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Hello,
Wife is too short and can't see above me. Is there a passenger seat height upgrade I can get?
2021 Ultra Limited Too low for her On this bike she can easily see above and towards front.
My wife has an air cushion from Wild ***. She got it a couple of years ago at bike week and she loves it. It gives her a more comfortable ride and lifts her up. I call it her booster seat. We got the cheaper version and it was $100 but like I said shes used it for a couple years now and about 30k miles and its still going strong.
You could check with Mean City Cycles. Maybe they could rework your seat and raise the pilion height and then recover the seat. They're a top notch shop.
Wife is too short and can't see above me. Is there a passenger seat height upgrade I can get?
2021 Ultra Limited
On this bike she can easily see above and towards front.
That pic doesn't even look like a Harley to me.... You're comparing apples to oranges.
Even within the Harley family, the softail frames have a larger "step", or space between the driver seat & passenger pillion mounting areas than the Touring frames. So almost any 2-up seat on a Harley Softail will have a bigger step between the two, putting the passenger pillion higher than one on a touring bike like yours.
For the Harley touring models, you have less "step" or space between the driver & passenger seating areas. There is only so much room to work with on a touring frame. You may have to lower your seat a little and/or raise her seat a little to achieve the difference in heights you are looking for.
The easy way is adding a layer, as suggested by nickrat. There are several seat pads on the market. Some really add to the comfort level.
Customizing a seat through a shop like Mean City Cycles could be your answer. But be careful. Achieving the height difference you are looking for could negatively affect the comfort level of both seats.
Also, look at various seat companies to see who may exaggerate that space in their basic seat design.
FWIW...
I hope your wife has considered the effects of sitting "above" you all the time. My wife is 5'6", I'm 5'8"... she sits above me on my bagger, and a bit more above me on my softails... she'd rather be behind me to block wind when she chooses, and just look around me when she chooses. But everybody has their preferences.
Maybe have her try a seat pad, and see fi she likes the higher prespective as much as she thinks she will, before altering or buying a seat.
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