(Posted this in the general forum too...sorry if that's frowned upon.)

I just brought home my first Harley, a 2011 Road King Classic in Root Beer that I couldn't be happier with (Upgraded from a Kawi Vulcan 900 which was my first bike). The first experience on the bike was the 1300 mile trip from Whitefish, Montana home to the Twin Cities and I love it.

The only problem is that my fiance is not happy with the stock seat for the passenger (the backrest is fantastic though). I've got a week and a half to resolve that because we're planning on taking a 1500 mile mini-honeymoon on the bike after the wedding. We love the crosshatching on the seat matching the saddlebags, so I'm hoping to get our current seat moded with some memory foam...

Anyone know of any local places to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area that can do this? I've heard upholstery places might be able to, but being I only have the one seat and limited time, I can't really afford a place to mess it up.

TIA
Jason

 

It might be easier, quicker, better to go to one of the local dealers and try some of the different seats that are available. The sundowner is a fairly popular choice for both rider and passenger. You can go one piece or two piece with these and they look good on a road king. I've got the sundowner solo w passenger pillion and backrest . My wife and I really like it.

 

Thanks, I'm definitely going to do that as well and the sundowner looks like an option. I'm guessing it's going to raise me up a tad though and I'd actually like to be lowered a bit. I didn't notice if the stock seat was one or two pieces...if two I could just replace the passenger pillion for now.

 

I haven't looked for a while but one of the seat options used to have the crosshatch to match the leather bags. Your stock seat is one piece. Seat and handlebar upgrades are very common on road kings.

 

I ran over to my local Harley shop and checked out the Sundowner that matches the FLHRC trim and ordered one up.