Saddlemen Seats?
 

For those of you that asked the question, here's my first thoughts:

If you want a quality seat:

DO NOT, DO NOT,:mad::mad::mad::mad:
DO NOT NOT NOT NOT:eek::eek::eek:

NOT

order a SADDLEMEN SEAT.:mad::mad::eek::eek:

The quality of workmanship is the worst thing I've ever seen.

And embarassingly enough, I've gone through ringer with them twice.

If you want photos, pm me and I'll email the story and the photos.

These are some misc. photos of both seats they sent me. They don't even look like each other!!

Story to follow...........................

BLAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH


PUKE

IMHO of course

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That looks like dukie on a stick. Sorry for your trouble. I will keep my stocker.

spiz

I love my Road Zeppelin seat. I can ride all day pain free.

I am very pleased with my badlander, sorry you've had so much trouble

Love my Saddlemen seat...:eek:
I've had it for 3 years and won't buy another bike
without one.

I bought a Saddleman seat and it started ti split the first weekend I used it, luckily they took it back without any hassles. I now have a Corbin Dual Tour and couldn't be happier.

no experience with them, but you can easily see from the pics that the seats you received are of very poor craftsmanship. I dont know how anyone would let that out of the factory... and for it to happne twice!? I went with Mustang, I can honestly say I dont think I could happier with what I got...

Sorry to hear about your problems. I've never owned one.

Now as far as the gap between tank & front of seat? I had a H-D Sundowner on my 2001 Road King which had that same problem. H-D response was for me to buy the tank bra that fits there or a console replacement part. I learned to laive with it until I sold it.

I also have a Mustang 1-piece touring seat and could not be happier.

I was pleased with the customer service and the quality of the road sofa I bought, but the seat just wasn't what my wife and I were looking for. We liked our sundowner better and saddleman took my road sofa back. I was only out the shipping bill.


Dennis

I bought a Road Sofa a couple of years back and discovered it scratched up my fender and frame due to it resting directly on the fender without any rubber bumpers like my Mustang has. Maybe they've changed it since then but "once bitten twice shy" I'll never own another one.

Rick

I ordered one of their adjustable air bladder seats a few years ago. They told me they were having trouble finding a new vendor for the bladders and would ship the seat as soon as new ones were found.

I still haven't heard back on that one...

That's because their customer service is PITIFUL

sounds like they are taking cs lessons from corbin!!

They did me good 8 years ago on my first purchase.
I called these clowns after they sent me the wrong seat. It took 3 weeks to get the right one. They were supposed to send a UPS pickup sticker for the original seat. After reminding them a couple of times (2 phone calls and a couple of emails) I got tired of it taking up space and I sold it on Ebay making the second seat darn near free which I also sold and replaced with a Mustang which being cheaper actually put a few $$ in my pocket.

It's quite ironic when I think about it. Saddlemen bought my Mustang to replace their junk seat.

Rick

Rick,

Same story here. They said that they'd send a UPS pick up with the second seat and didn't. Today they tell me the UPS #, because they don't issue pick ups!! Joke. And they said they'll issue a refund after seeing that the seats were in resalable condition. What? One reason why they had to send a second was that the first got damaged, along with the paint on my perfect frame, trying to put the damn thing on the bike! And while he's telling me how to press it hard on the phone.!!
I emailed them that I take no responsibiblty for damages. To think that they're going to sell the fuked up seats to someone else??!! Unbelievable!
I'm tempted to let it sit in the garage for a while. Oh wait....they owe me money.:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

I feel bad for you, especially since I recommended the Saddleman. I have the Renegade Solo. It's top quality leather & workmanship. Goes on and off easily and is very comfortable - run with it most of the time. Other seat is a Corbin.

I bought a Road Sofa several years ago for my old Goldwing. The seat they sent was not trimmed on one side and was longer than the original, making me have to get a tourpack extender just to get it on and use the adjustment for the seat. My grabrails had to be removed, and the seat was so wide I couldn't use the backrest either. I ripped a small hole trying to get it to fit. I called them to see whether they shipped the wrong seat, and was told I got the seat I ordered. The seat was not much better than my wornout stock seat, and still sits on the bike today.

Later I bought a 2000 ACE Tourer and wound up buying an Explorer Special seat from MAW on a clearance and loved it. Sure was glad the second go round turned out so good, because I couldn't return it to MAW and would've had to deal with Saddlemen directly.

Saddlemen definitely has issues with quality at times, and customer service is terrible.

I tried to buy a road sofa for my sg. I never could get one and I tried hard. Discontinued because of problems I believe or unavailable for some reason. From reading this, sounds like I got lucky. I'm now on my third seat, a sundowner. Mustang solo w/backrest and passenger pillion--to hard, to small. Mustang 1 piece touring seat--comfy but sits up to high. I like the low position of the sundowner, we'll see how it works out.

I tried a Sundowner Solo but it pushed me too far forward. I also tried a double Sundowner and it was a total winner. Super comfy. I was close to buying it but really didn't want a two-up seat.

Bumped.
I'm a CORBIN seat fan, have a dual tour and Classic Solo. Great looks, great craftsmanship, uber-comfortable.

Thanks for the info, lots of folks always searching this site for opinions on seats. I have had Mustang, Corbin and now C&C. Never tried Saddleman and now probably never will.

I have always heard that saddleman never seems to fit a bike, scratches the frame and seems to be in poor quality. I see that this reputation and quality have continued for many years now. I wonder how they stay in business.

They sell saddlebags...that is the bread n butter item at Saddlemen...Mustang or Corbin are the seat companies...

+ 1 on the Corbin...

Always sucks to hear a story about how a business made something shoddy and then doesn't make it right with the customer.

If they don't make it right then all they are is common cheats.

I's hates cheats :mad:

The corbin on my softail s*cked, like sitting on a board. The only thing worse than it was a lepera maverick like sitting on a brick.

I had a saddlemen in the past, and loved it. Infact I wouldn't mind having another one. I do understand that sometimes, every company creates products that are sub-par. When humans are building anything, there will be instances where a bad product slips out.