Sully
Member
I received my new custom seat from Dirt Road (forum member from FZ1OA) and I've got to tell you, it is outstanding! For the quality, price and time to receive back, I don't know why anyone would choose to do anything different.
I ditched the stock seat about a month after I had it for Yamaha's gel seat (which is now for sale BTW), which was an improvement, but barely. Don't forget to cover the seat everytime you park it or you'll roast for the next hour or so in the saddle due to the gel holding so much heat. Anyway, with the amount of miles I put on the bike I needed something more substantial so I started looking for a seat that didn't cost me an arm & leg. I happened to fall upon the thread, "Taller guy's Gen 2 FZ1 comfort setup?", where dirt road posted up a few pics of his custom seats. The rest is history. I contacted Eddie and from the time I mailed him my stock seat and paypaled, I had my new seat back in less than a week.
I first ordered the "Big Guy" seat, which sits 1 3/4" higher than stock. I couldn't help but notice how big it looked on my bike, but secretly loved the feel - I just couldn't get past the need for such a plush seat for a sport bike and if I only toured with the fizz then it would have fit the bill. So I sent it back and received my new "Normal" seat from Eddie in less than 4 days. I gotta tell you, the seat is now perfect - why didn't I find this out sooner? Eddie was very gracious and easy to work with.
Sorry to keep rattling here, but when you find somebody on the forum with this kind of talent then we need to praise that individual and help get the word out to others. I highly recommend this seat to anybody. He even offered me to stop by his house and borrow one of his seats for my bike and take it for a test spin on the Dragon since he only lives 20 minutes away from Deals Gap - boy, that was tempting to say the least. Eddie, keep up the great work!
I ditched the stock seat about a month after I had it for Yamaha's gel seat (which is now for sale BTW), which was an improvement, but barely. Don't forget to cover the seat everytime you park it or you'll roast for the next hour or so in the saddle due to the gel holding so much heat. Anyway, with the amount of miles I put on the bike I needed something more substantial so I started looking for a seat that didn't cost me an arm & leg. I happened to fall upon the thread, "Taller guy's Gen 2 FZ1 comfort setup?", where dirt road posted up a few pics of his custom seats. The rest is history. I contacted Eddie and from the time I mailed him my stock seat and paypaled, I had my new seat back in less than a week.
I first ordered the "Big Guy" seat, which sits 1 3/4" higher than stock. I couldn't help but notice how big it looked on my bike, but secretly loved the feel - I just couldn't get past the need for such a plush seat for a sport bike and if I only toured with the fizz then it would have fit the bill. So I sent it back and received my new "Normal" seat from Eddie in less than 4 days. I gotta tell you, the seat is now perfect - why didn't I find this out sooner? Eddie was very gracious and easy to work with.
Sorry to keep rattling here, but when you find somebody on the forum with this kind of talent then we need to praise that individual and help get the word out to others. I highly recommend this seat to anybody. He even offered me to stop by his house and borrow one of his seats for my bike and take it for a test spin on the Dragon since he only lives 20 minutes away from Deals Gap - boy, that was tempting to say the least. Eddie, keep up the great work!