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Ok, A Mustang? A Russell?
Just ride a Goldwing & you will be able to ride all day long! :) I had a Mustang on my Nomad & it was great seat. Cheers
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I had a Goldwing, it is a nice bike but even on that I had to have a Corbin to ride all day. Sucks being "big and tall" trying to fit on Japanese motorcycles but I sat on Victory and it was no better.
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Manufacturers don't put a lot of effort into making a good seat.
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For me it turned my stock 60 mile seat into a 120 miles seat. Still not where I needed it to be. For the money, there are better options, especially if the rider is large, which seems to be a determining factor. My advice is get a Russell.
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I got a black sheepskin to fit the seat, this helped releave some of the pressure point & some "not all" of the numb but. But for not alot of cash, worked for me. I might take the seat apart & put in some gell.
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Well I got a deal on a new Mustang seat with places for both backrests. The price was a "too good to pass up deal" so if it don't work out maybe I can ride with it and send the stock seat to Russell.
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A gel seat is only good in the cooler weather. It breaks down in the hot weather.
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I fail to understand why a motorcycle manufacturer cannot make a seat that would make 90% of its riders happy right out of the showroom.
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I agree, or at least offer better options like the new Vulcan 900 with its "ergo" options. When I bought the Vaquero I was looking at a Voyager and that seat felt so much better, but I never actually rode it. I e-mailed Ultimate seats and they no longer offer a seat for the Vaquero at all, just the Nomad and the Voyager. To me it looks like the stock Voyager seat would fit the Vaquero but the lines would look a little goofy.
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The Mustang was not popular with my passenger, so it's in the back of the garage somewhere now. The Russell suits us both very well.
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I now have the Mustang seat and it's really not that bad. My wife likes it but she don't really ride with me much. I have a long ride this weekend and the Mustang will get a true test by me. I may end up with two seats that I can just swap back and forth.
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I have the Mustang vintage seat with the adjustable driver backrest and it works great for long rides.....around town or local I use the stock seat. I had to buy an extra mounting bracket for the other seat to keep from having to switch it out every time I swap seats. The "stang" seat works well for my 215 lb. 5'10 frame for 300 mile days. The driver backrest was a worthwhile investment as well.
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