deluxe seat?
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Stage IV
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deluxe seat?
Bought a new 2013 Deluxe. Love the handling, but hate the seat. After about 45min. my tailbone hurts soo bad that I must pull off. Had 'Ride and Leather' refoam and it helped some, but still not enough. Any suggestions as to a new seat? I am 5'-8" and weigh 170. Should be something out there.
Bought a new 2013 Deluxe. Love the handling, but hate the seat. After about 45min. my tailbone hurts soo bad that I must pull off. Had 'Ride and Leather' refoam and it helped some, but still not enough. Any suggestions as to a new seat? I am 5'-8" and weigh 170. Should be something out there.
I actually bought the Deluxe seat for my Blackline as I found it very comfortable. By the way, you would need to brake it in as mine is broken in now maybe thats why. I love the deluxe seat.
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I had the same issues. My tailbone would hurt so bad I would have to pull over and get off of the bike for a few minutes. I did 2 things. I had my stock seat reworked with Gelfoam. I had it lowered and pushed back a tad. I put Gangster apes on my bike too. It changed how I sit in the seat and my tailbone has not bothered me one single bit since. Just exactly which one of those helped most? I don't know and I don't care! All I know is that problem solved. I would have to say that they both played a role in fixing the problem.
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From: Boston, MA
My seat on my new deluxe hurt for a couple weeks. I just had my 1k service yesterday, and am quite happy with the comfort now that it is broken in. No plans to change it, but wish I could remove the skirt.
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Just take and have it recovered to remove them. Mine is stock seat no mods just recovered. Not expensive to do.
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Stage IV
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Thanks; I will keep the stock seat for awhile and endure breaking it in. I would prefer not spending on a new seat right off.
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Joined: Feb 2013
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From: Indianapolis, IN
I had the same problem with my tail bone on the stock seat as well. I just bit the bullet and bought a Mustang seat with a backrest and I am currently in heaven.
I will be putting my stock seat on E-bay soon if anyone is interested in re-foaming, etc to keep stock look.
I will be putting my stock seat on E-bay soon if anyone is interested in re-foaming, etc to keep stock look.
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From: High in the Colorado Rockies
The Deluxe seat sucks (I know a few will disagree with that statement)! After 10k+ miles, I swapped it for a Le Pera Maverick Daddy Long Legs seat and its a HUGE improvement. In addition to not being real comfortable, the Deluxe stock seat is built for riders who are maybe 5-5 with short legs. Rework the seat (maybe Mean City Cycles) or dump it. You can sell it on EBay like I did. As far as breaking in the seat, it was just as uncomfortable at 10k as it was at 1k. SJ Ron