+1 on the hair dryer. I've always used Snow Seal on my motorcycling boots. It doesn't break down the leather the way silicon based products do. The proof? I'm still wearing a pair of Giudici boots my wife bought me over 20 years ago.
+1 on Sno Seal. My Dexter hiking boots have been my winter footwear since 1977. Had to re-sole them but the uppers are as solid as the day the boots were new.
I want to offer a warning...I have a Corbin seat that is also very slippery. I slide forward, I push myself back; I slide forward, I push myself back. Frustrating, but that's the routine.
I have leather Corbins on all three of my bikes. My riding pants are all Cordura or mesh. They all have some degree of slippage. My old VFR with a smooth leather Corbin was by far the worst and most dangerous as under hard acceleration you would slip back violently, especially when the temp outside was under 80 degrees. I nearly lost control a couple of times when riding hard. Solution - a fresh coat of Lexol leather treatment, the kind that comes in the brown bottle. Sold at Tractor Supply. Really good stuff for all of your leather gear, seats, boots and leather car interiors. I carry a small shampoo bottle full of this stuff on all the bikes, just in case I start slipping. A little bit goes a long way.
The front of the seat in the middle setting and the rear of the seat in the lower setting. Might have to bend the rear metal seat tangs back a bit. Rode my ST for 12 years that way. Worked good lasted a long time.
