Motorcycle Seat Comparison
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2020
- Motorcycle seats are hard to find the PERFECT one but I have found it. This video is a comparison of the Mustang Super Touring Motorcycle seat against the Harley Davidson stock seat. I also talk about my experiences with the Tallboy seat and how that compares to both. My recent trip and 1500 miles on this seat has given me some great detail on the seat
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Link to the Mustang Tour Seat on Amazon is below....
Mustang 79556 Super Touring One-Piece 2-Up Motorcycle Seat with Driver Backrest for Harley-Davidson FL Touring 2008-19, Black
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Mustang Seat - passenger feedback
• Passenger (Initial) Fe...
Mustang Seat - initial thoughts
• Mustang Seat - My Init...
Tallboy Seat Comparison
• Harley Davidson Tallbo...
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Thank you so much for your video on this seat, was trying to figure out which way to go with a new purchase for my 2021 trike. Sounds like mustang is the way to go, even the wife said “ it would be better to spend a little more to get the seat that will last you for years to come.” Again thanks so much
My pleasure John and two years and a different bike later, we still have this seat. Will always be a Mustang guy! Good luck and ride safe
Ok, you've about convinced me. I do like my tall boy but I like the built in backrest. Thanks for sharing and be safe.
I see if you like it keep it but I will tell you that I am in love with this one. Hope it helped Bob and you’re well
Your channel is awesome. Concise, and thorough. I have a 2019 Ultra Limited and the seat pushes my "boys" so much forward that it kills. I had a 2005 Ultra and when I replaced my seat it was with a Mustang and I loved it. When I traded my 05 and bought my 2019 I couldn't get comfortable. I couldn't figure out why. And then I had an epiphany and realized that it was the damn seat. After watch your video it WAS an epiphany. Thanks brother and keep up the great work.
Thanks Paul, I really appreciate that it means a lot. I will be a mustang guy seat forever. Ride safe
When I sat on this seat when we rode together, I immediately noticed the difference with leg room. It’s definitely comfortable and a great seat for taller riders. Nice breakdown.
Thanks brother, we w fun ride
HarleyDayRider I wasn’t looking 🤦♂️
Thanks for the info..you can see the difference ..
Your welcome Jack, it’s an amazing seat
GREAT video! Thank you so much!
Thanks brother, I know all the research I was trying to do when I was looking for a seat so I thought I do the video. Ride safe
I did the musical seat routine for a while. I currently have a Sundowner on my Road King I sent to mean city cycles for customization. Was worlds better but not quite there. My new Mustang is coming in a few weeks and hopefully the Sundowner will be on EBay. Thanks again
We had this exact seat for awhile. When I traded the Street Glide for the Road Glide Ultra, we decided to sell the Mustang. The RGU seat is surprisingly comfortable, minus the garbage back rest design as you mentioned, pushes forward. I’m swapping out the stock bars for KST 14” adjustable bars and will try that without the backrest for a bit.
I was close to getting the RGU and heard the same about the seat. Ride safe brother
Very good feedback. I been thinking new seat since I bought my 2017 Road Glide Ultra Just thinking the other day I got close to 28 thou on the stock seat. At this point won’t be long before trading in for new motorcycle. Same thing with stock bars been thinking of Factory 47. I hate making decisions. Procrastination is not a good thing. At least you have me convinced on the Mustang if I ever get my head out of my blankety blank
Glad the video helped some and good luck on the decision!
Ordered through Amazon this morning! Will order the backrest later. Thanks for your time doing these videos
Thats GREAT Chris, makes doing these so worth it. Let me know how it is after you have it! Ride safe
get yours yet?
@@doulos77 I did. It wasn't for me. I sent it back the next day. Everyone is different, I'm good with the stock seat. My decision was based on it raised me up about 1 inch, and it is really wide.
@@doulos77 I ride a 2020 ultra limited. Hope this helps
@@christate1974 thanks man. stock is ok for a couple of hours but I'm 250 and it was just not gonna cut it for the long trips we take. Be blessed and safe brother
I had a Mustang seat on a 1100 Vstar. I loved it.
