Seats and bad tailbones?
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Seats and bad tailbones?
I broke my tailbone when I was young and my stock seat kills me after a couple hours on my FLHTC.
I have the streetglide style seat so it is not the big stock seat that came on my 05 FLHTC and I like the look of it sporty but still has enough pad on the back for my lady to ride and be comfortable. I want a replacement seat that she will like and that will help my tailbone not hurt so much. I keep getting told that it is because of the Harley seat being too soft and having a plastic pan that also bends and that I need a seat with a steel or fiberglass pan anyone have any experience with this and have any suggestions for me? I looked at Corbin but the seat I like only works on the newer bikes and not my 05, I want sporty but with a 12 wide passenger pad is it too much to ask?
I have the streetglide style seat so it is not the big stock seat that came on my 05 FLHTC and I like the look of it sporty but still has enough pad on the back for my lady to ride and be comfortable. I want a replacement seat that she will like and that will help my tailbone not hurt so much. I keep getting told that it is because of the Harley seat being too soft and having a plastic pan that also bends and that I need a seat with a steel or fiberglass pan anyone have any experience with this and have any suggestions for me? I looked at Corbin but the seat I like only works on the newer bikes and not my 05, I want sporty but with a 12 wide passenger pad is it too much to ask?
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Stage III
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I have looked at Mustang, Corbin and a couple others the problem is the sporty looking ones I like have almost nothing for the passenger and I want her to be comfortable since I want her to ride with me but I do not want one of these road coaches as they call them on my bike. The one I have now is sporty but also wide enough for her to be comfortable, if I could find one that looks just like it but stiffer and firmer I would be very happy. I talked to Corbin because they have one that is close but it is for the new bikes not the 05 and they say it will not work and the one they have for mine with the same name looks way different and not as nice, I asked if they could make the newer one to work on the 05 and the answer was no, so why do they say they are custom seats if they will not customize them?
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You might try to contact a local automobile trim shop and ask them if they can replace your current foam with something much harder. I had a seat reshaped and a gel pac inserted for my wife and she loves it.
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From: Vegas Baby
Shattered tailbone here...
In April of 2008, with the help of a chick on a cell phone in her SUV, I crashed my '01 Fat Boy. The result included a shattered tailbone, about a month and a half later I got a 2008 Road Glide. The stock seat has a gusset built into the pan to accept a rider backrest however that gusset took away from the cavity I needed in that area. I contacted Danny Gray to make me a solo seat, granted the seat looks awesome with custom stitching but they thought that putting in a gel insert would help me, I thought so too. To put this into perspective, get a "Stretch Armstrong" figure, punch it...you'll see it doesn't give. Now, think of the bumps on the road, train tracks, pot holes, animals. Not long thereafter, Harley introduced their Signature Solo with backrest....it has the support I need and a backrest to make readjusting easier. Some have said, Gel is a winner...it is if you are not as heavy as a most men are. Keep this in mind...your tailbone. A backrest is first and foremost, you can lean back to relieve pressure, use it to shift around. Padding is second, your body determins this, try on a few bikes like yours with different seats, go to bike rallies and talk with the seat builder and most have a jig with samples. Custom seats are hard to return to the maker, that can be a big hit on dead presidents resting in peace in the wallet. Just a heads up.
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I do have the Harley backrest but do not like how it looks and feels like it has me to far forward, guess I should stop slouching so much. Lol
I emailed Mean City Cycles to see what they have to say, at least having my seat modified I would still have the same looks that I like and spend less money, I think but it may not solve my problem. I know sitting on other seats sounds like a good idea but my tailbone does not act up until after an hour or longer on the bike so I would really need to use a seat on a long ride to know if it would work for me and no way of having that option and do not have any friends with my same ride and aftermarket seat so kind of stuck with spending a bunch of green and hoping it is the right choice.
I emailed Mean City Cycles to see what they have to say, at least having my seat modified I would still have the same looks that I like and spend less money, I think but it may not solve my problem. I know sitting on other seats sounds like a good idea but my tailbone does not act up until after an hour or longer on the bike so I would really need to use a seat on a long ride to know if it would work for me and no way of having that option and do not have any friends with my same ride and aftermarket seat so kind of stuck with spending a bunch of green and hoping it is the right choice.
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From: Vegas Baby
Thats a nonconditional comprimise when running a two-up seat. Solo seats have the backrest a bit farther back. Look into making modifications on the backrest pad upright. I have had to do metal fab work on alot of things I add to our bikes due to the Sheeple attitude of many manufacturers out there. Get a seat that has most of what you like, go to a reputible upholstry shop with bike and work with them. My wifes seat needed the thigh area trimmedand the guy took n electric carving knife to the foam, it took a couple times but she can flat foot the pavement. Local shops have a new attitude due to the economy...they look at your needs now.