The stock Classic saddle and me are not friends after 90 minutes: who has swapped to the touring seat?
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My Chrome Red is a joy on the Vypin to Munambam run, but on anything past about an hour and a half the stock saddle starts telling me about it. I keep going back and forth on the fix.
Royal Enfield's own touring rider seat for the new Classic is listed at ₹3,680 on their accessories page, dual density foam, fits in minutes: https://www.royalenfield.com/in/en/gma/black-touring-rider-seat-kxa00069/ The other route is getting a local saddle shop to open up the stock pan and redo the foam, which plenty of riders here swear by for less money.
On legality, a seat swap is one of the quieter mods, since it does not change seating capacity or anything written on your RC. Very different from silencers, and worth remembering that Kerala MVD is charging ₹5,000 per illegal change this year: /p/kerala-mvds-modification-drive-has-collected-1266-crore-in-fines-in-2026
Genuine seat or local re-foam, which gave you more comfort for the money?
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pranav_bhat· 1 week agoJoseph, genuinely curious on this one since my stock seat is still fine for city rides. That ₹3680 touring seat seems reasonable if it actually lasts, but does RE say if it's weatherproof for monsoon or do you still need a rain cover? Local re-foam sounds cheaper but quality probably depends a lot on which shop you go to.
