....due to its very shiny seat and good front brake I'm going to call it 'Knackersflatty', my poor conkers ache this morning after yesterday's run out.

LOL... you need to wipe over your seat with milk, i hve no idea where i got that from but aparently it strips off the oils and aids grip... ! Or i could be talking big knackers again.

I re-covered the seat on my last bike with a piece of sheepskin hide. It was sooooooooooo comfortable! No more slippy slidy or sweaty bits. You've just reminded me to order a piece of hide for my latest buy which has the original plastic still.
Mike

I bet that's horrible in the rain tho! Like sitting on a soggy old goat!

Dont use furniture polish on the seat to clean it you can get some of that rubber anti slpi stuff that really works on stopping the sliding

You mean that stuff that looks like a worn out dischcloth? I got that in the tool chest drawers, why didn't I think of that, I could stitch a lump of that to the bum of me trousers :
Might try that on the run to Bentley this week.

clicky

Back when I was 17, I had an Yam RS125. My mate made a brilliant job of cutting the padding out of the front of the seat to give it that Eddie Lawson look. It look great but quite few times I cracked my nads off the tank, when going over a hefty bump.

big knackers as in swollen cos the milk don't work?


I'm not even going to ask

If you like to grip the tank with your knees when you're motoring, consider these sort of things:

Another clicky

(Dramatically improves control and feedback).

HTH