New seat first or shocks?
 

07 ultra 30k miles. For getting better long travel comfort would you change from stock seat or stock shocks first? What brand of each in ya'lls opinion?

That would depend on what bothers you the most, butt burn or back pain. I have a Corbin dual tour that I love and Ohlin's #3-#3 shocks. I also have the HD Premium Ride dual cartridges in the forks. A very pleasant and enjoyable ride no matter the distance and time in the saddle.

If the stock seat isnt an all-day seat for you I would go with that first, assuming what your looking for is a comfort improvement. The shocks will give you an improved ride and a handling boost, but if your looking to make a difference with long distance riding I would say seat first, then shocks.

My personal favorites are mustang for the seat and Ohlins shocks.

Seat first 100% of the time.

Your dealer should have some try before you buy seats. That might be all you need.

Awesome, thanks. Unfortunately haven't had time to really get a good ride in to determine discomfort, just thinking ahead to next spring. Was thinking of some stuff to take care of over the winter.

Shocks are in the picture part of the time, good shocks, bad shocks are not much of an element on smooth level road. For long range touring there can be a lot of long, smooth road. The seat is in the picture 100% of the time. I agree with the above -- do the seat. Your butte will thank you.

For long range comfort, I would change the seat first and I recommend Mustang.

love my lepera. also loved my C&C

Sundowner seat...most bang for the buck...i bought my bike new..1000 miles and the stock seat had to go...bought a Mustang wide tour..was comfortable for about 65000 miles but this year i swapped to a Sundowner...don't know why i didn't do it sooner...much more comfortable to me but everybody's ass is different...

Personally i don't have a problem with the shocks on my 07...i just keep a close eye on the air pressure..i am 250 lbs and keep about 25-28 psi in them, if the wife rides i bump it up to about 33-35...If your shocks don't hold air get a take off set on Ebay...look i am not saying the HD stock shocks are better because they are not...Ohlins, Burley, Progressive etc....I personally also chose to do other upgrades instead of messing with the suspension...i changed the front fluids twice to SE havy fluids to stop the nose dive...

Good luck and have fun...

Agree with the Mustang recommendation. There are several models that will fit. Some lower, some move you up, some back. Mustang customer service is great and can answer questions well. I have the Widetouring with driver backrest. It's not pictured in the sig line. Need to update that picture I suppose. I also later went with the Progressive 940 (got good discount from Phat Performance) and am happy with my results. Bars, mine are Wild1 575, and pegs will improve distance riding comfort and quality.

Chunker, I agree on Mustang but they are more $ if you deal with them direct.

True but a great source if imformation while you decide what you want. I went to a bike rally that Mustang had a tent set up. Their quote was MSRP. When I informed them that Dennis Kirk had them and was selling for significantly less, they decided to come down some. I could have saved a few $$ buying from DK, but they shipped home the seat I had on, Mustang Lowdown, and I got to ride home that day in comfort. But I saved about $150 by dickering.

Seat 1st

The stock Ultra shocks aren't that bad of shocks really. There are better shocks, but they are not bad shocks.
The stock Ultra seat sucks for comfort. They look great and sit great. Just not an all day comfy seat.

+1 or modify your existing seat

..... definitely the seat.
...... i went w/a Road Sofa

If $$ are the driving force then I suppose. But the stock seat pan is flimsy and won't provide the consistent support. If you get the chance, compare a Mustang seat pan with the stock HD pan. You will be surprised.