14nooby
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posted December 18, 2009 01:13 PM
Catalyst Seat
I just wanted to share my experience with the catalyst racing seat. First of all I want to make it clear that this is a quality product and looks very nice. If you are a light weight like myself and are short I highly recommend not installing this seat. I rode a 14 with this seat and 100% gods honest truth when I left the starting line my ass slid back so hard into the fiberglass lip it almost made me vomit! I hit that little tail bone thing or what ever you call it and it just HURT! I decided to not be judgemental and made one more pass with it and same results except this time every time I shifted it slammed my tail bone into the lip of the seat. I guess its the perfect height for my tail bone or something. Another complaint that I had was that I could not get my weight over the tank which resulted in bad 60ft times. It still hurst when I sit down ( I know I'm a vag but just sharing with any lightweights out there)
  
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Wheelie
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posted December 18, 2009 01:17 PM
you want to sell it cheap?
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14nooby
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posted December 18, 2009 01:19 PM
No, it wasnt my bike. My buddy has a brand new one for $140 if you are interested. Thats the reason I tried it just to see if I wanted to buy this $140 dollar one.
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posted December 18, 2009 02:21 PM
Noob your just.. Well. Ya know!  my ass is big enough it fills up from front to back of the seat! Naw, really, the way I take off is I go ahead and scoot al the way back in the seat (it also helps my big belly tuck) and there no slamming into the back of the seat.
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Shane661
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posted December 18, 2009 02:34 PM
 Edited By: Shane661 on 18 Dec 2009 22:35
They have a seat that is smaller in the pocket for jockey-sized guys like yourself. That is probably the one you need.
I love mine; even for street rides sometimes it is fine...
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14nooby
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posted December 18, 2009 02:38 PM
THX Shane, Dusty just told me the same thing. I would probably like that one.
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posted December 18, 2009 02:47 PM
Edited By: SteveWFL on 18 Dec 2009 22:48
I've seen people street riding those seats with the beads on the seat like the suicide bomber taxi drivers in NYC have 
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eklipse636
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posted December 18, 2009 02:54 PM
I ride with mine on the street sometimes, about 20 min at a time is all I want. Chad if you guys make it up jan 2nd ride mine and see what ya think
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Shane661
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posted December 18, 2009 02:59 PM
What's going on Jan 2?
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smokinZX14
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posted December 18, 2009 03:26 PM
I told you that seat sucked balls ....
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SixSixoh6
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posted December 18, 2009 04:13 PM
thats how i felt when i rode my buddies gix1000 for the first time at the strip. def hit my "boys" on the tank when i launched, and it bucked since his clutch is messed up. scarred for life holmes
im still buyin this seat though.
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eklipse636
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posted December 18, 2009 04:17 PM
Just a tet and tune. Big advertised$ all day thing.
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posted December 18, 2009 05:41 PM
The catalyst seat helped big time for me. I was sliding back hard on the stock seat and making it very difficult to foot shift. First time at the track I was really digging it...until about the 4th or 5th time I launched it and realized that my coccyx (tailbone) was really starting to hurt. After a few more launches my assbone was in PAIN. I truthfully could not sit down easily for over two weeks - no exaggeration. About three weeks later when I went back to the track, I taped a gel bicycle seat cover to it. I took a lot of grief for that ugly ass thing, but it worked. I later bought a gel pad and glued it on, then painted it the same scheme as the stock seat/cowl. Doesn't look to bad, and I don't have anymore problems with it.
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Shane661
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posted December 18, 2009 05:43 PM
A lot of leathers have a padded area where your tailbone is; most likely for reasons such as this.
My whole body aches after a day at the track, I don't worry about it too much.
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posted December 18, 2009 05:59 PM
No Shane, I'm not talking about being sore, which I am as well after a night at the track, I'm talking about a severely bruised tailbone where I could barely sit for a couple of weeks. Ouch! Here is my original bicycle seat abomination.
And here is my seat with a covered gel pad, paint, and chrome nin symbol. Not too bad looking, and believe me when I say it helps.
One bit of warning, which Halvefast warned me about before I got the drag seat; it can and will break your lower seat fairing.
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Shane661
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posted December 18, 2009 06:01 PM
Edited By: Shane661 on 19 Dec 2009 02:03
I've bruised my tailbone as well, but that is why I got some leathers with that are padded in that area. It makes sense to have the pad added to the leathers, imo.
I got the same sore tailbone on Racheal's '03 Gixxer after a long day...and that was stock seat/cowl!!
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posted December 18, 2009 06:04 PM
Edited By: smokehouse4444 on 19 Dec 2009 02:05
No doubt about that! I still wear padded bicycle shorts under the leathers just for a little added padding, particularly for that bumpy ass road back to the gates. 
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14nooby
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posted December 18, 2009 07:10 PM
quote:
The catalyst seat helped big time for me. I was sliding back hard on the stock seat and making it very difficult to foot shift. First time at the track I was really digging it...until about the 4th or 5th time I launched it and realized that my coccyx (tailbone) was really starting to hurt. After a few more launches my assbone was in PAIN. I truthfully could not sit down easily for over two weeks - no exaggeration. About three weeks later when I went back to the track, I taped a gel bicycle seat cover to it. I took a lot of grief for that ugly ass thing, but it worked. I later bought a gel pad and glued it on, then painted it the same scheme as the stock seat/cowl. Doesn't look to bad, and I don't have anymore problems with it.
Sweet!!!!!!!!!!! I felt the exact same pain still! I thought I was just a big Vagina. LOL
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posted December 18, 2009 07:11 PM
Im a cyclist and the shorts we wear have many different size pads with different thickness.Any good bike shop will have all of the above and they do help.
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posted December 18, 2009 07:19 PM
Mine works great for race track use,not to much fun for the street,but i kept my stock seat if i ever ride on the street again. Gilfriend made it for me with a 1/2" piece of carpet pad and sewed a cover over it. It's held onto the seat pan with industrial velcro.
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14nooby
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posted December 18, 2009 07:23 PM
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Mine works great for race track use,not to much fun for the street,but i kept my stock seat if i ever ride on the street again. Gilfriend made it for me with a 1/2" piece of carpet pad and sewed a cover over it. It's held onto the seat pan with industrial velcro.
That actually looks good. Great idea
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eklipse636
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posted December 18, 2009 08:38 PM
I think I might look into rocket scientist zx14fan's biker shorts. His bike might run like a turd, but at least he knows his tights!
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posted December 18, 2009 08:53 PM
I put a Jones House of Power seat on my 12 it was similar to the Catalyst and it bruised my tailbone black and blue. I had a car shop put a 1/4 pad with some friction material on the back part and that helped but it hurt like a bastard until I got used to it.Honestly dollar for dollar a seat was the best modification I made on my bike.
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posted December 18, 2009 10:23 PM
I guess my fat ass finally gets the upper hand at something. My fat acts as a cushion. Been over 1600 passes on a catalyst seat, and no issues yet.
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posted December 19, 2009 05:49 AM
My first time at the track on the catalyst was very painful ! The catalyst bruised my tailbone , but it also bruised a lot of Busa boys egoes ! It helped me reach the ground without tiptoeing ! No really, so now I can do a so so burnout , and that , the weight loss , plus the lower gravity was just enough to put me in the 5s!! The pain is worth the GAIN !!!!!
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