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Mar 15, 2011 | 10:17 PM

3itodd

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gel seat inserts

Hey whats going on I have heard about this being done didnt know if anyone has it done and your opinion of it.. I have heard of a local seat guy that takes your seat and shaves it down a little bit and inserts a gel pad in there for more comfort and then recovers it.. Is it worth it for that long ride for the added comfort? Thanks!

Mar 15, 2011 | 10:30 PM

bagman1

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Theres a local seat guy Ive been doing business for almost 20 years and he is starting to do the gel insert on motorcycle seats. Some day I will look into one.

Mar 15, 2011 | 11:01 PM

gtrb

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Had this done on our Ultra and it was worth it. My wife wanted to do this and I thought it was a bunch of hooey. She had a blue gel pad that she liked until it lost it's elasticity. Talked to a local bike upholster that does this. He uses the orange gel that is much better than the blue. He had used the blue gel on some bikes a long time ago and had to replace them, the blue gel doesn't last. Since it was done I don't hardly use the highway pegs. Plan on having it done on the new bike.

Mar 15, 2011 | 11:07 PM

tenn.vol.

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Almost 15 yrs. ago, I owned a 93 FXSTC and I did everthing I could to get
the vibes off me, grips, syn. handbar bushing, foot pegs and single fire ign.
BUT the greatest single help was when I had the stock seat hollowed out
and a gel insert installed. MOST defiantly the best bang for the buck! Tenn.

Mar 15, 2011 | 11:45 PM

notrailers

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I had a le pera Silouette with Gel Insert on a 07 Road Glide. I rode from Sturgis to the Bay Area in a 1.5 days. Yes, I was beat up but I would of been with any seat.

Mar 16, 2011 | 09:00 PM

bwdogman

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I had a gel pad installed in my 08 flhx and didn't seem to help. Sent the seat to mean city cycle they took it out and reworked the seat and it's better now without the gel pad an their work.

Mar 16, 2011 | 09:39 PM

shagnasty

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I had a sundowner on my RKC that I put the gel insert in. I couldn't tell it was in there. When its hot outside, the sun heats it up tremendously and it burns your a%$.

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Mar 17, 2011 | 05:41 AM

Gambler1

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Don't mess with gel, gets hot and stays hot. Call Robbie at Mean City Cycles they are the best..

Mar 17, 2011 | 07:56 AM

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cdestuck

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Ditto, have talked to a lot of guys that have tossed their gel pads. Talk to the guys at MCC about redoing it with their mwmory foam. Did it here and no complaints