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The issue that I have is that I like the looks of the stock seat... Bike only has 60 miles on it. I need to take it out for a long ride and see how many hours I can ride comfortably with the stock seat...
I also have the springer seat that I took off the 48...would just need the mounting kit from HD to install it... I just don't want to mess with the looks in the seat department....
To the OP, many choices as you can see... Mustang, Corbin, etc. Having a backrest (like many of the options provide) is awesome in really long rides...
I also liked the looks of the stock Slim seat but at 230 lbs, it felt like a brick covered by a towel in short time. I went with the Mustang Vintage Solo. I've had Mustang seats on most of my bikes over the years.
I ride a slim. I couldn't go but an hour or so on my stock seat before I started feeling it. I dropped 155$ and picked up a Softail Deluxe seat which has been awesome, but it doesn't mount on a Slim by default so some tooling is required.
I used to have a Mustang w/backrest on my Sporty. I LOVED that seat, but didn't want to drop the $$$ just yet on the seat as I have other things I wanted to do first. I'll eventually go back to Mustang.
What sort of tooling was required to wrestle the seat into shape?
Was the seat to fit the earlier -pre 2006, the models with the narrower rear fender, or later?
I'd like to see what seat options with OEM HD I can have, realising that modification is often necessary.
I had my stock seat recovered and a gel pad inserted. So Much better and I actually prefer it to the Sundowner 2 up seat I also have for when I have a passenger in my plans. Wish I had the Sundowner gelled up when I had it re upholstered. Oh well. Had them done in vinyl might opt for some leather next time.
Where do you have your seat recovering done? I currently use a Sundowner 2-up, but I'd light to have the stock solo seat modified / made more comfortable.
Where do you have your seat recovering done? I currently use a Sundowner 2-up, but I'd light to have the stock solo seat modified / made more comfortable.
Mean City Cycles... That is what I am doing...great bunch there...
I went with the MoCo sprung saddle. I was worried sick that I'd gone for looks instead of comfort. Turns out its the best seat I've had, and this is Harley #14.
Now discontinued according to the 2016 parts book!
Check part 52004-25, it's still in my 2016 P&A. Thats what I'm going with now, the Mustang Vintage solo I bought is super comfortable, but still going pogo I think. May end up selling the Mustang even though it's only a couple weeks old
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