allows the rider to roll their backside across the seat from side-to-side, through the use of toothed belts and tapered rollers.From Brit Brothers:For almost a century the motorcycle seat has seen little advance in either its design or function. And yet

SITTING ON a comfortable motorcycle seat could help erection difficulties - that's the claim being made in a new study.Last year, Visordown reported how researchers declared there was a possible link between motorbike riding and higher levels

of its thrust towards the introduction of semi-active suspension.According to new patent documents filed by the firm, the Bavarian company is working on a new seat with “a damper system under the seat surface that absorbs and reduces impacts

.So last weekend I took a virgin (not in that sense) pillion for a blast around Northern France. Full first ride report to follow shortly but I wanted to mention the heated seats. Sure, for her, I thought the heated seats would be a deal-maker and might buy

ACERBIS - suppliers of motorcycle race products - have developed a new seat, which will be exclusively used by Team Scot and rider Gabor Talmacsi, on the satellite MotoGP Honda.The X-Seat GP, as it's known, is made in one piece carbon fibre

– the Honda’s seat fell off the bike. What a bummer!

THE WORD in the MotoGP paddock is that the Fiat Yamaha squad wanted Ben Spies to fill Rossi's seat.Limited by the 'no rookies' rule, Yamaha were in discussion with Dorna to make an exception, however other MotoGP teams kicked up a fuss once

YAMAHA team boss Davide Brivio is looking for a rider to replace Rossi but says that if it were up to Yamaha alone, they'd not replace him at all.MotoGP rules state that Rossi needs to be replaced by Barcelona. MotoGP pundit Julian Ryder reckons that it won't be a current MotoGP ...

AUDI is considering the acquisiton of Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati and is expected to make a decision by the end of April.Audi, who are owned by Volkswagen AG, have laid their beach towel out on the sunlounger of Ducati and have the right of first refusal. They are cons...

Now everyone can ride a 1200GS - well almost...BMW MOTORCYCLES have announced several packages to lower the seat height on a selection of their models for 2008. Depending on model this will bring the seat height down about 55mm (a little over 2.in