Ok, I'm a little shorter than you, I'm not sure that would work for me. Thank you for the reply
Ok, I'm a little shorter than you, I'm not sure that would work for me. Thank you for the reply
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How can one go about purchasing a custom seat from out of town?
Kvette, that is a good question. But first...Welcome to the forumOriginally Posted by Kvett
The answer is....there are many aftermarket seat manufacturers that are sponsoring vendors of this forum, like...Mustang Seats...Ultimate Seats...Corbin Seats. Those are the easiest to order, as you simply click on the header banner when you see their name at the top, and it leads you to one of their websites, from which you can order a seat. All are good, so it is a matter of which seat would "fit" you best for your specific body needs, and then which seat "looks" best, for your desired image of what you want your bike to look like.
Many of us choose function over fashion, and then again...there are some that choose fashion over function. That choice is yours.
Personally, I have the "ugliest" seat that is made, but for "me" it is the most comfortable seat that a serious rider could ever use...and that is a Russell Day Long Saddle.
Now, for a truly customized, one off seat, made just for you, there are choices out there, like Russell Day Long Saddles, and Rick Mayer Seats, but these companies are not sponsoring vendors of our forum, so I will mention them, but not promote them. They can easily be found on the Internet, with a little searching. Both of those are in Northen California, within 10 miles of Redding Calif., and if you are not able to ride there to have your seat made in person, they both do about 75 % of their business from "mail in" seats. Their websites explain this all.
So, back to our regularly scheduled program.......our forum sponsoring vendors, take a look at the Mustang, the Ultimate, and the Corbin...and also go to some of the other forum vendors like WingStuff, and many others that are listed on the Home Page, and look through their website, as they are the distributors of 93.14159 % of the available product out there, and make it easy for us to choose a vendor and buy most of our aftermarket items form one vendor. I.E., I buy most everything I can from WingStuff, because as a VIP member there, I save a lot on prices, and the customer service is excellent.
If you have more specific question, please just ask, as there are a LOT of aftermarket seats already on these bikes, and many others can help you.
Kvette,
Also welcome to the forum!
To elaborate on my friend from the great northwet's comments: I also choose a custom built Russell Day Long seat. I however did mine long distance. Russell collects your measurements (see website) but needs to build the seat on a stock seat pan so I suggest you purchase an additional stock seat from the classified section of this forum (or ebay) for $150 and have the seller ship it directly to Russell. That way you can still ride while it is being built (they are usually several weeks behind). Then when you get your Russell seat sell your original seat for $150.
Now that being said; If I had to do it again I would check out a Mustang seat (not available when I got my seat done). I love the way it looks, lowers the seat height and offers lower back support. I also recently found out Mustang is quite knowlegeable about comfort and has developed a proprietary foam density and also takes the bikes ergonomics in to account to offer long haul comfort in a great looking package.
As Miles said form and/or function are your choice. I usually go for form over function but have a "glass ass" and need a comfy seat for the dozen really long days I ride each year. Hope this helps.
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