Seat Help
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Seat Help
I have a 2009 FXD with mid controls. When I bought the bike it had a reduced reach seat that I hated and mad me feel like I was almost sitting on the tank.
I bought a Mustang Wide touring solo seat with back rest as I had the same seat (minus the backrest) on the sportster I sold. The problem I'm having is this seat is killing my lower back. I find that I'm sitting more on the big seat bun part to feel comfortable in the arms and legs but this hurts my back. If I put the back rest in and sit lower in the seat and agents the backrest my doesn't hurt as much but I feel like I'm reaching for the handle bars and I'm not really able to use my hips/legs as much with the mid controls. I'm looking into returning the Mustang seat but my local Mustang dealer I bought the seat from doesn't know what his distributor's policy is on returns so I could be stuck trying to sell it.
I'm 6' 2" 280 and I'm looking for some suggestions on a good seat that will keep my back from hurting and give me a upright (more "standard" type riding position ) than a laid back touring style. This bike is my more around town with the wife/solo and maybe an occasional hour plus solo ride. I have a bagger for any real long trips.
Thanks for you help I'm really getting frustrated (and poorer) with this seat search.
I bought a Mustang Wide touring solo seat with back rest as I had the same seat (minus the backrest) on the sportster I sold. The problem I'm having is this seat is killing my lower back. I find that I'm sitting more on the big seat bun part to feel comfortable in the arms and legs but this hurts my back. If I put the back rest in and sit lower in the seat and agents the backrest my doesn't hurt as much but I feel like I'm reaching for the handle bars and I'm not really able to use my hips/legs as much with the mid controls. I'm looking into returning the Mustang seat but my local Mustang dealer I bought the seat from doesn't know what his distributor's policy is on returns so I could be stuck trying to sell it.
I'm 6' 2" 280 and I'm looking for some suggestions on a good seat that will keep my back from hurting and give me a upright (more "standard" type riding position ) than a laid back touring style. This bike is my more around town with the wife/solo and maybe an occasional hour plus solo ride. I have a bagger for any real long trips.
Thanks for you help I'm really getting frustrated (and poorer) with this seat search.
Last edited by charger426; Jul 11, 2015 at 06:34 PM.
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As far as I know stock for a 09 FXD. But where my arms end up feeling right while in the backrest they would have to come back another 2" so even if I adjusted the bar it wouldn't be enough. I started to look at changing the riser/bars but thats going to be like $200 and it wouldn't help the problem of it taking away some of the bellow the waist turning I want to have with this bike.
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I had a similar issue with my 04, when I finally found a comfortable spot in the stock seat I was really reaching and leaning forward for my bars. I bought a 3.5 riser with 1.5 pull back and they fell real good now, like to change the bars for aesthetic reasons but not now.
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I wish I had a stock seat for a reference point. Since the bike came with a reduced reach when I bought it (bought it from a local shop that didn't get the stock seat) I really have no point of reference other than that and the now the Mustang seat. Fingers crossed that I can exchange the seat for another mustang one but after going to Mustang's site and seeing that they have stopped their 30 day return policy I have a feeling I'm going to be stuck buying another seat and trying to sell my wide touring. I think part of my problem is the backrest mount that is molded into the seat. Since that area is molded into the fiberglass structure I can't really crush it down when sitting back further so thats jamming into my back.
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Is there a local Harley Dealer/shop?
Our local shop has "demo" seats for folks to try,, they have "DEMO" embossed all over the fabric so nobody rides off with a new seat,, give'm your drivers license/info and try a seat out for a few miles.
This is the Mustang Regal Duke on my 09 FXD, and fit's in almost the exact position as the factory original,, yet the square back give's me a little more low back/tail bone support. It give me something for my butt to be against,, I like it but I'm 5'7".
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I have one a few miles away. I had always had good luck with Mustang and even had the same seat (without the backrest) on my sportster and liked it hence why I just bought one for the Dyna. If I can't get an exchange it wouldn't be a bad idea to go and try some Harley seats.
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The whole thing would change if you put forwards on the dyna,, those are kuryakyn 9063's on mine. Even at my size the mids had me cramping my knees
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To be honest in the back of my mind I keep thinking that but I like the mids for the type of riding I will be doing on this bike. Plus I went out and looked for a bike with mids and probably could have found one cheaper with forwards lol.
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So I got my new wide tripper in and its worse than the wide touring. the seat frame is driving into my lower back. I went for a 20 min ride and kept moving around trying to get my back form hurting and never did. Got home and sat down for a few min and when I got up I couldn't walk right. Is a Dyna just not a bike for me or is there something I'm missing here? I didn't have this problem with the Sportster and I don't have any probs with my Electra Glide