Best Seat For A Bad Back
Road Warrior
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From: Detroit, the asshole of America
Had a Corbin on my last sportbike and was pleased with it. Finally broke down and bought a classic solo, passenger pilion, and backrest from ebay after watching for awhile, buying used I paid about half price for everything (score!). I haven't mounted it to the bike yet but sitting on it in the house it's just perfect, it's cradling support instead of just sitting on a flat cushy surface. I can't wait to ride with it this year once the weather clears up.
I'm probably still doing apes this year as well to force me to lean back against the backrest, which should help some too.
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Rich`s Custom Seats in Kingston, Wa. He redone the stock seat on the 2009 RK amazing what the difference it made. L4-L5 fused here as well. Can ride alot longer than I can sit in a car. Also have 16 inch wild 1 bars on the bike as well. He shaves off the foam and does a combo of memory foam tops it off with gel if you want. Good luck
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The RKC sundowner seat has the basket weave leather like on your saddlebags and if you use it with the adjustable backrest, its a great combo. If you dont ever ride two up though, I wouldnt get the sundowner. The back part of seat is pretty large.
Last edited by 1931jamesw; Feb 4, 2011 at 01:07 PM.
Road Warrior
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From: Atlanta, GA
I have the Sundowner seat and love it; this is combined with Heritage Style bars and the Harley standard rider backrest. This is a good combo for me. It is not too hard to score a used Sundowner seat in the classified section here for $100 bucks off or so. If you like apes, that would be a good thing to get too in combination with the backrest. I am happy with the standard backrest and not sorry that I did not spend the extra $ on the adjustable one.
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From: Shenandoah, TX
I have a crushed T8 and have 16" apes, back rest, and air ride cop seat. I had this combo on the last two bikes, and can ride all day long with no probs at all. Leaveing for Daytona from Houston 3-5 and planning to ride to Talahasse first day. Did it last year on my 05 and was fresh as a daisy.
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Re: Seat
The yr of my bike is 2010. Well the handle bars was going to be my next question. Before the RK I had a Softail Standard and that was the only bike I ever had that didnt have 15" ape hangers (4 bikes b4 that all had them). It had drag bars. My arms used to always go numb, instead of changing everything this time I just bought what I dreamed of (RKC). Gotta say my body is beat to hell from construction lol. Anyways my point is I am most comfortable with ape hangers. Do you think they would help put me in the position I need to be in?
Thanks for the great replies.
Thanks for the great replies.
Doug
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The best $50 riding investment I ever made. I have a bum disc as well.
I run the stock E-Glide seat, this back support makes you sit right.
My issue was not seat / backrest support, it was a posture - slouching thing.
I had a $600 mustang seat, it was comfortable but it was more like a band-aid than a cure to the issue.
From a fashion standpoint..I have to wear a cut anytime I'm on two wheels so the support does not show. I seldom wear it on short runs, but for any trip longer than 150mi I won't leave home without it.
If you are a T-shirt / Shades kind of guy, it may not be for you as it has a dork factor. On the other hand If you carry, it works out well.
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I run the stock E-Glide seat, this back support makes you sit right.
My issue was not seat / backrest support, it was a posture - slouching thing.
I had a $600 mustang seat, it was comfortable but it was more like a band-aid than a cure to the issue.
From a fashion standpoint..I have to wear a cut anytime I'm on two wheels so the support does not show. I seldom wear it on short runs, but for any trip longer than 150mi I won't leave home without it.
If you are a T-shirt / Shades kind of guy, it may not be for you as it has a dork factor. On the other hand If you carry, it works out well.
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