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From: The Older Gentleman on 8 Nov 2009 04:09 Further to other remarks.... Which Harleys actually have a decent pillion seat? I mean, apart from Electra Glides? Hypothetically speaking, if one were looking at the big stripped-down cruisers like your missus's new steed, and wanted to carry a pillion on a regular basis, for fairly high miles (like several hundred in a day) which would be the bike of choice? Because they all seem to have fairly skimpy pilliion perches. Or is it a matter (as so often seems to be the case with HDs) of going through the accessories catalogue and finding a replacement? I suppose a sissy bar or backrest is de rigeur, too. Purely hypothetical. For the moment. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Road Glidin' Don on 8 Nov 2009 07:02 On Nov 8, 2:09 am, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > Further to other remarks.... > > Which Harleys actually have a decent pillion seat? I mean, apart from > Electra Glides? > > Hypothetically speaking, if one were looking at the big stripped-down > cruisers like your missus's new steed, and wanted to carry a pillion on > a regular basis, for fairly high miles (like several hundred in a day) > which would be the bike of choice? > > Because they all seem to have fairly skimpy pilliion perches. > > Or is it a matter (as so often seems to be the case with HDs) of going > through the accessories catalogue and finding a replacement? > > I suppose a sissy bar or backrest is de rigeur, too. > > Purely hypothetical. For the moment. Heh, heh. Oh, now this is interesting! TOG... maybe on a Harley some day? Goes to show almost anything is possible! <g> Actually, the stock saddle on the bike my wife bought looks to me like one of the most comfortable, pillion-wise (they gave that, along with the new saddle it has on). You can get a bit of a look at it here: http://www.harley-davidson.com/en_US/Content/Pages/2010_Motorcycles/2010_motorcycles.html?locale=en_US&bmLocale=en_US#/family/SO I've also augmented the page on my wife's new bike recently (it even has a video of the ride home from the dealer at the bottom of the page). That's located at: http://www.xidos.ca/OddsEnds/GoodbyeSportster/tabid/187/Default.aspx The Heritage Softail - although a bit more of a heavy-style bike - also has an excellent passenger seat (based on my friend's report, who has taken his wife on back for many thousands of miles). In the case of the Heritage you get passenger floorboards, which is nice (on my wife's Softail, there are just pegs for the passenger). Sissy bars / passenger backrests are also good (in terms of adding t-bags too). For long trips, I think passengers appreciate floorboards, but I wouldn't know for sure, never having been one. :) But, given the cost of a saddle relative to the bike and the fact you can probably get a comfortable one for the passenger on any of the Softails (with the exception of the Rocker, I suppose), I'd be inclined to choose first on the basis of the bike I like and then modify (if necessary) to suit the passenger later.
From: The Older Gentleman on 8 Nov 2009 08:48 Road Glidin' Don <d.langkd(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Heh, heh. Oh, now this is interesting! TOG... maybe on a Harley some > day? Goes to show almost anything is possible! <g> No, I've ridden a few I liked. And a few I thought bloody awful. > > Actually, the stock saddle on the bike my wife bought looks to me like > one of the most comfortable, pillion-wise (they gave that, along with > the new saddle it has on). You can get a bit of a look at it here: > > http://www.harley-davidson.com/en_US/Content/Pages/2010_Motorcycles/2010 _motorcycles.html?locale=en_US&bmLocale=en_US#/family/SO > I rather like that virtual showroom effect. I assume you're referring to the seat on that Softail Custom, right? > But, given the cost of a saddle relative to the bike and the fact you > can probably get a comfortable one for the passenger on any of the > Softails (with the exception of the Rocker, I suppose), I'd be > inclined to choose first on the basis of the bike I like and then > modify (if necessary) to suit the passenger later. Yes, that makes sense. Something to think about this winter. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Road Glidin' Don on 8 Nov 2009 11:21 On Nov 8, 6:48 am, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > Road Glidin' Don <d.lan...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Actually, the stock saddle on the bike my wife bought looks to me like > > one of the most comfortable, pillion-wise (they gave that, along with > > the new saddle it has on). You can get a bit of a look at it here: > > http://www.harley-davidson.com/en_US/Content/Pages/2010_Motorcycles/2010 > _motorcycles.html?locale=en_US&bmLocale=en_US#/family/SO > > I rather like that virtual showroom effect. I assume you're referring to > the seat on that Softail Custom, right? Yep, that's the one, Neil. It looks comfortable to me when I see it in the showroom.
From: Bob Mann on 8 Nov 2009 21:52
"Stephen!" <NO(a)spam.com> wrote in news:Xns9CBDC043B4216smvsmv(a)69.16.185.252: > "Road Glidin' Don" <d.langkd(a)gmail.com> wrote in > news:401aedb1-e03b-4e4b-8890-6e52fc39978c(a)p35g2000yqh.googlegroups.com: > >> http://www.harley-davidson.com/en_US/Content/Pages/2010_Motorcycles/20 >> 1 0_motorcycles.html?locale=en_US&bmLocale=en_US#/family/SO > > > What the hell happened to the Road Glide Custom? They forget to > finish > designing the fairing? > All it is, is the Road Glide with Street Glide footboards and pegs and a low windshield. -- Bob Mann Cap'n, ah need moor pow'r. |