Re: Sargeant Seat for Sale
silverspurs said:
would you PM me about the Laam issues you had?? no money has exchanged hands yet, but they have my info for a custom build... I'd like to hear from you.
I had a sargent on my KLR years ago and it really improved that ride... I've done seat concepts foam and vinyl on a couple of bikes... better but not great... so I'm really curious what my $360 at Laam is going to get me
thanks!
Because I'm only 5'7" with proportionally short arms I usually sit more toward the front of the S10's seat. The problem I had with the Sargent seat is it forced me to sit too far back into a "pocket" to be comfortable. The front section of the seat was pretty hard so that didn't work and I sold it.
When I talked to Seth I told him what I wanted, a neutral shape like the stock seat that gave me the freedom to sit forward or back. Per his request I sent him pics of me on the stock seat. After waiting four weeks, I finally get the seat only to find it very similar to the Sargent with a well defined pocket and the front section hard and uncomfortable. I sent it back to him on my dime (from Japan) to be reworked but it didn't get much better in this respect. It also wasn't waterproof I learned, despite the website saying that the stitching doesn't let in rain. Got a wet butt the day after I rode 40 minutes in the rain even though it looked dry and had been in my garage overnight. That's when I decided to sell it and get a Seat Concepts. The SC does have the neutral profile that I wanted, so I can sit toward the front or back and be equally comfortable. It wasn't 100 percent waterproof either, but at least it was comfortable.
If you're a tall rider you might like it better than I did, as long as you don't care about sitting toward the front when on dirt, etc.