Huge fan here so far....get better in time? Ride safe!
I'm glad you like your Mustang seat Bud, I ordered the Mustang Deluxe Touring seat with heat, we have had several bike's with heated seats and for us it's the only way to ride, especially with the cold weather that we ride in, I knew you would love that Mustang seat Brother, enjoy 👍🏼💯
Thanks and hmmmmm heat 🙂. Ride safe!
@@BoDean52 👍🏼💯
ordered thru Amazon this am. No telling when I'll get it as "temp out of stock"...
thanks for the advice, Bo$
Good luck, think he will like it
Love the Mustang as a passenger 💕😎
Now you have your own seat :)
Think I watched you review of it once before with Duchess, really debating on new seat for my RKC, it is my daily and long distance ride and my tail bone kills me on the stock seat after couple hours. Oh hehe Maverick Seat? Yes I listen lol
I still love this seat!
Big thumbs up to you love that seat keep safe catch you later
Thanks brother, hope your well
The Mustang seat does look like it is built better than stock. I always wear Bicycle Ridding pants under my Jeans on a long bike trip for the gel butt.If you like the seat thats all that matters. Good review.One of the things with your bike I remember reading they made the passenger seat bigger I think in 2018. with your new mustang seat you took that away.I have short legs stock seat fits me fine .
Stock seat is not that bad and I may have kept it at first if I didn't need the extra room. Hope your well, ride safe
Clearly you have the opposite issue that I do. I had to get the super reach seat and alter the angle of my shocks. LOL Bonus that the seat is really comfortable and creates its own backrest.
Sounds like you have it all worked out
I really wished I wouldn't have seen this or shown the wife :-) This is a great review looking forward to trying the vs my hammock seat.
Glad I could help 😂
I just ordered the Hammock seat for my road king, did you not like your hammock? I was on the fence about mustang super tour deluxe but HD sales guy said Hammock was the preferred out of the two
@@Kwhopperfan hammock was good for about 2 years then it broke down and gave me no support. Also the hammock caused me to bounce around a lot causing my back to hurt.
@@BryTheBiker hey thanks for the reply, I think I will cancel the order and try to locate an in stock seat from mustang or an alternative, I need a lil more room and support and for the money the seat needs to be near perfect and that doesn’t sound like it is.
@@Kwhopperfan I did a video on the seat and where I found the issues. I can also say I got the deluxe model of the seat BoDean got and it’s been amazing so far after 1k.
Great review, but did you see that PUPPY at 1:49? Cute, cute, cute...
Thanks brother and the neighbors new puppy made an appearance 🤣
I have used Mustang seats on a couple Vulcans and they were better than stock, but not an all day seat, but, I weighed a lot more then and I've had a few fusion surgeries, so I'd probably feel differently now. For me, all my weight had been on my tailbone and it would be murder after a while. The other choice is a custom seat. Russell comes to mind and Rich's seats. There are probably others. Russell can be tough for those of short inseam.
James L hope your health gets better brother.
@@BoDean52 It's been a trip. I had 3 surgeries in 6 months from oct 2018 to march 2019. It took me half a year to get back to some semblance of normal. Getting older is tough. Thanks for the thoughts.
Talked to you on IG about this seat. Just watched the video again. How is the butt comfort? Did two 200 mile days on stock 2020 Ultra seat and my rear ends hurt after day 2. Also looking at the mustang seat that is the same pillion width as stock. Any recommendations welcome as I want to make hopefully a good choice die to cost of these seats.
It’s been a while since I made this video and all I can tell you is I love the mustang seat. It sets me back a couple inches and has been extremely comfortable so far. I totally get why you’re checking them out because they are expensive.I honestly did not have that big of a problem with the stock seat other than I needed something to set me back when I had the ultra. Good luck in the confusing seat search
@@BoDean52 thanks.. see in a couple hours..
Good review - I am nearly sold. Since you kept your stock seat, send me your new Mustang seat and I will verify your findings. I’ll even send it back to you in 6-8 weeks when they are caught up with back orders.
