I don;t know if this will be helpful; on my 09 I have had the stock ultra seat, cop seat, 09/10 FLHX seat and the H-D brawler solo.
the brawler was the lowest and furthest back ( at least an inch back and down from the FLHX seat) the seat was good for around town but really too hard for more than a couple of hours.
The farther back position required a bar adjustment- some require a bar swap.
the lower position gave me stress on my hips.
with a more upright position you are lifting your foot off the floorboard and just putting it down.
with the lower position I was having to lift all of my leg, rotate it outwards and drop the foot.
This became a "thing". and I sold the seat.
well, am thinking of pulling the trigger on this, question is- should i get the gunmetal/stitched one or the plain one?
My concern w/ the stitched type was when it gets wet, water gets into the seat. Anyone have thoughts on that? I like the stitched one better but lean at the function of the one w/out the stitching.
which to get....price isn't an issue, nearly the same cost.
There should be a waterproof membrane under the cover, at least there is on my Corbin. That is a 'bucket' style which collects rain water, but in umpteen years has never let water into the cushion.
id go with smooth look myself. what if after a year the stitching comes out. its common it will fray etc etc... I have also heard that a stitched seat can hurt ur *** more jmo
Here's the official word on our seat's water resistance.
OEM seats feature cheap welded covers, barely-adequate foam and plastic bases. Mustang seats are of a higher degree of craftsmanship – as such, the covers are sewn by a stitcher at a sewing machine one panel at a time. You can’t get that hand-crafted look any other way.
As our seats are hand-stitched, they are not waterproof, and we do not advertise them as such. However, with regular maintenance, the seats are very water-resistant. We use a thread with wax in it to stitch the seats, and we treat each seat’s seams with ProtectAll before it leaves the factory.
We recommend using ProtectAll (a vinyl-specific treatment containing carnauba wax) to clean the seat and treat the seams once or twice a month as part of the regular maintenance of the bike. Carnauba wax is extremely effective at keeping thread from absorbing water. Bee’s wax is also effective for maintaining a moisture barrier.
Never use leather-specific or petroleum-based products on a vinyl seat. The chemicals can interact with the plasticizers in the vinyl, causing discoloration, fading, cracking and premature wear.
If the seat does take some water after a rainy ride, remove the seat from the motorcycle, bring it into a dry, warm place and let it dry with its nose tipped downward. Water will not damage our foam, but we recommend that you do not ride on a soaked foam if possible, as the weight can cause the closed cells in the foam to rupture and collapse the foam’s integrity.
Using a rain cover when the seat is parked in the elements, or when washing the bike, is another wise precaution for keeping the seat dry.
There should be a waterproof membrane under the cover, at least there is on my Corbin. That is a 'bucket' style which collects rain water, but in umpteen years has never let water into the cushion.
yea dunno. Seems many seats I read about anymore don't have the membrane, Ultmate for example. HD does (at least my seats do)
id go with smooth look myself. what if after a year the stitching comes out. its common it will fray etc etc... I have also heard that a stitched seat can hurt ur *** more jmo
yea, that was my thought on the stitching too. Your jeans rub on it etc, eventually won't the stitch come out?
have never heard the butt-hurt thing before, but I don't own any stitched seats so haven't researched them before.
Here's the official word on our seat's water resistance.
OEM seats feature cheap welded covers, barely-adequate foam and plastic bases. Mustang seats are of a higher degree of craftsmanship – as such, the covers are sewn by a stitcher at a sewing machine one panel at a time. You can’t get that hand-crafted look any other way.
As our seats are hand-stitched, they are not waterproof, and we do not advertise them as such. However, with regular maintenance, the seats are very water-resistant. We use a thread with wax in it to stitch the seats, and we treat each seat’s seams with ProtectAll before it leaves the factory.
We recommend using ProtectAll (a vinyl-specific treatment containing carnauba wax) to clean the seat and treat the seams once or twice a month as part of the regular maintenance of the bike. Carnauba wax is extremely effective at keeping thread from absorbing water. Bee’s wax is also effective for maintaining a moisture barrier.
Never use leather-specific or petroleum-based products on a vinyl seat. The chemicals can interact with the plasticizers in the vinyl, causing discoloration, fading, cracking and premature wear.
If the seat does take some water after a rainy ride, remove the seat from the motorcycle, bring it into a dry, warm place and let it dry with its nose tipped downward. Water will not damage our foam, but we recommend that you do not ride on a soaked foam if possible, as the weight can cause the closed cells in the foam to rupture and collapse the foam’s integrity.
Using a rain cover when the seat is parked in the elements, or when washing the bike, is another wise precaution for keeping the seat dry.
Thanks. I have used the Protect All before, works great on seats and many things.
=> I'd have to ask, the seat without the stitching would take on less water then the seat WITH the stitching, correct?
also, sounds like you don't do the plastic barrier thing w/ your seats? (is there a drawback to that barrier?)
I ask as out East last summer I had quite a few days where it was raining all day and I had to ride to get from A to B so not riding wasn't an option. Same in New Orleans year prior (poured down there every AM).
Thank you. The Mustang seats I have seen have been a quality build.
yea dunno. Seems many seats I read about anymore don't have the membrane, Ultmate for example. HD does (at least my seats do)
Does Mustang do that? Guess I could call/ask...
Save you a dime. (A dime?!? How old am I??)
We've experimented with all sorts of things like that. Plastic membranes, seam tapes, "waterproofing" chemicals; you name it, we've done the experiments. All these have fallen into three categories: isn't effective with our design and building techniques, doubles the cost of the seat, and plain old doesn't do anything.
If we could find a cost-effective and performance-effective means to make the seats waterproof, we'd be doing it and so would a lot of other aftermarket companies that currently don't.
12-20-2016, 01:54 PM
New Mustang Seat: Super Tripper Classic - FL Touring models 2008-up => 1" backwards
