are worth the wait!
@@danbertens5084 Thanks but at this juncture my appetite for seat products is zero. Seat concepts offered a nice sounding upgrade, so I decided to try and support a god sounding outfit and hopefully enjoy the product. So far I am out hundreds of Canadian dollars and wish I had never thought about dealing with the seat conjob outfit. I am not through, and will get a refund from E bay, and register a formal complaint if i dont get a satisfactory reply from them ( con-septics ) by the end of this week, it being wednesday...
OMG $700.00+ Man that's self-abuse. Might as well hump over the border and set up residence here in States, everybody else does. Thank you for sharing.
SEAT CONCEPTS RIPPED ME OFF, i AM IN CANADA AND PAID FOR MY SEAT IN APRIL AND THEY HAVE NOT SHIPPED ME ANYTHING YET. IT IS JULY 20, A TOTAL NO-SHOW, LOUSY SERVICE.ES SEAT CONCEPTS RIPPED ME OFF, i AM IN CaNADA TOO.
Well I can't say they ripped me off. I just didn't read the fine print and really understand what I ordered. Seat too high for me now. In your case u need to start badgering them on email. I found it took almost a week to get a response from them on email. If u badger them, they will write back and I found them helpful. We just need a Canadian solution to this DR seat problem because ordering through the states and paying all that extra is total BS.
@@greasycanadianbiker Glad you at least received something. I have been in contact with them several times. They told me at first that Fedex lost it,,,nice try, as Fedex never had it. They said they would send another. The time period for that has come and gone, and I have received no anything from anyone. I am awaiting a reply from the concept people, and a washing my hands of them entirely. As for the seat, I dont really need it, was just getting one to upgrade and try and support what sounded like a good company...I have a 1994 DR350ES, and would have been happy to write a glowing review but in my experience this is the crappiest company I have come across, and I am 66 years old.
@@altoncrane9714 oh wow, sounds like they really gave u a shitty experience. Well that sucks. Thanks for sharing. I'd keep pestering them or try and get your money back from your payment source. All sounds like they are full of shit and jerking u off. Not cool..... Not cool at all.
Seat Concepts makes a great seat cover and without a doubt the worst seat foam in the business, absolutely the hardest seat foam I have ever encountered. Don't even think about using their seat foam, it's awful.
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With the stock seat, after 2 hrs I was done. With the Seat Concepts I can ride all day. Long live the mighty DR650
Thanks for the honest review. I tried a Seat Concepts standard on my DR650 and it did not make a $325 improvement. Ass was still sore in 40 miles. I got lucky and scored a used Corbin seat for $50 and it is actually a great improvement. 200 mile days are still a grind but I get an extra 30 miles before I have to stand up for relief.
Glad to help!
Good review, I like listening to you ramble on as you were going over how you felt about it in your mind in real time. I am in the process of ordering a 2023 and I will probably end up with a Sargent seat as I did on my Super Tenere. It was hard as a fucking rock too, but the shape of it worked for me and I could ride all day. Some days were well in excess of 1000 km. In 2017 I did a loop from AB down through Yellowstone and Colorado to Moab. Then west through Nev and Lake Tahoe to the coast just outside of San Francisco. Took that north along the ocean, up through the Redwoods, Oregon and Wash to BC and then back home.
Thank man! I'm glad you enjoyed it! LOVE my DR. Anyone that gets one I'm very excited for!
@@greasycanadianbiker Thanks, I am looking forward to it. I haven't had a real dual sport since about 1990.
Agree I had-a go at doing my own seat upgrade. Pro cycle kit . Foam and gel option. Cost me around 300 Australian now I see there even more expensive now. Only thing I had to do was borrow a air staple gun from a friend and it’s the best thing I’ve done for the trusty dr650 . It’s pretty easy just start from the front then the back and then do the sides . Compy as . I am 120 kg and the seat is simply awesome.
Thanks! Good review.
Thanks!
Holy Shit. I have the exact same seat and felt it was very expensive at $350 US. My opinion: It is a vast improvement over the stock seat and a must have.
I have 2.5" Rox risers and Renthal Fat bars and the stock cables are fine. If you want you can take the tank off and re-route the carb & clutch cables by pulling them back and running them on the opposite sides. clutch on the left and carb cables on the right. That will give you some more slack if required. You can also have the trottle cables enter the throttle from the bottom by rotating the throttle tube upside down.
I have the Seat Concepts comfort seat on both my DR and my KLR and both are far superior to the factory seat.
