Sargent World Sports Performance Plus standard height seat with CarbonFX upholstery and red welt on 2019 BMW F 750 GS.

It was 1991 the last time I bought a motorcycle and settled for the OEM seat. When I sprang for a new BMW F 750 GS, it didn?t take many miles for my backside to request a seat upgrade. Now Sargent Cycle Products offers its range of World Sport Performance Plus seats for BMW?s latest range of mid-size adventure bikes (F 750 / 850 GS and GS Adventure). 

The heart of these seats is Super Cell Atomic Foam, Sargent?s proprietary blend of resilience, firmness and vibration-absorption qualities. The seat foam is wider than stock and contoured to enhance lateral support and distribute pressure evenly. A central relief channel (where seat foam is strategically absent) takes pressure off your crotch and tailbone. 
Sargent has added another comfort innovation. Inside the Super Cell foam, a quarter inch below the surface, resides a layer of memory foam that absorbs pressure points while retaining the Super Cell foam?s suspension qualities. Talking with Mark Todd, Sargent?s President and R&D chief, I learned that memory foam, while wondrous stuff, is notorious for wear if it?s allowed to make direct contact. Sargent?s clever design prevents such wear. 

Embedding memory foam also allows Sargent to include a flexible heating element for riders who want the option of bun warming on demand. (BMW does not offer a factory heated seat option...