I can only speak for my experience with Mustang. I have a Mustang Vintage Solo which is very comfortable. A friend let me use his Wide Vintage Solo with backrest a few weeks ago and on a 150 mile ride it was awesome.

 

Thanks....are you saying the Wide Vintage is substantially better than the Vintage Solo?

 

I have the Mustang Vintage Low Profile Solo seat on my ride. Love it, have done a 500 mile ride and no problems. Tongue is narrower and sits about an inch lower.

I had a rider back rest on the stock seat, actually needed it with stock bars. Stock seat okay for the ride. Changed the bars to the 14" chiseled and don't need the back rest anymore.
Still have the solo seat on her. You can see it in my sig

 

And yet another version of the Vintage solo....a low profile. Never saw that one before....perhaps specific to touring models.

 

I got to sit on a vintage yesterday and the seat is very firm....thought it would be cushy or perhaps I just have a boney butt.

 

Don't even sit on a Corbin then. Bought a used Corbin for a Kawi Concours and that thing was a brick. Contacted Corbin about it and they said the foam must have dried up. Rebuild cost was almost the same as new when factoring in shipping.

When trying out seats think how a cushy sofa feels compared to a firm one.
Cushy feels great at first. *** starts to sink in the cushy one in about ten minutes and offers no support.
A firm one feels hard at first but doesn't feel bad after sitting on it for a long period of time.
Plenty of tailbone support for longer trips.

 

I have the mustang vintage solo on my sportster custom XL and is very comfortable. I have the wide mustang vintage solo on my Vaquero and is quite a bit wider but very comfortable as well being on a full size bike. I was originally going with the wide mustang vintage solo on my sporty but wasn't sure how it would look. I have always had mustang seats to replace stock and have been very happy.

 

thanks for the explanation. Yeah figured it has to be somewhat firm to provide any kind of support

 

thanks for the distinction between the wide and standard...if I pull the trigger, I am going with the vintage solo (not wide). Thanks again

 

Thank you all for your input. If anyone is using the air hawk pad or HD circulator pad, please let me know how it is working for you.