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From: Doug Payne on 9 Nov 2009 11:50 Road Glidin' Don wrote: > The stock seat on my Street Bob, solid as a slab of rock, gave me > every impression it would be uncomfortable for long days, just looking > at it and feeling it. But then I rode it and, to my surprise, it's > extremely comfortable; not an issue at all. I can sit on that thing > all day long without discomfort. Must be that the shape is right. For me, hard seats are far better than cushy. It's the shape that's important.
From: Doug Payne on 9 Nov 2009 12:14 c wrote: > where were you a couple of days ago when we were talking about that > South Park show? > > turns out the lot of us are FAGS! I was out for a ride yesterday in the nice weather, and at some point passed a bunch of Harley riders. I couldn't resist, and did the brum-brum-brum inside my helmet all the way by them. At the next little town down the road another couple of Harley riders were just coming out of the restaurant at the stop sign, so I brum-brum-brummed them too. They just laughed. Even my wife thought it was pretty funny when I told her about it later, and she usually has no sense of humour about that kind of thing. (This was a Sunday afternoon in Mennonite country, with lots of buggies on the road heading home after church, so the group I passed was actually pretty quiet when I went by them; I suspect I was making a lot more noise than they were).
From: tomorrow on 9 Nov 2009 12:35 On Nov 9, 11:50 am, Doug Payne <dwpa...(a)ist.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: > Road Glidin' Don wrote: > > The stock seat on my Street Bob, solid as a slab of rock, gave me > > every impression it would be uncomfortable for long days, just looking > > at it and feeling it. But then I rode it and, to my surprise, it's > > extremely comfortable; not an issue at all. I can sit on that thing > > all day long without discomfort. Must be that the shape is right. > > For me, hard seats are far better than cushy. It's the shape that's > important. Me too. I have a 2004 Electra Glide CVO SE103 leather seat on my 2006 Street Glide, and I installed it there the day I rode the bike home, having taken it off the 2004 Road Glide that I traded. It now has about 65,000 miles on it, and it is still - in the opinion of my friends - hard as a slab of granite. But it is broad, flat, firm, doesn't lock me into one position, is comfortable for long distances, and doesn't make the bike look awful. I'm happy with it. No passenger in the world with their wits about them would agree to sit on the pillion portion of this particular seat, though!
From: Vito on 9 Nov 2009 17:52 "Doug Payne" <dwpayne(a)ist.uwaterloo.ca> wrote | Road Glidin' Don wrote: | | > The stock seat on my Street Bob, solid as a slab of rock, gave me | > every impression it would be uncomfortable for long days, just looking | > at it and feeling it. But then I rode it and, to my surprise, it's | > extremely comfortable; not an issue at all. I can sit on that thing | > all day long without discomfort. Must be that the shape is right. | | For me, hard seats are far better than cushy. It's the shape that's | important. Farmers spend hours on their tractors. The seats are pressed steel. Like y'all say, its the shape that counts.
From: don (Calgary) on 9 Nov 2009 17:55
On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:40:19 GMT, Bob Mann <bobmann(a)mtsremove.net> wrote: > >Still riding. >It got up to 13 today. >Only had snow one day and it only settled for a few hours on the grass. >The coldest so far was -8 which isn't cold enough to stop me unless it >gets icy. I hope the good weather hangs in there for you. > >Spring let go? >That's what usually goes on the kick stand. RGD suggested that too. I'll check it out. |