


I am fine with the standard seat (I slip a thin 'close cropped' sheep skin on for long rides) as it doesn't get cold enough here to use a heated seat, but I read that the "comfort" seat is better than the standard pad (a smidge taller though if you are height challenged). I am 5' 9.5/10" with 32" inseam so I fit the Gt....just

I am also a 'Luddite' and must admit to not spending the cash on MSR.

The weepy seals are just a PIA and look unsightly - seems to be a WP thing, but I found some hardened bug guts had been trapped in one dust cover and it had scratched a fine groove into the fork leg - hence I did a fine cross hatch to re-seal that issue - others just ride the thing and the fork seals dry up as they wear in (some say it is factory assembly grease draining out). Allan had a big issue with his forks - maybe he got the ones a WP factory assembly worker botched.....he's had them rebuilt under warranty so that should be all good now).
Maybe WP use really soft seals or maybe they are not double/triple lip seals......weird as all my Jap bikes have never had weepy fork seals unless they had stone chip damage (I put extra shielding on forks to reduce this).
The 40T sprocket seems the go, though I have the added challenge here in Aus of trying to buy a steel one (no one wants to sell me one.....


