Hello all. Thanks in advance for any thoughts on the subject.


I bought a 2011 Road King Classic, last august. Love the bike except for the stock seat after a couple hours.


Anyway found this forum, and the a thread for Mean City Cycle! Going to have them work on the seat.


My question is should I have it recovered in leather, fabric or stay with the stock cover?


I had a recliner redone with a coarse black, almost canvas like, fabric used for truck seats. It appears very rugged and has good breathability and very comfortable. Considering having the seat recovered with this and having a white vinyl rain cover made. The rain cover would be on when the bike is parked outside or being ridden in the rain.


Thoughts on that?


Also thoughts on original vinyl vs. recovering in leather.

Also opinions on adding the heat options



Thanks
John

 

I've never had a bike that didn't get caught out in the rain. And that would be the reason I wouldn't want a fabric seat. Though a fabric slip cover...maybe.

 

Get an Alaskan Sheepskin cover to lay over your stock seat. Search sheepskin for comments.

If you only ride on sunny days and the chance of rain, showers, sprinkler's, bikini'd bike washes is zero, then use fabric if you want. Vinyl always sucks, gets clammy, hot, sticky. A leather seating panel is more comfortable, breathes and is mostly water proof. But the stock touring seat was designed to force you to buy a better seat. Only a few lucky individuals fine the stock Harley seat acceptable and I have yet to meet one although they do show up on the internet forums.

 

+1 on Alaska Leather's butt pad. Mine goes on about this time and won't come off until Fall, and there's no way I'd think of travelling any distance without it. Makes a world of difference. Your butt won't sweat on the vinyl seat.

David

 

Fabric? No way on my bike. Do a search on google & you'll get some info on the vinyl or leather. I like the vinyl.

 

My luck with factory covers is that at about 2 years of age, the holes where the threads go through begin to enlarge and soon there is a small tear between 2 adjacent holes. My bikes are always garaged when not being ridden. I would opt for a higher quality leather or vinyl before wasting money on having the factory cover re-installed and then having to replace it in another year. I also would not go for a cloth cover. The foam is more or less a sponge and will keep your bottom wet for weeks after it gets wet.

 

.........???

Your f-in joking......please tell me your just trying to be funny!

I am now leaving this wanna-B
site permanently!!!!!

Please delete my everything!

 

you're joking right? no... don't let the door bump your butt on the way out. by!
kroozeabout.

 

Someone's a little off their rockher, man

 

its, don't let the door hit you in the @ss on the way out, ;-(

to the op, Harley makes a (road zepelin Low Profile) that uses somesort of breathable fabric, it drys quick, it has air bags with manual pumps, just sayin