2008 Train w/ Sundowner seat & MoCo sissy bar & backrest

 

The seat (is it called king/queen?) and sissy bar off of a softail custom might be another option to look at. It looks good on the custom anyway.

 

I know what ya mean about the look of the sundowner on a NT but I'll only have it on when the missus wants to go for a ride. I've got a Brawler solo seat for when it's just me.

 

I'm gonna go the opposite way, and say screw all the Harley seats. My feeling is Harley had the opportunity to put a comfortable seat on my bike when I purchased it. Why should I have to pay them extra money for a better seat? I purchased a Mustang seat for my sportster when I had it and loved it so much, I am rocking one on my new fatboy lo. I say do some research before investing more money with harley on a product they should have done right the first time around. Just my 2 cents, though!

 

Well, to be fair, I don't think that any experienced rider whose butt isn't made out of iron would buy a Nightrain and expect to ride 14 hours straight on it. The stock seat is great for 2 hours or less... bar hopping and styling around town, in other words. I made mine into what they are now calling a 'softail convertible' but it looks even better when it isn't converted into a touring bike than that 'new' model of softail. I bought the extra seat, etc. the day that I bought my new Nightrain, so I knew what I was getting into.

The real issue is that Harley doesn't make a bike that does it all if you are over 35 and if you want to do it all, then you need to own more than one bike. When I was a kid, I rode any bike I had anywhere I wanted to (except motocross) for as long as I wanted to... of course, back then you could stop anywhere and camp along the side of the road an no one would bother you, either.

 

I was thinking about putting a Sundowner on mine, mostly because I don't like the 2 piece look of the stock Lo seat, and the pillion on the rear is just not wide enough for a passenger on longer trips. Friend of mine has the Sundowner on a Night Train, and it looks great, my only concern is on mine, will it raise the seat height any and push me forward?

 

Yes, it will make you feel like you're riding on the tank. What year is your buddys Train? If his is a '06 and later wide tire Train his seat will fit your bike. Test his out on your bike before you buy.


Mike

 

Yeah it looks good, and the rider seat is nice but my wife has requested something different for her, she said it wouldn't be bad if it were wider. We had a mustang touring seat on the sportster.