A Laam seat on the ZX

[Timothy Linke]

I'm glad it worked out for you. I have a LAAM on my FJR and I love it.
On Jun 2, 2016 8:48 PM, "William P. Zeller" <bill at cherryriver.com> wrote:

> Some time ago, I ran across fellow GPZ lister Timothy Linke making a move
> to sell his recently-acquired Laam custom seat.
> With a heavy dose of irony, he lives about a block and a half from my old
> house of some 38 years, even though we'd never actually established contact.
> Finally about a month ago, I managed to connect and purchase the seat from
> him at a very decent price.
> I thought I'd share my initial impressions.  I don't really like to judge
> equipment modifications pertaining to comfort and serviceability for a few
> thousand miles, but this one is winning me (us) over.
> I might have about 800 miles on it so far.  I previously had a leather
> Corbin, which arrived early in my ZX's career.
> For the record, I purchased it in August, 2001, with about 4000 miles
> (6500km) from the original purchaser, a gentleman in the southwest suburbs
> of Chicagoland.  He was wanting a Wing, and the ZX wasn't doing it for him.
> I seem to recall the price was $4500 or maybe a little less.  For a
> near-new bike, I was fine with that.
> It had just come out of the crate a year prior, one of many ZX1100Es being
> dumped into the market years after their prime days.
> I did a lot of stuff to it, of course, but first was the Corbin. The stock
> seat fit me very poorly, and the slide-forward shape drove me nuts.
> Now, as the bike's turning 92,000 miles (148000km), the Corbin's gotten,
> somehow, even harder than it was when new.  Not that I ever minded: I
> managed a good number of 500+ mile days with it, with a max of 830mi
> (1335km) on one fun day running out to Cleveland and back.
> That's excellent performance from a saddle.
> But...  there's a butt... and it's hers.  The Significant Other, while
> being built fairly narrow, still found the rear part of the Corbin to be
> unpleasant.  It's short, front-to-back, and got a weird shape.  Her long
> legs get bent up into Irish pretzels back there, and she declined the use
> of the bike (in favor of my equally old GL1800) every time.
> The OEM saddle actually did better for her, but it was still a
> half-hour-tops proposition.
> Here's the good news: the Laam is far better for the backseater, and we've
> even worked up to a 100+ mile day with it.  The knees still complain, I
> hear, but at least there's enough saddle, and in the right enough places,
> to serve.
> So, based on these early returns, I would not hesitate to recommend a Laam
> for this bike.
> Meanwhile, my old Corbin, with the beading going a bit bare and the
> leather doing some weathered cracking, sits.  If anyone out there is
> interested in it, I would be glad to talk.  The shipping expense could be
> daunting, but it's worth a discussion.
> Here's your picture <http://www.cherryriver.com/Laam%20ZX%20seat.jpg>of
> the Laam.
>
> Bill Zeller
> Lemont, IL
>
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