Bruce, I am quite knowledgeable on this subject, as I currently have the very first seat for an F6B that Rick Mayer made...on May 9th...3 weeks ago, and I have had 10 seats made by Russell Day-Long seats.

The Rick Mayer seat "will" raise you about 1.5 inches also. That is a given. The Russell seat will raise you about 2 inches. The Rick Mayer seat will look good, and add to the looks of the bike. The Russell seat will look ugly, and take away from the looks of the bike. Personally, from my point of view...I do not care about the looks, as I want long distance comfort.

Now, my Rick Mayer seat is for sale. I have a 30.5 inch inseam, and I can sit with both feet flat on the ground, when stopped. If I sell my Rick mayer seat, then I will have Russell make the 11th seat for me, and it will be ugly, but...when my butt is on it, I don't care.

As for backrests...the very best in the world is the Utopia. They are now available from Utopia, and from Wingstuff. Wingstuff got the very first shipment of them from Utopia. Rick Mayer can recover the Utopia backrest to match the seat...and recover the OEM Deluxe passenger backrest to match the seat.
Job done.

I will never own a Ultimate seat...ever again. Worst seat I have ever owned, and that includes the Corbins.

So, if you want a Rick Mayer seat, that now has 6000 miles on it in the last 3 weeks, let me know.