Opinions wanted on best seat choices for more comfort on longer rides.

 

I like my Sundowner, but i'm sure you'll get alot of different answers on this one.

 

I have been having same problem, I think I might give mean city cycles a shot at doing my seat!

 

What are the positives and negatives of the sundowner seat?

 

Well now it all depends... I've had 9 back surgeries and I bought the Sundowner with the adjustable back rest then sent it to Alligator Bob and he customized it for me with real leather... it was pricey but worth every cent. It makes me nuts that folks spend thousands on paint and bling and forget the seat....

 

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IMHO, you will need to actually sit and ride, ride, ride on a seat before making a decision. I know hard to do. or be prepared to shell out some $$$ using the process of trial and error.

my 2 cents: start with Mean City Cycles using your stock seat

 

i got my seat done at mcc. left ther and went to s.carolina .on the way back had some adj. done to the seat . road 800 miles home . sent the seat back when i got home . allen redid the seat ,[this is on a 08 ultra ]. rode a couple of poker runs ,starting to get use to it . rode 200 miles yesterday and 175 miles today on runs . i think the seat is almost broke in.my *** didnt hurt at all yesterday or today .it was 85 deg out today also.i was a little worried about it when i got it back ,but after this weekend i think it is going to do just fine. work done at mcc

 

for my streetglide, the stock seat was horrible, i thought till i put on a sundowner. after a 700 mile ride, i removed the sundowner, sold it, and went back to the stock seat. then i found a roadglide seat. this roadglide seat was far superior in all ways to both the stock sg seat and the sundowner. perhaps cause i'm 6'4" tall, and the sundowner foam just seemed to go dead in the first couple hundred miles, but it was also butt ugly. for me, the rg seat is great. just my opinion though.

 

I have the sundowner also with the adjustable backrest and love in. When riding 2up you can leave the backrest in or remove it in 2 seconds.