Quote Originally Posted by Rickc View Post
Well yesterday I received the new RDL seat that was custom made for me. Installed it and rode to work this morning, about a 30 minute ride.
Besides almost being run over by a car switching lanes not seeing me or using a turn signal to indicate the switch which puckered me up the seat felt pretty comfortable.
It does set me up higher but gives more support to the under side.
I do have a longer reach to the bars, my arms are extended more and that is a concern.
Not sure if I'm sitting back further or the reach is further because I'm sitting higher or a bit of both.
I'll give it the break in period before I judge.
The RDL will compress about 5% in time and if you want to pull the bars back a little I used the show chrome risers https://www.amazon.com/Show-Chrome-A.../dp/B000GZPX5G. I kept them on even after putting the Helibars on and they worked perfectly. Give yourself 500-1000 miles before making any assessment and you'll see it is the best $ and upgrade you could have done. With the stock seat you can't wait to get low on gas so you can get off and stretch but the RDL makes you wish you had a bigger tank, 10 hours no problem.