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Old Jul 20, 2008 | 09:47 PM
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Has anyone had these inserts installed and how much of a difference do they make?

http://www.ridenleather.com/

 
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Old Jul 20, 2008 | 09:54 PM
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check out mean city cycles
 
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Old Jul 20, 2008 | 11:24 PM
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Gel inserts dont breath atleast they have NEVER WORKED for me or the lil lady MONKEY BUTT
 
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Old Jul 21, 2008 | 02:06 AM
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www.bitchnstitchninc.com&nbsp\\;. The Gel is okay. But the custom shaping is the way to go
 
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Old Jul 21, 2008 | 07:08 AM
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About the only thing I hate on the 08 UC is the seat, it sucks.&nbsp\\; Bought Saddlemans gel pads covered in the fake sheep skin, and it is the bomb, bought one for the better half also.&nbsp\\; Wouldn't leave home without them.&nbsp\\; A lot cheaper that new seat.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2008 | 10:58 AM
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Had gel inserts installed at the Sturgis Rally.&nbsp\\; Nice addition.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2008 | 06:50 PM
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Called Ride and Leather this morning and they set me up for the install this afternoon.&nbsp\\; They install the gel pad and then cover with a couple inches of memory foam.&nbsp\\; Put the original seat cover back on.&nbsp\\; Couple hundred dollars to do Ultra seat for rider and passenger.&nbsp\\; Looks good but I haven't tried it out yet.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2008 | 07:03 PM
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I had gel inserts installed in a seat and it was worse than before. Real hard. It felt good for about 1/2 hour-then like a rock.
 
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Did they put the 2 inches of memory foam over top of the gel inserts?


 
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Old Jul 23, 2008 | 05:25 PM
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Tried it out today.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\; The feel was a little more firm, but seems to work.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\; The real test will be later this week when I take a longer trip.
 
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