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Best seat
I need advice on a good touring seat to replace the stock on my 09 Ultra. I am riding to Alaska next year and can't handle the stock seat. Rode the stock out west this year and it killed my a$$.
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From: Orange Co, California
I've never tried one but I find it hard to believe anything else out there can compare to two rider adjustable air bags under your butt. My Sundowner is just fine for me but if I was planning any cross country trips, I'd give serious consideration to the Zepplin.
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From: Toms River, NJ
This question has been covered as much as oil...... LOL But for my 2 cents, I have to say Corbin. On my 09 Ultra, I had the stock, sundowner and stock with MCC and by far, the Corbin, heated with the new corbin back rest is the best hands down my my a$$. Not cheap, close to a grand but so far worth every penny. I was speaking with the sales man in Daytona who told me Corbin has been using a different machine to mix the foam used in the saddles, which makes a "better" product to break in faster. I have always liked the Corbins for workmanship and true leather, now to me, they feel as good as they look.
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You'll get a ton of different answers, and it's really going to depend on what's comfortable to you. I had a MCC-modified stock seat that was great up to about 300 miles. At that point, the foam had collapsed and I was sitting on the seat pan (and I only weigh 190 pounds). The Road Zeppelin gets rave reviews, but there's no way I'd consider a vinyl touring seat, they just don't breathe.
The Corbin DualTour I have now is, so far, the most comfortable motorcycle seat I've ever been on.
The Corbin DualTour I have now is, so far, the most comfortable motorcycle seat I've ever been on.
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Road Warrior
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OK I am gonna put my 2 cents in after 2 Ultra's and to many miles to remember on the Road Zeppelin, I bought an 09 and needed a new seat...rather than wait for the new version Road Zep I purchased a Harley Hammock seat and let me tell you...its more comfortable than the Road Zep. I just got through putting over 8,000 miles on in a little over a month with my wife and put many 600+ days in the saddle and always ready for the next day with no sore butt at all! My vote is the Hammock seat.
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+1 for the hammock seat..... I purchased my bike after my big trip so I haven't had any really long days on it, but the ~600ish miles from my home to the dragon and the same trip back up were proof enough that it is worth every cent. I was the only one who showed up at every gas stop without an ache or pain..... FWIW I'm just over 300lbs most of the year and I normally bottom out a seat pretty easily.... this one with the backrest has been really good to me.
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