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[Rsantucc]

Here is a photo of my 05 Cherry SEEG with the Comfort Stitch seat, riders backrest and the King Tour Pak backrest fitted to the chopped Tour Pak.

Bobp,

What is the set up, Can you tell me what the part numbers are for the Comfort Stitch seat, Driver Bcakrest, and alos Tour Pack Back rest, or atleast what family they are made for? I love the  set up and may want to go thast route instead of the Corbin Dual Tour Route. Also did you have to modify or make any major chnages to have the tour pac back rest fit the chopped tour pac?  Also is the  Driver Back rest the adjustbale back rest from Harley as i have hear alot of good things about the gas adjustable back rest, and per the picture I like how large it is. Also will the seta fit with the rear saddlebag crash guards that mount under the seat?

Please let me know ASAP on the 3 part numbers you used and I can easly find out the familiy of Hasrley they are made for and can shop them online via the partners.

Your quick reply is appreciated.

[Rsantucc]

Thanks Bob,,,,I was just grabbing the cam to get some pics for the guys,  saved me the trouble!   That is exactly the setup I have also.

Tom

Hey Tom,

Do you have the Harley partnumbers for the 3 items, the Seat, Driver back rest and also Tour Pac back rest. I am intrested in the same set up.

Here is a photo of my 05 Cherry SEEG with the Comfort Stitch seat, riders backrest and the King Tour Pak backrest fitted to the chopped Tour Pak.

Bobp,

What is the set up, Can you tell me what the part numbers are for the Comfort Stitch seat, Driver Bcakrest, and alos Tour Pack Back rest, or atleast what family they are made for? I love the  set up and may want to go thast route instead of the Corbin Dual Tour Route. Also did you have to modify or make any major chnages to have the tour pac back rest fit the chopped tour pac?  Also is the  Driver Back rest the adjustbale back rest from Harley as i have hear alot of good things about the gas adjustable back rest, and per the picture I like how large it is. Also will the seta fit with the rear saddlebag crash guards that mount under the seat?

Please let me know ASAP on the 3 part numbers you used and I can easly find out the familiy of Harley they are made for and can shop them online via the partners.

Your quick reply is appreciated. Also how comfortable is the seat and can yo ride long distnaces like over 500 miles with no problem? Let me know ASAP as i love the set up and want to rdewr one right away.

[BobP]

What is the set up, Can you tell me what the part numbers are for the Comfort Stitch seat, Driver Bcakrest, and alos Tour Pack Back rest, or atleast what family they are made for? I love the  set up and may want to go thast route instead of the Corbin Dual Tour Route. Also did you have to modify or make any major chnages to have the tour pac back rest fit the chopped tour pac?  Also is the  Driver Back rest the adjustbale back rest from Harley as i have hear alot of good things about the gas adjustable back rest, and per the picture I like how large it is. Also will the seta fit with the rear saddlebag crash guards that mount under the seat?
 
Please let me know ASAP on the 3 part numbers you used and I can easly find out the familiy of Harley they are made for and can shop them online via the partners.
 
Your quick reply is appreciated. Also how comfortable is the seat and can yo ride long distnaces like over 500 miles with no problem? Let me know ASAP as i love the set up and want to rdewr one right away.

The H-D part numbers for the Comfort Stitch series are as follows:
Seat  51157-04
Riders Backrest  52572-03
King Tour Pak Backrest  52395-03

This Riders backrest fits the existing fender mounted backrest support element that came on my 05 SEEG.  Adjustments are identical to the stock backrest.  Unfortunately you have to buy a second support element.  You can't just buy the backrest alone.

The King Tour Pak backrest fits this set-up very well with the Chopped Tour Pak moved to it's rearmost position on the detachable mount.  The hardest part of it's installation is building the courage to drill six additional holes in the lid of the Tour Pak.

With respect to comfort, my wife is very comfortable on the back.  She likes it as well as or better than the Corbin we used on my old Roak King Classic.  For me, this seat is comfortable, but not as good as the Corbin for the long hauls.  I usally limit rides to 300 miles per day if she is along.  By myself, I will stretch another 200 to 400 miles.  That is when the Corbin really pays off.

I will go take a picture of the passenger backrest from the rear and post later, but picture a King Tour Pak.  This looks just like it from the rear except on a Chopped Tour Pak.

[Twolanerider]

Here is a photo of my 05 Cherry SEEG with the Comfort Stitch seat, riders backrest and the King Tour Pak backrest fitted to the chopped Tour Pak.

