Best touring seats?

[gorillaonabik...]

Who makes the best ones? Have an CB1300 with 50,000+ miles on the clock and time for another seat. The old one was a little hard but for all those trips across France, it did its job.

So what seat would you recommend? What seats have worked for you and what manufacturers would you suggest?
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FZR400 (blown engine), ZXR750 (blown engine), ZX6R (accident), CBR600 which had engine issues after which I learned to change gear..., CBR900, CBR924 (stolen), CB600, CB1300 (everything blew up), BMW K1300GT (written off, hit from rear while stationary), Bandit 1250 for a couple of months, Triumph Sprint ST 1050 (nicked) and somewhere in there, I wrote off a Ducati 748 at Cadwell.

[Oldie]

I have a Tony Archer on my CB1300 and wouldn't be without it.

[james1988]

I had my seat cut and gel inserts added by Melvin Hunter (website: https://www.motorbike-seats.co.uk). He did a cracking job of recovering it too; I can't recommend his work enough.

James
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Honda XL1000VA '07

[Matt B]

[waffles]

Also another vote for getting your original seat fitted with a gel insert, I had my Gixer seats recovered and the riders one had a gel insert done by Viking. Reasonably priced and I can sit on the seat for a lot longer before I get numb bum.
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Theory test - 19/8/09, CBT - 11/10/09, MOD 1 - 16/8/10, MOD 2 - 27/10/10
Past rides Yamaha XT125X, Triumph TT600, Honda XR250
Current rides Suzuki GSXR 600, Honda MSX125

[Lyam]

airhawk seats, dont get num bum at all, i rode from reims to glasgow in 12 hours only stopping for food fuel and euro tunnel.

[Luke21]

You should look at some of the seats from https://www.danmedicasouth.co.uk/

They do a lot of work with medical pressure care but also do bike seats as well.

[Polarbear]

I had a Corbin on my 1500 Goldwing. Lovely seat and way better than Hondas standard but not cheap. Thankfully mine came with the bike.

My Explorer had a hard seat so I just put a sheepskin on it and it made a hell of a difference. Not too good when it's pissing down though.
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Triumph Trophy Launch Edition

[raesewell]

Here is my seat altered by Marty Walker at Smatrrrs
Gel inserts front and back
https://smartrrrs.store.buegle.com/contact.php/

https://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/raesewell1/20141013_134521_zpsaa396090.jpg

https://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/raesewell1/20141013_134510_zpscce69cb5.jpg

https://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/raesewell1/20141013_134455_zps26c1137c.jpg
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Yamaha FJR 1300 Normanton West Yorkshire

[delsol]

Cannot tell how comfortable it is but nice finish to seatt after work done, nice seat too.

[raesewell]

Last Tuesday a few of us did the Lowestoft to Aberystwyth run. 311 miles 10 hours with a few stops and I arrived with a comfy bum and didn't walk like a chimp with diarrhea.
So yes it's comfortable
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Yamaha FJR 1300 Normanton West Yorkshire