I need to ride more DR more I haven’t gotten my seat broke in yet… we been doing a lot of Harley Riding since firecracker got the Sport Glide
Yessir and my problem is I want a Harley..... But they are so DAMN expensive! It's crazy! Harley is crazy what they want.
@@greasycanadianbiker I’m lucky to have both but I hustle for it, build this channel up in and in a few years it could make the payment for you!
@@RidingintheOzarks ha! Yes well I doubt that will happen. My brand of crude humor isn't for everyone. But hey thanks for the encouragement!
@@greasycanadianbiker There is an audience for everyone, you just need to keep making videos, doing stuff like product videos that people search for will help you with discovery.
@@greasycanadianbiker Yes Harley has gone up a lot in the last couple years. I just traded off my 2020 Street Glide in May after put on over 42,000 km in two seasons. I was always curious about Gold Wings and I liked the look of the new ones so that is my touring bike now. So far so good. I have put over 10,000 km on it in the last 3 months.
im going to get the lower seat because im 5.8 . its a pain in the arse not being able to touch the ground properly. i have a dr 650 and a drz400e. 2 seats big expense
I'm in Canada to, was thinking about upgrading to this, once you said 700$ i nearly spit out my drink. We get screwed up here. I'm going to take it to my local apolstry guy see what he can do first. Also what brand is your back fender rack? I don't want the sides. Just the rack on the fender itself. Good video man. You just saved me alot of money lol 😂
Glad I could help. I will say though, I did end up trading a guy for the low comfort seat and it's really really good. Fits me perfectly. Much more enjoyable. As for the rear rack, that's a dirt racks rack. They are in BC. Haven't had any problems with it.
I’m 6’1” with a short 32” inseam for a person who is 6’1”. Lucky I got to try the tall seat on a buddy’s bike and I knew I didn’t want the tall seat. IMO you should have a 34” inseam for the tall seat. I bought the standard height seat and it’s just right for height but the tall seat is more comfortable due to the extra inch of foam in it. It seems odd to me that you didn’t think it was more comfortable than the stock seat.
I ended up trading for a low comfort seat. Love it. It's fantastic.
“The seat itself is as hard as a f-ing rock.” 🤣
That was funny.
I wouldn’t have thought that it raised you that much? Have you measured before and after for ground (or pegs) to seat top?
No never measured it, but it raises u up 1" and 3/4" from stock. So almost 2" higher then stock. I have since gotten rid of the seat. I'll make an update video on it soon.
I’ve got both a Tall Comfort and a XL Comfort on order … couldn’t decide and figured I needed to try both to decide which is best … will return the other and pay the restocking fee.
hey mate where getting ripped off as well here in australia .
What year is your bike? And what model of Dominator did you order? Do you have the full exhaust or slip on? I just ordered it from eBay but there's a couple different models and non said they fit my year lol. Said it goes from 97 to 09. But there were no changes from 09 until now so i assume it will fit. I didn't get the MX just the regular Dominator.
My DR is a 2019. And I believe I got the one that worked on an 09 and it just fit right into the middle section beyond the initial pipe that comes from the header. The exhaust I bought was not an entire exhaust to the header in other words. U should have no problem. What year is your bike? And I got a regular Dominator, but it does come with the baffle plug. I love the exhaust, it's sounds great now.
@@greasycanadianbiker i just ordered it last night. And i just got the bike a couple days ago, it's a 21. Only has 5k kms on er. Mint. Old man in his 60s bought er new during covid when no one had anything in stock. So it wasn't what he wanted. Then he got another one and was selling this. Said he never had it off the pavement once. And it shows. Did the break in and had it serviced ect. I just ordered the windshield, rear fender delete kit with the led taillight w integrated signals, LED headlight bulbs, the seat concepts stock height (i don't want to be sitting way up like that in your video lol) 2 inch bar risers, mirror expanders (all i can see is my arms in the mirrors lol) and i ordered the Dominator exhaust last night.
@@TheKingOfKings818 excellent 👍 well the Dominator will make it sound a lot meaner and is a lot of fun. Sounds like u got the bike ready for war. Don't forget to get case savers. Those and the skid plate are the two most important things.
@@greasycanadianbiker already ordered the skid plate forgot about that lol. Didn't offer the case protector though. I'm mostly pavement anyways. Id say 95 perfect. I have a 4 wheeler for off roading. But may still be worth it for the occasional dirt road? I'm struggling to find a phone holder that fits. Got one in today the was supposed to be the biggest. Won't fit on my s22 ultra with case. Any recommendations? And where abouts are you? I'm in Truro Nova Scotia.
