Fat Boy Comfortable Seat?
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Cruiser
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From: Dallas
Fat Boy Comfortable Seat?
I'm looking to buy a Fat Boy in a while and I'm currently doing all of my research and whatnot before doing so. I would like to hear from those of you with the experience before I do so. What, in your opinion(s), is a really comfortable seat (2-up OR single), for both commutes to work AND road trips? I guess I should make it easier, what is a really good comfortable seat.........period. I ask this because I have seen more than a few folks comment that the stock Fat Boy seat gets a little hard on the *** after 30 minutes or so. Thanks for any info. 
Road Warrior
Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Peoria, AZ
I've had my stock seat for almost 8K miles and it's almost bearable. And yea, it does toughen your ***. I've gone 2 hours on it before without stopping and it wasn't bad. Of course that was after about 4-5K miles of breaking in the seat (or toughening up you *** however you want to look at it).
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Joined: Jun 2006
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From: Maryland
My thoughts on this; 2007 FatBoy stock seat is fine but I found it sat me too high, I prefer to be in the bike and not on it. Have a LePera BareBones Solo for scooting around town and short rides. It sits me down and back which I prefer but it's not a long haul seat. Also have a C&C Sport Tour for riding two up, again, it sits me down and back. The g/f and I did a 340 mile round trip on it two weeks ago and decided that's the longest we would want to be on it. I'm 6'5" and no *** so finding the "perfect" seat for me may never happen.
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Joined: Oct 2004
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From: Long Island, New York
I still have the stock seat, and find it very comfortable. I generally ride 30 to 40 miles a day at work, and go on one major trip a year (in excess of 2000 miles). The bike has 55,500+ miles on it. I've thought about a new "more comfortable" seat, but if it ain't broke ... Hope this helps.
Cruiser
Joined: Sep 2007
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From: Hebron, Indiana
I put a LePera BareBones solo on my 08 FatBoy, found it was too rough on my a$$ for longer rides and went to a Harley Sundowner from Zanotti.com. The Sundowner lowers me almost as much as the BareBones and to me is much more comfortable for longer rides. It did bring me forward an inch or so, but I have short 30" legs.
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From: Bellevue, NE
I had an '05 Fatboy for a couple of years until I traded for the Ultra. Stock seat sucked, tried a Mustang, little better, tried a Sundowner, lots better in my opinion but not very good looking. Good luck!
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