Best seat
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I Also have been looking for a new seat for my King which looks more like a ultra every day.
I was at the Local dealer and talk to a guy that had just made a 3500 mile trip over 7 days and of course he stated he had the best seat there is and it was custom built for him by Day long seats.
I look at his seat And I must say that it looked very very comfortable.
So, I went to the www.day-long.com web site, basically $710.00 to build you a seat on your seat pan. They also offer their own back rest system and there own heating system.
Well, by the time I priced everything out that I might have wanted the total would be 1161.40 And that was with solo heat only, I figured I could keep the wife warm.
If I were to spend that kind of money for a seat Harley better not ever change the frame again.
I was at the Local dealer and talk to a guy that had just made a 3500 mile trip over 7 days and of course he stated he had the best seat there is and it was custom built for him by Day long seats.
I look at his seat And I must say that it looked very very comfortable.
So, I went to the www.day-long.com web site, basically $710.00 to build you a seat on your seat pan. They also offer their own back rest system and there own heating system.
Well, by the time I priced everything out that I might have wanted the total would be 1161.40 And that was with solo heat only, I figured I could keep the wife warm.
If I were to spend that kind of money for a seat Harley better not ever change the frame again.
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The trouble with seats is you can't test any of them and my butt is probably a lot different than yours so any seat I like, you might not. Personally, I believe any high quality seat is better than the stock seat. I put a back rest on both my bikes and that REALLY makes riding much more comfortible. I have the stock seat on my Heritage and the HD aftermarket seat on my Road KIng.
Last edited by barjbar; 08-23-2010 at 05:29 PM.
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Whatever seat you get check out the Airhawk seat cushion.
http://www.airhawk.net/
http://www.airhawk.net/
I had my 09 seat reworked locally with gel and foam by Dan at Bitchn Stitchn. I just did a Saddle Sore 1000 mile ride in 21 hours. The seat was good for about 600 miles then I pulled out my airhawk. We were stopping every 2 hours to top off fuel and stretch the legs & my ridding buddy and I swapped the airhawk at each stop from there on out. Alternating made a huge difference. Both the seat and the Airhawk have some pressure points, but they are different pressure points. So after riding with the Airhawk for 120 miles or so, I could go back to the HD seat and feel totally comfortable again. This is a lesson that I will not soon forget and implement on road trips from now on.
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