WRP seat review 2" rise

I got to try out my new WRP seat and I'm pleased with how it works on my short track Nytro. I've had my '08 since new and over the past two seasons I noticed my knees hurting during races or aggressive trail riding. When I started off this season I looked at my sled set up with fresh eyes. What I noticed was how low my stock seat was. I'm not a tall guy so I never looked into a taller seat but this season I paid attention to the ergos and figured out that my legs were bent at 90 degrees when sitting and the transition from sitting to standing took more effort than it did on my dirt bike.

So after talking to Marc at WRP seats I had one coming my way as a kit. I went with a kit to save on shipping since it costs a bunch of money to send anything to and from Alaska. Anyway, I wouldn't recommend getting the kit unless you have a pneumatic stapler or an upholstery shop in your town. Marc warned me about the install and tried to talk me out of it but I of course love to learn things the hard way so I didn't take his advice. My Dad and I have installed lots of seat covers over the years and it is not hard to do. You just take your time and be patient. But the difference here is that the Nytro has a hard, plastic seat base that is very difficult to shoot staples into. My electric stapler wouldn't even drive the 1/4" staple into the base. Next day I bought the most powerful electric stapler our small, local hardware store carried and had better results but it still didn't go smoothly. I couldn't get every staple to drive in all the way and had to go back and use a hammer and drift to drive them in the rest of the way. A pneumatic stapler is what'd you want to do the job. In any case I figured a race sled is never done or perfect so we got it on and it looks nice.

The seat is made up of new foam and a cover. The foam is nicely shaped and firmer than the stock seat. The seat cover is stretchy and looks nice on the sled. I'll get some pictures posted tomorrow. I like the logo because it isn't huge and guady so as to break up the lines of the sled.

So... how does it perform? Really well. Just riding out of my yard my first impression was that the seat was too firm. That went away after a few miles. By far the most noticeable difference is the ease in which you go from sitting to standing. After mounting it in my garage I thought it felt perfect with the OFT steering post relocator I installed at the same time. Out on the trail everything felt great! One thing that surprised me was how I was able to grip the seat with my legs like on a dirt bike. It allows you to have more control. Cornering seems more natural to me as well because I'm in the attack position like on a dirt bike. I noticed when I slid forward, I was able to brace off the WRP seat better for the corners than I could with my stock seat.

I also rode the sled off trail and played in the powder and because the transition from sitting to standing is so effortless, the sled was easier to throw around.

Overall I'm very happy with the seat and wish I would have had one from the beginning. Kinda hard to believe that a 2" taller seat makes that much difference but it does. Add in the OFT steering post relocator and the Nytro is more controllable and feels natural when riding and cornering.

New Seat

I was thinking I could use a little more padding under my big fat Arsh.
Can you please post some pics.

The 2 inches must be comprise of padding that would help soak up some of those whoops????

Here are some pics of my sled.

love mine also....high quality piece, takes a bit to get used to it...........feels much taller than 2" due to firmnes. would never give it up

Best money spent on my sled hands down.

Re: New Seat

jonnygym said:

I was thinking I could use a little more padding under my big fat Arsh.
Can you please post some pics.

The 2 inches must be comprise of padding that would help soak up some of those whoops????

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Yes, the additional foam and the firmness will help isolate you from the bumps. I noticed the same thing with the Boss seat I installed on my Vector a couple years ago. I could tell my stock foam was breaking down since it felt like I was sitting in a hole. I didn't realize how much it broke down until I rode with the WRP seat. It's been a good upgrade.

WRP Seat

Wow Great looking Sled!
do you have the site you ordered it from?

Thanks

Thanks, I like the all black seat. Because I cross-country race I went through WRP directly but Paul at Sled Solutions was very helpful and he had them in stock. If you are in Alaska than Gueco Racing now carries the seats as well.

http://www.sledsolutions.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=164_168_205&products_id=584

WRP is working to get dealers to have their seat mounted on a showroom sled so people could see and try it out before they bought.

nice seat i need one

09nytro said:

nice seat i need one

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$329 plus tax and I can have one to you by Monday maybe Friday.

does this save weight also?

japex said:

does this save weight also?

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No, if you're looking to cut weight the Skinz Light Weight seat kit is the ticket.

http://www.ty4stroke.com/viewtopic.php? ... highlight=

I noticed on the WRP site that they offer a seat thats white, is the entire seat white, or just part of it? Thanks!

fergdog93 said:

I noticed on the WRP site that they offer a seat thats white, is the entire seat white, or just part of it? Thanks!

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Solutions, do you happend to have a picture of the blue seat? Also, I know this sounds picky, but does the Assault embroidery come in white as I don't like the read lettering. Yup, that sounded picky...LOL!