Agree with everything here, but am surprised the one single thing that gives the biggest increase in comfort hasn't been mentioned.
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A good sheepskin seat cover.
I first fashioned mine from an old but good-quality sheepskin coat back in 1996 for a trip to Ukraine and Russia. Never did I find a better device for greater comfort.
That old coat provided a few covers for different bikes and I just used the last piece of it to renew the cover on my Yamaha.
So I looked on ebay to see what's for sale.
You can find old coats selling for 30GBPounds or less and in my opinion, the old ones will be far better quality than the newer.
(My coat was originally bought second-hand by my Dad in the 1970s, so age is unknown. Probably 50s from the style of it. He gave it to me and I wore it for many years until 'wear and tear around the edges' led me to find this new use for it).
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