I've been riding since '68 and it seems odd to me that while the quality of EVERY OTHER component of a motorcycle has greatly improved over the years, the quality of stock seats has gotten worse. My DR650 had a stock seat that was well suited for MX (where you spend 1/2 the time of your feet). The Corbin replacement has been reasonably good for 11 years and 55,000 miles.
I've only had my Icon for 8 months now. The stock seat was almost as awful as the DR's. So I bought the "Comfort Seat" ($260). It was a definite improvement but it still inflicted significant pain. So I had the stock seat rebuilt ($125). The rebuilt stocker is generally better than the comfort but still not nearly as good as the Corbin on my DR. Now I'm thinking Mustang or Sargent but pretty soon I'll be up to $1,000 on trying to fix the DAMN SEAT on an otherwise wonderful bike.
I bought the scrambler because my dealer had a demo bike that I could ride. If I ran a seat company, I would produce some demo seats. If a customer wanted to evaluate one, he could order it with a credit card, test it for a few days, and return it undamaged for a $30 or so handling fee and a credit for the seat price . If the customer liked it he could keep it with a "discount" depending upon how experienced the demo was -- or he could order a new one at list price and the original charge would stand.