That's funky..... [smiley=shocked2.gif]

Too tired this evening to decide if I love it or hate it.  Fortunately, however, it's your bike so you don't give a flip what Twolane thinks about (and that's just the way it should be!).

[BobP]

That's funky.....  
 
Too tired this evening to decide if I love it or hate it.  Fortunately, however, it's your bike so you don't give a flip what Twolane thinks about (and that's just the way it should be!).

Believe it or not, this set-up is not my first choice. for either comfort or esthetics.  My first choice would have been the original seat and backrests for looks.  However, I could not live with the stock seat, nor could my wife.  I call the original seat a 40 mile seat because after that distance, the only thing I could think about was getting off the bike.  I rode 300 miles one day with it and my butt was still sore the next day.

I made a big mistake with the original seat.  I took it to a well known saddle rebuilder with the objective of getting him to widen the seating area on the rear (that should have been simple) and to replace the foam in the riders area and contour it to my butt.  There is a chunk of very high density foam in the center of the riders seat that makes it impossible for me to ever be comfortable on it.  Well, I let him talk me into rebuilding it the way he rebuilds seats.  In so doing, he could not use the original seat cover and I ended up with a seat that was too high, not that comfortable and looked like chit.

The Corbin Dual Tour was my second choice.  I put over 30,000 miles on a Corbin on my Road King Classic and was generally pleased.   I wanted to do a ride-in to make sure it fit me properly and to better choose the options I wanted.  The Corbin solution had two pitfalls.  One was the passenger backrest for the chopped Tour Pak which is just a small pad, leaving the bottom of the Tour Pak exposed and showing the metal hard point used to anchor the cable for the lid.  The King Tour Pak backrest is even larger than the H-D version and I couldn't convince my wife that the longer armrests were a good thing or that I thought it would look good.  The second pitfall was cost.  I had just blown $600 and ruined my original seat.  The Corbin solution meant close to another $1000 for the seat and backrests plus the trip and hotel room.

The next option was the Comfort Stitch.  A number of friends have them on Ultras and all of them liked it for comfort.  H-D doesn't make a chopped Tour Pak backrest and the original backrest just doesn't look good with the Comfort Stitch seat.  So with all that, I got out the drill and put 6 more holes in the Tour Pak lid.  In the end, the esthetics for me aren't all that bad and the comfort is a reasonable second best.

[BobP]

Also will the seat fit with the rear saddlebag crash guards that mount under the seat?  

I forgot to answer this question.  Yes, the Comfort Stitch seat has the indentations required for clearance of the crash guards.

Also, here is a photo of the backrest from the rear.

[Twolanerider]

Believe it or not, this set-up is not my first choice. for either comfort or esthetics.  My first choice would have been the original seat and backrests for looks.  However, I could not live with the stock seat, nor could my wife.  I call the original seat a 40 mile seat because after that distance, the only thing I could think about was getting off the bike.  I rode 300 miles one day with it and my butt was still sore the next day.

I made a big mistake with the original seat.  I took it to a well known saddle rebuilder with the objective of getting him to widen the seating area on the rear (that should have been simple) and to replace the foam in the riders area and contour it to my butt.  There is a chunk of very high density foam in the center of the riders seat that makes it impossible for me to ever be comfortable on it.  Well, I let him talk me into rebuilding it the way he rebuilds seats.  In so doing, he could not use the original seat cover and I ended up with a seat that was too high, not that comfortable and looked like chit.

The Corbin Dual Tour was my second choice.  I put over 30,000 miles on a Corbin on my Road King Classic and was generally pleased.   I wanted to do a ride-in to make sure it fit me properly and to better choose the options I wanted.  The Corbin solution had two pitfalls.  One was the passenger backrest for the chopped Tour Pak which is just a small pad, leaving the bottom of the Tour Pak exposed and showing the metal hard point used to anchor the cable for the lid.  The King Tour Pak backrest is even larger than the H-D version and I couldn't convince my wife that the longer armrests were a good thing or that I thought it would look good.  The second pitfall was cost.  I had just blown $600 and ruined my original seat.  The Corbin solution meant close to another $1000 for the seat and backrests plus the trip and hotel room.

The next option was the Comfort Stitch.  A number of friends have them on Ultras and all of them liked it for comfort.  H-D doesn't make a chopped Tour Pak backrest and the original backrest just doesn't look good with the Comfort Stitch seat.  So with all that, I got out the drill and put 6 more holes in the Tour Pak lid.  In the end, the esthetics for me aren't all that bad and the comfort is a reasonable second best.

