I thought I would get the gel seat because my friend let me try his bike and it was amazing. The stock seat on my bike had a seam that was hitting a nerve and putting my right leg to sleep as I rode. I put a gel pad on the seat and rode that way for a while, and then rode without it and the seam had "broken in" a bit more. Now my stock seat is pretty comfortable.
From what I hear from other riders, a gel seat can take time to "break in" too. My previous bike (Honda Shadow) had less than a 100 miles ride time on the stock seat(before I felt sore and limped off the bike) , and 300 plus miles on the custom seat I had for it. (before I just got tired and needed a stretch stop) It wasn't gel, but was a 350 dollar after market seat.
So far my stock seat has been comfortable even on longer rides and I am not considering the gel anymore, but I have to admit that Brent's bike was really NICE and probably more comfortable than an easy chair. Not sure why the seat you have is not feeling as good, maybe different material?
