When you start thinking about your next road trip and the long hours your butt's going to log in the stock saddle, you start to ask yourself if its going to provide the comfort you want. So many guys fail to realize that a good seat can make all the difference in how many miles you can rack up in a day. Sure, a tooled leather sprung seat looks cool, but cool goes right out the window on a 400-mile day. Even the padding in your factory seat can break down after a while. We have a '06 Dyna with the stock solo seat that's been good to us but it's starting to feel worn out. We have a big trip planned with lots of riding to do so we wanted to upgrade the seat now and break it in before we take off. We also wanted to make room for a passenger in case we find one with her thumb up on the side of the road.
We were given a suggestion to look at Mustang Seats, with it's advanced Comfort Technology in every seat and covered in soft glove-like synthetic leather. What does that mean, lots of comfort and thinner foam padding to keep the seat low and looking good but provide the comfort of a big fat seat. We wanted to try out the DayTripper and the Fastback seats.
1. Here are the two seats...
1. Here are the two seats from Mustang we felt would work best. On top is the Fastback ($319.99), cut low with a deep pocket and good back support for the rider. The seat is tapered in back but still offers a reasonable degree of comfort for a passenger. The DayTripper ($349.99) features the same seat pocket but without the back support sitting so high. It's also about 1-inch wider at the seat nose and 2-inches wider for the passenger.
2. Here is the stock solo...
2. Here is the stock solo seat, it's not bad but a bit wide for the shorter inseam guy and there's no place for a passenger
3. Here is how the stock seat...
3. Here is how the stock seat fi t on the bike and under the rider. There is little rise in the seatback, and when on the throttle the rider tends to slide back. It's good for the short hops around town though.
4. Once we removed the stock...
4. Once we removed the stock seat, we installed the DayTripper. Both the DayTripper and Fastback were installed the same way. We engaged the nose bracket under the welded frame tab and then pressed down on the seat. Then we aligned the seat bracket to the bolt hole on the rear fender and tightened it down.
5. Here's the rider on the...
5. Here's the rider on the DayTripper, it had a higher back and a wide pad for a passenger.
6. And here's the rider on...
6. And here's the rider on the Fastback. It was just what we were looking for with a high back support, comfortable seat and a place for a passenger.
7. You can see just how high...
7. You can see just how high the back support is and why this was the best seat for this throttle junky. It will keep him in place and in control.