@@TheKingOfKings818 I wouldn't bother with the phone holder, get a tank bag and put it in that. That's what I do usually. I'm in Saint John buddy! Safe riding!
So what do you think about the seat now that you’ve had it longer?…..
I eventually switched it out to the low comfort seat. I need to make a follow up video.
How do feel about the seat concepts TALL version , now that you have had low ots of saddle time ?
Well now that I switched to the low comfort seat that's what I should have had all along. The low comfort is fantastic. As for the tall, it's fine but its definitely come someone that's 6'1 or taller. Totally changed the ergonomics of the bike and I didn't enjoy it at all. To make it worse seat concepts sucks as far as Canadian support goes. So if your in Canada and ordering from the US u better make sure u are picking what u want and the right seat. Do lots of research. As for saddle time, with the low comfort I put on thousands of kms since getting it. It's a huge improvement.
@@greasycanadianbiker I am Canadian , thanks for the quick reply
Hey Fellow Canadian - let me know if you want to sell that Tall seat concepts seat , I’d happily take it
Awww man my brother I would but I have actually shipped it away to another Canadian. We traded. I have to make a follow up video on it. Thanks so much for watching and asking though!
Shoulda got your seat at bushpig performance. They are Canadian and alot cheaper
Oh man! Never heard of that before. I'll have to check them out.
YES SEAT CONCEPTS RIPPED ME OFF, i AM IN CANADA AND PAID FOR MY SEAT IN APRIL AND THEY HAVE NOT SHIPPED ME ANYTHING YET. IT IS JULY 20, A TOTAL NO-SHOW, LOUSY SERVICE.ES SEAT CONCEPTS RIPPED ME OFF, i AM IN Canada TOO.
@@altoncrane9714 i think mine was around 4 weeks through bushpig performance. They were great to deal with and were upfront with the fact that the seats are made to order. Just hold on, they are worth the wait!
@@danbertens5084 Thanks but at this juncture my appetite for seat products is zero. Seat concepts offered a nice sounding upgrade, so I decided to try and support a god sounding outfit and hopefully enjoy the product. So far I am out hundreds of Canadian dollars and wish I had never thought about dealing with
the seat conjob outfit. I am not through, and will get a refund from E bay, and register a formal complaint if i dont get a satisfactory reply from them ( con-septics ) by the end of this week, it being wednesday...
OMG $700.00+ Man that's self-abuse. Might as well hump over the border and set up residence here in States, everybody else does. Thank you for sharing.
SEAT CONCEPTS RIPPED ME OFF, i AM IN CANADA AND PAID FOR MY SEAT IN APRIL AND THEY HAVE NOT SHIPPED ME ANYTHING YET. IT IS JULY 20, A TOTAL NO-SHOW, LOUSY SERVICE.ES SEAT CONCEPTS RIPPED ME OFF, i AM IN CaNADA TOO.
Well I can't say they ripped me off. I just didn't read the fine print and really understand what I ordered. Seat too high for me now. In your case u need to start badgering them on email. I found it took almost a week to get a response from them on email. If u badger them, they will write back and I found them helpful. We just need a Canadian solution to this DR seat problem because ordering through the states and paying all that extra is total BS.
@@greasycanadianbiker Glad you at least received something. I have been in contact with them several times. They told me at first that Fedex lost it,,,nice try, as Fedex never had it. They said they would send another. The time period for that has come and gone, and I have received no anything from anyone. I am awaiting a reply from the concept people, and a washing my hands of them entirely. As for the seat, I dont really need it, was just getting one to upgrade and try and support what sounded like a good company...I have a 1994 DR350ES, and would have been happy to write a glowing review but in my experience this is the crappiest company I have come across, and I am 66 years old.
@@altoncrane9714 oh wow, sounds like they really gave u a shitty experience. Well that sucks. Thanks for sharing. I'd keep pestering them or try and get your money back from your payment source. All sounds like they are full of shit and jerking u off. Not cool..... Not cool at all.
I had a perfect experience with them. Very helpful and a great product. Sorry for you.
its real shit feeling sitting too high. may be sell it and get a lower one.
I ended up trading it for the Low - Comfort seat. It's much better.
Seat Concepts makes a great seat cover and without a doubt the worst seat foam in the business, absolutely the hardest seat foam I have ever encountered. Don't even think about using their seat foam, it's awful.
I'm 6'0". 32" inseam. Could you get the balls of your feet down? I'm thinking about getting the tall seat.
I don't recommend the talk seat.