Hahaha....get right on that. Are they back ordered? Ride safe
Unfortunately, yes. Thank you COVID!
Yours is the extended reach correct? Do you think it moves you back as much as the HD Tall Boy seat? Seriously considering this seat as I am finding the HD Tall Boy to be harder than the stock seat. You've been on them all so I respect your opinion. BTW - I'm 6'7 285 lbs. Thank you!!
STL Moto it does for sure, sets you back the same as tall boy but you get even more room because if the backrest. Think it will works for you, have link in description if your thinking about one. Love it! Good luck and ride safe
Question is does it set you DOWN like the tall boy seat. Plenty of seats out there that sets you back but are the same height as stock seat. That’s what turned me off about the Ultimate Tallboy seat.
It definitely does not move you back like the tall boy seat does the tall boys seat will sit you back the lowest and the furthest I've owned all of them
Warning.....this is going to be a long reply. To sum it up I agree with Bob and Mustang seats are the bomb.
I went though the musical seat game on my 2015 Road Glide. The stock seat of course is useless for a passenger so right away I ordered a Tall Boy seat from the dealer so my wife would have a better seat and I would have more room. As Bob found out the Tall Boy seat offers no back support with the way it slopes back from the rider. Also the only backrest that fits the Tall Boy is the Harley non adjustable one. "Fits" is a loose term as it really pushes you forward defeating the purpose of a seat that moves you back. I managed to modify a Kuriakyn backrest to work with it though. Just took some thinking and making some custom mounts for it.
Next I went with a Harley stock Ultra seat. This wasn't too bad of a seat comfort wise and my wife loved it. Problem was it pushed me too far forward and I really felt cramped. Needed to go with something else.
I decided to try a Lepera Maverick seat with Rider backrest. This was a beautiful looking seat, but was nothing short of torture to sit on for any period of time. Way too dam hard. We took one 400 mile trip and my wife had green and purple bruises and I was sore too. I sold it to someone that was more interested in looks than comfort.
Next up was a Harley Hammock seat that everyone raved about. It was OK but I felt disconnected from the bike and to be honest I felt the Tall Boy was better on my butt for long rides. The Harley adjustable backrest does not work well with this seat btw and will rip up the vinyl where it sits in the slot. It needs to be modified to work properly. I ended up using my modified Kuriakyn backrest with it as it fit better.
At this point I had done a bunch of work on the bike, spending a small fortune on taking a bone stock Road Glide standard up to being a Road Glide Ultra. The only way to look at mine and realize it wasn't an Ultra was to look at the wheels or the fact it wasn't water cooled. I also had a stage 3 kit put on it and was never happy with the way it ran. It had more power but the ride ability suffered. I ended up selling the bike before getting another seat.
This year I bought a 2020 Street Glide standard with RDRS, Boom GTS, in Midnight Blue. The seat of course had to be changed and this time I wasn't messing around with a gauntlet of Harley seats. I previously had a Mustang seat on a Low Rider and loved it. So I ordered the Mustang Summit seat made specifically for the Rushmore bikes. Model 76680. I see they now list the 2008 and up bikes will fit it, but it was originally designed for the 2014 and up bikes. The rider seat is 19" wide but the nose is narrower than the stock seat and the passenger seat is a full 16" wide. I later ordered the matching rider and passenger backrests. The seat lifts me up roughly an inch over the stock Street Glide seat. It lists the seat as moving the rider back 1.75". When you first sit on a Mustang it will feel quite firm, not hard, but firm. As you ride is seems to mold to your shape somewhat. Kind of like memory foam or something. I find with the softer Harley seats I get sore on a long ride. It feels like I am sinking down through the foam and sitting on the seat pan. Not sure if I am but that is how it feels. Either way whatever it is the foam they use in Mustang seats it just plain works for me for long distance riding. I can cover multiple 600 mile days without getting sore. It is a very big seat and without a passenger backrest and rack on my bike it looks out of place. With a tour pak or backrest and rack it blends in. So for just running around town solo I use my stock Street Gide seat and save the wear and tear on my good Mustang seat. Anytime my wife is going with me or if I plan on doing any miles the Mustang goes on the bike.
