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[[Category:Luggage & Touring]]

If you, like many other 250 riders, find your seat somewhat less than comfortable after a few hours, you can have the seat modified, or [[I want to reshape my seat|modify it yourself]]. There are also numerous businesses which will reshape your seat for you. This is an incomplete list: [http://www.sargentcycle.com/custserv.htm Sargent Cycle], [http://www.richscustomseats.com/ Rich's Custom Seats], and [http://www.corbin.com/ Corbin]. Sargent and Rich's will do a custom seat by mail-order, and [http://www.corbin.com/kawasaki/kn-250-r-gl.shtml Corbin] now has a ready-made seat for the 250, the only company to do so. Praise has been universal for the Corbin from those club members who have bought one.

If you, like many other 250 riders, find your seat somewhat less than comfortable after a few hours, you can have the seat modified, or [[I want to reshape my seat|modify it yourself]]. There are also numerous businesses which will reshape your seat for you. This is an incomplete list: [http://www.sargentcycle.com/custserv.htm Sargent Cycle], [http://www.richscustomseats.com/ Rich's Custom Seats], and [http://www.corbin.com/ Corbin]. Sargent and Rich's will do a custom seat by mail-order, and [http://www.corbin.com/kawasaki/kn-250-r-gl.shtml Corbin] now has a ready-made seat for the 250, the only company to do so.

====Corbin seat====

Praise has been universal for the Corbin from those club members who have bought one. They are really liked by the long-distance fraternity. The Corbin seats are firm & provide excellent support.

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[[Corbin seat fitting]]: How to make your Corbin fit your bike better

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*I thought a new seat would be too expensive, but Spencer re-works your stock one, so it has the same pan and cover. You pay for shipping both ways, and it's either $50 for the foam only or $75 for new foam and orthopedic gel. I got the gel upgrade. I HATE most gel since it's packets of goop, but this is solid, so it doesn't go away where you need the padding most. Anyone who's ridden a bicycle for any distance will tell you that the goo packets are bad and the gel matrix is the only way to go.

And~~: After~~ a 750 mile day... I can definitely suggest Spencer seats to anyone who might be thinking about a new seat. I got the LD gel upgrade, so I can't comment on the foam-only option, but this was the most comfortable I have ever been on the bike at the end of a long ride. Huge difference. It looks just like the stock seat, but feels much different (better).

*And after a 750 mile day... I can definitely suggest Spencer seats to anyone who might be thinking about a new seat. I got the LD gel upgrade, so I can't comment on the foam-only option, but this was the most comfortable I have ever been on the bike at the end of a long ride. Huge difference. It looks just like the stock seat, but feels much different (better).

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 [[Category:Luggage & Touring]]
-If you, like many other 250 riders, find your seat somewhat less than comfortable after a few hours, you can have the seat modified, or [[I want to reshape my seat|modify it yourself]]. There are also numerous businesses which will reshape your seat for you. This is an incomplete list: [http://www.sargentcycle.com/custserv.htm Sargent Cycle], [http://www.richscustomseats.com/ Rich's Custom Seats], and [http://www.corbin.com/ Corbin]. Sargent and Rich's will do a custom seat by mail-order, and [http://www.corbin.com/kawasaki/kn-250-r-gl.shtml Corbin] now has a ready-made seat for the 250, the only company  to do so. Praise has been universal for the Corbin from those club members who have bought one.
+If you, like many other 250 riders, find your seat somewhat less than comfortable after a few hours, you can have the seat modified, or [[I want to reshape my seat|modify it yourself]]. There are also numerous businesses which will reshape your seat for you. This is an incomplete list: [http://www.sargentcycle.com/custserv.htm Sargent Cycle], [http://www.richscustomseats.com/ Rich's Custom Seats], and [http://www.corbin.com/ Corbin]. Sargent and Rich's will do a custom seat by mail-order, and [http://www.corbin.com/kawasaki/kn-250-r-gl.shtml Corbin] now has a ready-made seat for the 250, the only company  to do so.
+====Corbin seat====
+Praise has been universal for the Corbin from those club members who have bought one. They are really liked by the long-distance fraternity. The Corbin seats are firm & provide excellent support.
 [[image:corbin1.jpg|150px]]
 [[image:corbin2.jpg|100px]]
+[[image:corbin6.jpg|150px]]
+[[image:corbin7.jpg|150px]]
+[[image:corbin4.jpg|150px]]
+[[image:corbin3.jpg|150px]]
+[[Corbin seat fitting]]: How to make your Corbin fit your bike better
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 *I thought a new seat would be too expensive, but Spencer re-works your stock one, so it has the same pan and cover. You pay for shipping both ways, and it's either $50 for the foam only or $75 for new foam and orthopedic gel. I got the gel upgrade. I HATE most gel since it's packets of goop, but this is solid, so it doesn't go away where you need the padding most. Anyone who's ridden a bicycle for any distance will tell you that the goo packets are bad and the gel matrix is the only way to go.
-And: After a 750 mile day... I can definitely suggest Spencer seats to anyone who might be thinking about a new seat. I got the LD gel upgrade, so I can't comment on the foam-only option, but this was the most comfortable I have ever been on the bike at the end of a long ride. Huge difference. It looks just like the stock seat, but feels much different (better).
+*And after a 750 mile day... I can definitely suggest Spencer seats to anyone who might be thinking about a new seat. I got the LD gel upgrade, so I can't comment on the foam-only option, but this was the most comfortable I have ever been on the bike at the end of a long ride. Huge difference. It looks just like the stock seat, but feels much different (better).