Not sure what Renazco uses inside. I'm pretty sure it's not gel, though - the seat is too light to be gel as that stuff is really heavy and I think you'd be able to tell. But I don't think the secret is so much the padding, but the shape. I'm no expert, though, all I know is that whatever they do it's a good forumula.

 

I bettya they use that memory foam stuff in thick quantities......that stuff is awesome......It's almsot like that FLOAM crap my daughter plays with....LOL....

 

I tried memory foam over gel when I had my KLX and that worked pretty good. But I don't think memory foam by itself would have enough support. It would be a good top layer, but I think it would need something more firm underneath. But don't pay much mind to me ... if I actually knew what I was doing I would have fixed my own seat.

 

Yeah, the website doesn't even give a hint about what they use. I too aminclined to go with shape as the primary comfort factor, although I'm sure they use the best combo of foam; probably a layering of differenct types of foam, like thecompanies that share some of their secrets use..

'Mentholated Gold Bond Powder, huh?'Hilarious story, butI might just consider that for a stop gap in until next season, because the ride I had today reminded me of why I should have ordered the seat as my very first mod... pure torture!I'll know better next time.

 

Its all about pressure points. The design of the seat without foam iswhat counts the most. God knows some disgruntled employee at Kawasaki designed the seat on the KLX.

 

I think the memory foam mod is something might be inexpensive, i have a friend that owns a Harley and had his seat done up with the memory foam.....got to look into that!

 

Hmm, a Renazco seat would be nice...but oh so expensive. Isn't there a company that makes replacement foams in soft, med, and firm and in various heights? I know at least one of our members bought this company'sfoam and redid (that's a Dubya word) their seat. I can't remember their name or I would search them out. They are know primarily for seat covers. Anybody?

 

Check Gutts Racing. I actually put on a Gutts racing foam after I butchered mine in my attempt to make it more comfortable.

My first attempt resulted in a pretty comfortable seat. For that, I pulled off the cover, cut out a section of the stock foam, replaced with a gel pad and put a layer of memory foam over top of that. That actually worked pretty well but there were several downsides: 1) weight - it was very heavy; 2) looks - as one member here commented my seat looked like it was about to have puppies.

At first, I didn't' mind the looks since I was so happy with the extra comfort, I'd live with the looks. But over time, the "pregnant" seat got more an more annoying so I decided to "fix" it. My fix was to replace all the foam and gel with just memory foam. So I cut out a big ole thick section of memory foam in the shape of the original foam and built up my seat, restretched the cover, and boy did it look sharp - no more puppies, looked great. But then I sat on it and the memory foam alone plain and simple just does not have the support needed for a seat. It felt like I was sitting directly on the seat pan. That just wasn't going to do. It was then, that I bit the bullet and bought a whole new seat foam from Gutts Racing to put my seat back to stock. At that point, I realized I needed professional help, and that's when I decided that if I'm going to do this right, I may as well go with the best, which IMO, is Renazco Racing. I've not regretted that decision and in fact am very glad I did because now I have an ultracomfortable seat that has no compromises.

 

Nobrakes, I think you told us somewhere, but what top material did you go with. I've seen they offer suede and other materials.

 

I went with suede, photo earlier in this thread.