Hammock Seat - Finally got it right
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Hammock Seat - Finally got it right
Stock FLHX seat? Ha! Good for posing but not for long rides. Sundowner seat was a little better but I still got monkey butt and wifey was not very impressed. Sent the Sundowner off to Mean City Cycles for driver cut down and set-back with memory foam under the driver and two layers of foam for passenger. MMmmmm, a little better, a great bucket profile for me and much better for the passenger.
Then comes the Iron Butt (NE1000) 1000 miles in 19 hours ride and my a$$ still ached the next day. So I rolled the dice and ordered a V2.0 Hammock Seat from the MoCo and four of us departed for a 1300 mile roundtrip to the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island. This seat is the one. No numbness and I could feel the suspension in the seat compressing on the high speed rollers.
The way we rode? Leave at 0800 and ride well above the speed limit for hours at a time, ( WFO on the Street Glide seems to be 122mph ) only stopping about every 200 miles for fuel. We would end the day at suppertime. In other words we were glued to the saddle for 8 hours or so. This seat treated me very well and I have no desire to shop for anything else.
Then comes the Iron Butt (NE1000) 1000 miles in 19 hours ride and my a$$ still ached the next day. So I rolled the dice and ordered a V2.0 Hammock Seat from the MoCo and four of us departed for a 1300 mile roundtrip to the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island. This seat is the one. No numbness and I could feel the suspension in the seat compressing on the high speed rollers.
The way we rode? Leave at 0800 and ride well above the speed limit for hours at a time, ( WFO on the Street Glide seems to be 122mph ) only stopping about every 200 miles for fuel. We would end the day at suppertime. In other words we were glued to the saddle for 8 hours or so. This seat treated me very well and I have no desire to shop for anything else.
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I should have added that I'm 63, 6'1" and 200 lbs. (with a skinny azz)
Really fussy about my equipment and this seat works extremely well. I would prefer a deeper bucket but that would limit the cush for the tush, using a backrest with this seat makes it all day comfortable. From my information this latest version has a hammock foundation for the passenger as well - wifey likes it.
Really fussy about my equipment and this seat works extremely well. I would prefer a deeper bucket but that would limit the cush for the tush, using a backrest with this seat makes it all day comfortable. From my information this latest version has a hammock foundation for the passenger as well - wifey likes it.
I should have added that I'm 63, 6'1" and 200 lbs. (with a skinny azz)
Really fussy about my equipment and this seat works extremely well. I would prefer a deeper bucket but that would limit the cush for the tush, using a backrest with this seat makes it all day comfortable. From my information this latest version has a hammock foundation for the passenger as well - wifey likes it.
Really fussy about my equipment and this seat works extremely well. I would prefer a deeper bucket but that would limit the cush for the tush, using a backrest with this seat makes it all day comfortable. From my information this latest version has a hammock foundation for the passenger as well - wifey likes it.
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From: Cedar Park, TX
The new hammock seat is supposed to be standard on the 11 Ultra Limited. If that is in fact the seat I received, I have not been impressed with the ride over the Road Zeppelin I had on the 03. It doesn't bottom out as much as the stock seat, I will give it that much but overall comfort on a 300 mile day has not been there for me. I am glad you found something that works well for you.
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Joined: Jul 2010
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From: illinois
I love my Hammock seat too....... 1400 mile weekend kept me laughing at my riding buddies and their hurting backsides...... like a recliner that hauls butt......
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