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I know better than to use Armour All, but the fact is that the seat on my Suzuki M50 is vinyl. So that means that within a couple of years if it is unprotected that it will crack. What can I use to protect the vinyl without making it slippery?

The seat should last a decade or two in constant direct sunlight before cracking becomes an issues.

Less worrying, more riding.

Don't use any leather wipes or stuff like that on your seat. You'll be sliding back and forth when braking and accelerating. Motorcycle seats tend to be very good in surviving the worst.

I keep my bike out all year round and it's been through many sheets of ice and yet it still looks good. Some warm water with a mild soap is good enough to clean it or you can spend a good amount on a leather cleaning kit for stuff like jackets or saddles.

Dunno why you're so concerned! Keep your butt in it and it won't crack from the sun!
Wrider

JC Viper wrote:Don't use any leather wipes or stuff like that on your seat. You'll be sliding back and forth when braking and accelerating. Motorcycle seats tend to be very good in surviving the worst.

I keep my bike out all year round and it's been through many sheets of ice and yet it still looks good. Some warm water with a mild soap is good enough to clean it or you can spend a good amount on a leather cleaning kit for stuff like jackets or saddles.

I use a leather cleaner on my seat and I dont move at all after "shining" it up. course my seats arent vinyl either.

Wrider wrote:Dunno why you're so concerned! Keep your butt in it and it won't crack from the sun!
Wrider

My thoughts exactly!



My bike is a 2000 with no wear except the hole I put it in it in 2006

Mr. Invisible wrote:I know better than to use Armour All

Why do you say that? I used it on the pebbly vinyl on my BMW F800ST seat. It was slippery at first, but OK sense.

RockBottom wrote:

Mr. Invisible wrote:I know better than to use Armour All

Why do you say that? I used it on the pebbly vinyl on my BMW F800ST seat. It was slippery at first, but OK sense.

People have been known to slide right off the back of the bike under hard acceleration. My neighbor did exactly that a couple of years ago (after I told him not to). It was pretty funny to watch.

Now y'all can see why I asked, and I can't keep my butt in it all the time. At home I can keep it in the garage, but at work it will be sitting outside in the weather. I am just trying to make it last.

flynrider wrote:

RockBottom wrote:

Mr. Invisible wrote:I know better than to use Armour All

Why do you say that? I used it on the pebbly vinyl on my BMW F800ST seat. It was slippery at first, but OK sense.

People have been known to slide right off the back of the bike under hard acceleration. My neighbor did exactly that a couple of years ago (after I told him not to). It was pretty funny to watch.

I always ride in velcro jeans