Try a really good pair of bicycle shorts like Cabellas.  The gel padding works great on stock or modded seats.  Makes a real diff.  Plus they keep everything else in place.  

Also I have seen the seats drilled the opposite of the one described here.  They took the seat foam off (carefully) and drilled it from the bottom  BUT not all the way through.  That left a connective layer on top.  Then reglued it.  

Not sure which is best.  I was going to do that until I started using the bike shorts.  BTW the cheap shorts don't do it.  You need the ones that are kind of curved for a sitting position.

I get the sore-butt-syndrome too from my stock seat and may try this. I wonder if a pencil type solder gun or otherwise, would work to make holes in lieu of a drill bit ??

I bought the new Corbin seat made for the 450X and I like it a lot. It spreads my buns over a wider flatter area and now I can ride my X all day.  

What's the corbin worth in $$???

cat-alac said:

I paid $299 delivered, but I got a deal when they first came out for sale. It's worth $299 to me and then some. You can't put a price on not having Monkey-Ass three quarters of the way through an all day ride like you do with the stock seat............

How relieving that I am not the only one with a sore butt on an x. I also have been wearing my Canondale mb shorts on longer rides. Helps a lot. I like the looks of that Corbin. Where did you buy the seat at Matuchi?

That corbin looks like the trick.  Spreading out a bit wider woudl do the trick I think.

Here is part 2 of how to make your free stock seat soft. As you recall my hole drilling of the foam had good results but I thought why not go all out and try my hand at upholstery gel inserts which I purchased on Ebay for $30 delivered. As you can see I removed a 1/2 inch section of foam to accommodate the gel inserts  which I cut to 3x12 inches placed in the center to relieve tail bone pressure. using a taped off razor blade to 1/2 inch depth I traced then cut out the section of foam which was easier then I thought but also messy. I used the trimmings to fill in areas I cut too deep. The result were great cosmetically and the ride was really improved as hard jolts were suppressed by the gel. So far the investment for a seat that would have cost me at least $200 is $30 worth of gel some staples and experiences upholstering (priceless).

Someone here posted I should just ride my new bike rather then spending so much time moding. As I have mentioned countless times I am retired and ride every morning and every evening where my back yard backs up the BLM lands. Incidentally the lead additive made all the difference in the bikes performance, so much so I was able to drop back down to a 165 main with the clip two from the bottom, remove the oring and lean back the pilot to 1 & 3/4 turns. Now it runs better then ever with less heat and the additive's sodium oxides suppressing plasma formation/welding between the valves and seats stopping metal removal on the valves as intended for high compression engines.

One other thing I did I forgot to mention as in a previous post I installed home made filters on the ends of all my breather tubes on the bottom of the bike and on the left side of the carburetor and the mysterious dirt problem that finds its way into the carb slide and needle jet is all gone. I bet this is a contributing factor to the valve ware mystery as dirt is getting sucked into the engine via the drain and vent tubes.

Hmm might be giving this a try.... too bad the pictures arent loading for me

CapeCodThumpin, on 02 June 2012 - 12:06 PM, said:

Could be that its a 5 year old thread and the photo accounts(??) have changed

Edited by crfxer, 02 June 2012 - 12:52 PM.

Why bother, for off road riding you should be using your 'ABS' anyway - Always Be Standing

standing all the time dual sporting isnt exactly a treat lol

If your looking at trying to save a little money here is a way to make your seat a little softer. I have done it to 2 of my seats, and it seems to help, and it is free as long as you have the tools.

Dirt Bike Soft Seat Link Here

witdogg, on 10 June 2007 - 01:43 AM, said:

Noooo Witt, the seat had nothing to do with it! It's a KTM, nothing more and nothing less!