With all that said remember everyone's tastes are different but I am 100% sold on Mustang seats. BTW I am between 6' and 6'1" and around 185 lb with a 33" inseam.
Edit: I noticed some people asking about height compared to the Ultra seat. It would be very similar as the Ultra seat is higher than a Street Glide seat.
Amazing feedback for everyone, thank you. Mustang should put us on the payroll, ride safe brother
Being the same height or higher than the stock Harley seat is a huge NO for me.
I love my mustang seat after 4000 miles. Wife likes it too.
Life is great then! Ride safe brother
BoDean 52 yes and thanks brother
I really need a change from stock seat! the front ramp on stock seat is...uncomfortable. I like the looks of yours bc the front doesn't look like its a vertical bend at the front.
And Listen Bo$, I'm not going to hold u responsible if it doesn't work out, but I do value your opinion.
i know you're 6'3" but I'm only 6'. is your seat the right seat for my height? I really need to do something...
Spock...help...me
I really think it will help you a bunch, I love it. There is a link in the video you can see it from. Good luck and let me know how it goes!
great video man. I got a Tallboy on my Ultra limited and it hurts after 100 miles
Love my Mustang
@@BoDean52 if you're in Michigan, maybe I'll run into you one of these days
Sounds good, where are you?
@@BoDean52 Lansing area
I’m off 96 near Brighton
I got the touring seat in 2010 have used in on all my bikes since. It works good for.me. to each his own all seats don't fit all the same.
Working for me so far for sure....ride safe
Interesting I must be going to the wrong place...I can't even find seats for sale at House of Harley.
This video was awhile ago and seems like everything is hard to get. I bought a Mustang and the link I have in description still works I believe. Not sure if you want a Harley seat. Good luck
Does it make you sit higher on the bike or lower "in the bike" feel....ive heard those seats make you sit higher on the bike....whats your say on that...
Michael Mitchell I honestly don’t feel much of a difference, slightly lower if anything. I honestly love it
@@BoDean52 ....great to hear man, thank you for responding!.....ive been back and forth between this seat and the saddle man road sofa....your videos pretty much have made up my mind...thanks ...its going on a 2003 cvo 100th ann road king....
Michael Mitchell there is a link in the description of you get it on Amazon. You won’t go wrong with it
where did you get the mirrors from?
They are Harley Split Vision mirrors that I bought at the dealer, like $139 if I recall. Some guys have said they found some knock offs on Amazon but I have not seen them. Harley should pay me because I’ve sold about 50 pairs of mirrors from these videos 😂, I really like them. God luck and ride safe
When you measure the driver's portion of the seat, shouldn't you be measuring from the mounting tab? If one seat or the other rides up on the tank more or less, your 1.5" set back isn't accurate. Maybe they go up the tank exactly the same amount, I don't really know.
Did this video a while back. All I know is it without a doubt it sits me further back. Been riding with it since I put the video out and love it. Ride safe and happy new year
Great video though, it really sheds a lot of light on not only the Mustang seat you have but also general seat information. Well done.
Can you tell me what handlebars you have on your ultra?
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@@BoDean52 thank you!
The stock seats are not bad, but the use of memory foam , and broader
Hard to find the one at times
I think you meant part number 79556 not 79566. HTH.
Thanks Coop
Why not measure the widths of the seats?
Good catch Chuck, could have done that. Hope the rest helped. Ride safe
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SARGE BULLDOG heard good things about those too
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@@BoDean52 and a good bumm is the reason I get up in the morning...
Chew on that one .... LOL
Did your wife end up still liking the hammock better ?
No we went to a Mustang and have had it two years, we both love it
Yeah mustang is the best but when you live in Australia the cost is a killer
How pricey are they there Dags? Ride safe
BoDean 52 about 1k
Dags ouch
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mavorick seat lol
I know was 😂😂😂 at myself late in video, who doesn’t like Top Gun 😂
i knew what u meant anyways lol i love my mustang seat also they should credit u with my purchase
Appreciate that brother and the seat is awesome. Hope your well and ride safe