Here are quotes directly from the June '06 issue of Motorcycle Consumer News dealing with the seat..."Unfortunately, the whole super-sport makeover has a downside too. The FZ1's seat now resembles the R1's. Although slightly thicker than the supersport's, it doesn't have near the long term comfort of the older FZ1's plush saddle. We'd opine that your comfortable riding distance has been cut in half by the new seat, which seems to get thinner the further back you go and isn't much wider than an "average" posterior at the back." "The new seat is more sportbike-like to help differentiate it from the FJR1300. It's good, but not as good as the old seat for long-term comfort, and while the passenger portion is well shaped, the passenger pegs are fairly high." I have ridden over 5000 miles on the stock seat on my '00 1200 with no complaints. I have gone as many as 5 hours on mine with no problems. I had the Corbin Gunfighter on mine when I bought it, but wrecked 2 days later and tore a nice hole in it. I got a factory seat as a repalcement until I got the Corbin fixed...well that was over 5000 miles ago and the Corbin has yet to be repaired.
