Oh you got it on already! Looks great and so comfortable!!

Where did you get it?

I got it from Santa Claus.  Santa got it from http://www.jirehcycles.com, along with the pair of 3" springs.  (click on harley aftermarket parts, not Metric.  Get the free catalog, it's 8" x 11" x 1.75" )  Ultima "High Noon" saddles are black or brown leather, or black plastic, either 9" or 13" wide -- $50 or less.

At 13" and fairly flat across the supporting surface is considerably larger, which translates to lower psi.  Need to fit something in the space below the seat, maybe a leather tool kit.....

Let us know how comfortable it is for you.  What was your old seat and how was it for you?

That does look pretty comfortable.  Just don't hit a big bump, bounce up onto the tank, and crush your 8888888888

Keith_T wrote on 06/28/08 at 23:25:47:

The old seat was the stock seat.  Everyone is different, some complain of more than a half hour in the saddle.  Me, the bike fit fine.

Had the GEEIA reunion coming up and I wondered about riding the bike that far.  To check out how I do on long trips I got off work on a Friday, took a nap, rode 140 miles out to Joshua Tree National Park, 56 miles accross the park, and 160 miles back home.  Learned that I didn't get too sore.  And rather surprising, I didn't get tired!  For me, while driving a car long periods of time gets boring/tired -- riding the same route does not.  It is not boring on a bike.

Also have an itch to do an Iron Butt run.  I know I'm crazy, most others know I'm crazy, but it would be nice to be CERTIFIED Crazy.

So, last September I hopped on the bike and rode 570 miles to Holbrook AZ, then 510 miles to Amarillo, and finally 250 miles to Oklahoma CIty for the GEEIA reunion(arriving about 1 pm.)  Called number one daughter in Jonesboro AR and told her that the visit to her after the reunion was off.  Jonesboro is only a day east of OKC, but to get home in time for my anniversary would necessitate a BB1500 from Jonesboro to Needles -- and it wasn't about to happen on the stock saddle.  Instead I took mostly US60/CA62 going back, holding to about 300 miles a day.  And even then once I got home I put the bike in the garage and didn't even look at it for two days.

Needed a better Saddle.
Option: a Bill Mayer Saddle.  Only $559 for leather.
Option: a springer seat meant for a Harley.  Only $49.95.  TOUGH CHOICE.

Mounted the Saddle, a bit high and back, excelent for those 6' plus but notquite right for me.  Did a 20 mile runs, lost a nut (from the saddle mount - get your mind out of the gutter!) remounted the saddle almost to the stock position -- using nylock nuts.  Haven't ridden it far -- gas is $0.10 a mile and I don't ride just to ride -- but the initial feeling is that the flat width is FAR more comfortable.  At least for me.  As I said, everyone is different, which is why I was interested in a Bill Mayer saddle  -- they want pictures of your butt on your bike so they can make the saddle to fit inbetween.

Top view . . . . side view


Piece A of the rear mount was the first attempt, except it was bolted down with the cross part horizonal instead of vertical, which mounted the seat springs about three inches up and back of the current location.  Great for the wife's 36" inseam, not for me.  Piece(s) B was just a short length of angle I had kicking around.  All the nuts are NyLocks -- have the nylon thread grabber so they won't vibrate off.

The front mount started about four inches tall, is now 1.75" centerline of the crossbolt to the underside of the mount.  Simply 3/4" and 1" wide 1/8" barstock, bent, drilled and welded together.

Comfort?  Give the stock saddle about a 5 -- I've been on much worse, such as my TLR-200 -- I'll initally rate this saddle a 7.5.  The true test will be when I do another 500 mile run

Looks great!