I took delivery of my seat last week, have put about 400 miles on it so far. Note ? this is a review of the Russell SPORT seat, not their Day-Long seat. Description of the sport seat can be found at:
http://day-long.com/gallery/sport-seats/
For reference, I am 5?8?, 190 lb., 31.5? inseam. I was riding a Spencerized OEM seat (lowered, long distance option). It was a definite improvement over the stock seat, but I wanted a better seat. The stock seat (Spencerized or not) is basically a slab, with no defined seat pocket. The Russell has a nicely defined ?seat pocket? that is very comfortable.
My first impressions:
1. The seat is level ? in the lowest (front and back) position, no more fighting the ?forward slide?
2. The seat is very comfortable, the enlarged seating area supports more area of my butt, resulting in less pressure on any one point
3. I?ve only ridden on the seat for 1 hour max at a time, and it felt like I could definitely go for hours more without discomfort
4. Cosmetics ? the Sport seat is smaller than the day-long, and in my opinion looks great
5. I can still flat foot my bike, but only by sliding up on the seat (past the wings) when stopping. At first it felt awkward, but after a few hundred miles this becomes ?automatic? and not bothersome
6. Cornering, twisties, handling, etc. ? no different than the stock seat. But I do not attempt ?knee dragging? cornering
Conclusion ? I should have bought this seat 65,0000 miles ago!
http://day-long.com/gallery/sport-seats/
For reference, I am 5?8?, 190 lb., 31.5? inseam. I was riding a Spencerized OEM seat (lowered, long distance option). It was a definite improvement over the stock seat, but I wanted a better seat. The stock seat (Spencerized or not) is basically a slab, with no defined seat pocket. The Russell has a nicely defined ?seat pocket? that is very comfortable.
My first impressions:
1. The seat is level ? in the lowest (front and back) position, no more fighting the ?forward slide?
2. The seat is very comfortable, the enlarged seating area supports more area of my butt, resulting in less pressure on any one point
3. I?ve only ridden on the seat for 1 hour max at a time, and it felt like I could definitely go for hours more without discomfort
4. Cosmetics ? the Sport seat is smaller than the day-long, and in my opinion looks great
5. I can still flat foot my bike, but only by sliding up on the seat (past the wings) when stopping. At first it felt awkward, but after a few hundred miles this becomes ?automatic? and not bothersome
6. Cornering, twisties, handling, etc. ? no different than the stock seat. But I do not attempt ?knee dragging? cornering
Conclusion ? I should have bought this seat 65,0000 miles ago!
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