new seat for the iron?

  • daimoh
    daimoh
    14 years ago

     the new bike with the stock seat hurts my butt after a few hours at a time on it and the wife has started gnashing her teeth about it only being a single-seater and so I'm on the hunt for a new double seat.

    in an ideal world, it would be easy to remove so that when she says "ANOTHER ride? are you serious? No, I can't face it" I can switch the seats and still maintain the awesome iron single-seater look. I actually like the look of those spring loaded seats, but obviously that's only a single-seater.

    So, has anyone put a 2-up seater on an iron? what did you get? can you post a photo? Is it comfy? Can you get a sissy bar for the pillion? where'd you put the pillion pegs?

    And finally - did you need to get new shocks? I have the stock-shocks on it at the moment and it's a fairly rough ride on these sydney roads; can't say I've bottomed them out yet but I'm sure I've come close on some of the speed humps dotted around the place.

    I've looked at some of the corbin seats - http://www.corbin.com/harley/xl/hdxl7gl.shtml but they sure aren't cheap and I wonder how long it'd take to get em in. Oh, and I think they only make one that would fit the Iron (my Iron that is). They look a bit... big or something too... but you can't see the whole bike in the pics so it's hard to say. I also checked with Custom Motorcycle Seats (my uncle got a crocodile skinned one - nice), but they tell me I have to buy the double seat, then they'll re-shape & re-skin it - for $350+ plus whatever the seat costs, well.. that's a bit more than i was hoping to spend.

    Advice/hints/tips much appreciated!

  • SJ
    SJ
    14 years ago

     I been thinking the same set up.... Solo spring seat most the time, with the occasional weekend 2up.

    Just starting looking at different styles. Hadn't thought about shocks. 

    http://shop.ebay.com.au/i.html?_nkw=harley+davidson+seat+sportster&_sacat=0&_dmpt=AU_Motorcycle_Parts_Accessories&_odkw=harley+davidson+seat&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313

  • Choco
    Choco
    14 years ago
    +1 for the Sundowner seat I would not be without it the standard seat that came on my bike was no better than a plank of wood as I said before Harley's make great bikes be shitty seats I paid $375 for a new Sundowner seat at my local dealer but also check ebay you may find a good second one there cheers.
  • Taffymarsden
    Taffymarsden
    14 years ago

     A couple of good examples that I think look pretty cool, especially the first one set up as a full tourer. Looks very military. These are off an Iron 883 site on Facebook which has heaps of photos. Note the rear shocks on the second one.

     

     

  • daimoh
    daimoh
    14 years ago
    I've read some good reviews on the Mustang seats, and conflicting reports on the Sundowner. I think my biggest problem right now is finding somewhere local that sells them so I can at least sit on them before committing - it's not like these things are cheap. Mustang look like they make a seat with an extra bit for the pillion that you can take off when she's not coming.

    I'm at a loss as to what to do about the shocks too - certainly not confident enough to do any kind of change myself either... oh the agony....
  • walka
    walka
    14 years ago

    Check out Corbin       http://www.corbin.com/harley/xl/
     

  • daimoh
    daimoh
    14 years ago
    So after searching high and low (and there are a bewildering array of seats available) and taking into account how much time i had before i needed the seat (< 3 weeks), I just picked up a Sundowner from Frasers along with some Pillion pegs. I figured I could worry about the shocks after actually taking a ride (although the initial tests don't look promising with us being able to bottom out the rear shocks by jumping up & down on the seat - so to speak).

    Thanks for all the help & suggestions... the next hunt will be for some shocks - the Ikon guys seem nice... i'll start another thread for shocks ;)
  • jye
    jye
    13 years ago
    I know this is an old thread, but keen to hear feedback on that seat. I'm in the exact same position!

    Cheers,
    Jye