I'm confused. You didn't like the 899/1299 seat on your 1199? One of the mods I did over the winter was replacing my 1199's seat for an 899/1299 seat after I test rode a 1299 one day (felt more comfortable and less slippery). First thing I did was procure an 899 seat off eBay! Unfortunately riding season ended before I got to test it out, though.