seat options, Kz1000

saddleman wanted 199 on ebay

Vter Bob wrote:

This is from Saddleman, looks comfy!

My Z2 came with one of those...first thing I did was remove it and leave it for the garbageman:)

How about this beauty. And it is a corbin from the 70's I might add. Ugly as hell but keeps the old lady from falling off on long trips. Also holds luggage for trips to bikeweek.

Every KZ I find out here comes with the ugly Saddleman seat and Vetter fairing, both which go in the crapper . I have sold a few Vetters but only at a post office outlet where they do the boxing & shipping and charge the buyer. I think they were required options in Montana. I cant believe the Saddleman guy is still selling "lost in the 70's" seats today. They havent got any better looking ! I hope you meant $1.99 not $199 for the seat.

mark1122 wrote:

A zrx seat can be put on a kz pan with minor mods. Like i did.
here is my project. kzrider.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&...mit=20&limitstart=20
The seat is on pg 2.

that looks sweet!!! i have to tell you though , the worst seat i ever sat on was a stock 2000 zrx seat....i had a corbin on that thing faster than you could say perpetual monkey butt....

I have to agree with u there, Keith. I plan on cutting out some foam and dropping a gell pad into the hole.

Giuliari seats are nice.
If you can find one.

YOu can find some cool seats at KLASMO bikes out of germany.

Pricey but cool.

kawickrice how much heavier than the bike is that seat you must have to bump up the preload on those shocks quite a bit to keep it from bottoming out with that thing on there.

timebomb33 wrote:

kawickrice how much heavier than the bike is that seat you must have to bump up the preload on those shocks quite a bit to keep it from bottoming out with that thing on there.

i d be scared if i porked it in first with the ball and chain on the back, the whole package would be facing the heavens before the road rash
brought reality back in its own violent way....talk about compromising center of gravity.....

mark1122 wrote: A zrx seat can be put on a kz pan with minor mods. Like i did.
here is my project. kzrider.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&...mit=20&limitstart=20
The seat is on pg 2.

I know I'm digging up a long dead thread but I'm looking for info for this swap. I did send him a PM but I'm not hopefull as he hasn't been on here in almost a year. The link appears to be dead, at least on my end. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The Giuliari ones are nice though I dont know if they still make them


My CSR came with a seat something like this (only not as nice a colour)

so Im making my own on a fiberglass base. Have a look at the last couple of pages on my build thread if youre interested.Still a work in progress.