We compared the seats on the Futura and FJR this afternoon and she said that the problem with the FJR seat is the way it tips upward in the back... it probably feels to her like the stock seat did on my 1996 H-D Sportster Sport: It was a tailbone killer.+ 0.5 sort of...I've spoken with Sargent regarding what I want: I'm ok with the FJR seat, but my passenger isn't. She needs her section higher and with a bit of forward slant. Does the prototype seat address the passenger area?
Stock seat is the most comfortable stock seat I've ever been on, but I travel <300 miles per day.
My passenger, on the other hand, who is a little shorter than my 5"18", would love to find a pillion seat that is about 1 " higher, and a little more level. Raising the passenger seat on the '06 does not do it, she doesn't really gain any height and it pitches her forward, great for twisties, but not for 100+ mile comfort. I keep wondering whether a custom seat builder could make me what I want - - guess there's only one way to find out. Have to put in a request!
We are thinking that if we had Sargent fill in the foam to match the unladen seat fabric (on my bike the fabric does not touch the foam until you press it down), the result would be enough for her. Sargent offers a foam upgrade where they remove a section of the foam from a seat directly under the rider's pelvic bones and replace it with better closed cell foam of identical shape.
There's no reason I can see that the same thing couldn't be done to the stock passenger seat except replacing the foam removed with a straighter contour instead of an identically shaped piece.
No re-upholstering would be required since there's room for more foam under the seat cover as it is.
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