Speaking of all day long rides (for those interested) the seat on the G5's is (IMO), excellent. I can easily ride a 200 mile ride without feeling sore or tired. These seats are the typical 2 person type from the 70's.
The tractor style single saddle used on the C5's has caused a lot of people to complain about their butts after 1/2 hour ride. I don't know why because it is sprung and looks like it would support a butt without a problem, but, I guess it leaves something to be desired.
I haven't heard much about the stepped seat on the B5 from anyone so I don't know where they fit into the comfort zone.
Gosh, you're right, the G5 and B5 seats
are different! I never noticed. I kind of liked the secure feel of that little step in the seat of my B5, but for me the seat itself is tooooo hard - coupled with the hard rear OEM shocks, it beat the piss out of my back. I put a "Lycette" style sprung solo seat on and it helped a lot; Hagon replacement shocks were, for me, a bust - a waste of rather a lot of money, since they made no difference at all that I could discern in either in comfort or handling, and a waste of time, since I had to repair a swing-arm bolt that I broke trying to change them -
... wait, I mean,
! They look good, though...
Seems like that G5 seat would allow for more fine-tuning of riding position on longer rides, something lacking in solo seat and the B5 seat. I wonder if that G5 seat would fit the B5?