I'm in complete agreement with you on the stock seat Bob.  It looked good on the bike but it hated my butt.  That seat had to have been designed by someone with a deep loathing for butts everywhere.

I actually do go the Corbin route.  But I had the King Tour Pak already ordered when I was getting the bike.  So when I ordered the seat I got the big backrest to go on the King tour pak.  Perched up a little higher it does look better.  Never will look great.  But that Tour Pak is only on for longer road trips anyway so comfort and storage are it's only purpose.  If I so desire I can throw the skinny little spare Corbin oval back rest in the tour pak and swap them while at a destination and then quickly pop The Trunk back on for the remainder of the trip.

If you ever do go that way Corbin will recover your stop small backrest to match whatever you have them do for a seat.  I've still not gotten around to it with this one.  But they've said it is something they commonly do.

[Rsantucc]

Well I gues base don what everyone is sayioing is that I should just order a Corbin Cual Tour Seat, whihc I will check out this week in Lake George NY at the Americade. They have a tractor trailer there and the guy I spoke to will also be there at the evnt. He stated that they wil have a 10% discount on all seats purchased or ordered at this event.

My only concern was does anyone ojn this site have the Tour Pac backrest from Corbin on thier Bike and if so can they posta  picture t the site sometime this week.

I know Twolaner said he has it on a King Tourpack but the lids on the King and Chooped are identical, so they would look the same on each but on the chopped the bottom of ther back rest would need to be tucked behind the seat.

Again thanks to everyone on this site for your imput it mkaes a hell of alot of diffrence for people to make decisions on new accessories.

[Twolanerider]

My only concern was does anyone ojn this site have the Tour Pac backrest from Corbin on thier Bike and if so can they posta  picture t the site sometime this week.

This is as good as I can offer.  The lower section of their full sized backrest is NOT part of the backrest itself.  Instead it's just a relatively thin pad you velcro to the lower body of the tour pak.  If it didn't fit between the pak and the seat there's no reason you couldn't cut it in half (or whatever width did fit) and just have a leather ship sew it back together.

[Rsantucc]

This is as good as I can offer.  The lower section of their full sized backrest is NOT part of the backrest itself.  Instead it's just a relatively thin pad you velcro to the lower body of the tour pak.  If it didn't fit between the pak and the seat there's no reason you couldn't cut it in half (or whatever width did fit) and just have a leather ship sew it back together.

Twolanerider,

I spoke to Corbin this week and they stated that they do not make a Dual Tour seat that mounts with  side saddlebag crash bars as you have in your picture. My question was who did you speak to at Corbin to get the modification done so taht the Dual Tour Seat would fit your bike with the saddle bag crash bars. I will be seeing the guys form Corbin on Wednesday this week and will show them your picture but they will probably ask who you worked with when your ordered your seat.

Your help is apprecaited.

[Twolanerider]

Twolanerider,

I spoke to Corbin this week and they stated that they do not make a Dual Tour seat that mounts with  side saddlebag crash bars as you have in your picture. My question was who did you speak to at Corbin to get the modification done so taht the Dual Tour Seat would fit your bike with the saddle bag crash bars. I will be seeing the guys form Corbin on Wednesday this week and will show them your picture but they will probably ask who you worked with when your ordered your seat.

Your help is apprecaited.

On my seat I had the same problem you're describing.  Except when I ordered they didn't know the seat wouldn't accept the rear crash bars and were still telling everyone that it would.  So on mine I took the cover off, ground down a little foam and fiberglass, and made it fit myself.

They can do it though.  But you need to speak with one of the techs/seat builders not the sales weenie.  They're right in that their basepan won't accept the bars as is.  You'll have to tell them what to change.  Once you explain it to someone who actually builds the seats he'll know exactly what you need done.  Tell him the following:

Yes, it is true that from the front the seat for the SEEG is different than any other touring seat they have.  So they can't compare from the front.  From the back, however, it's the same as the Road King or Electra Glide seat for spacing from the rear mount point to where the notches need to be for the crash bars.  So compare the SEEG to a Road King or Electra Glide seat FROM THE REAR and put the notches in the seat pan in the same place.

Someone on this site went through this three or four months ago.  I've forgotten who it was now but the work will be the same so it shouldn't make any difference.  I ended up calling Corbin for whomever it was then.  Finally spoke with a seat builder and explained what was needing to be done.  He understood completely and it was no problem.

[Rsantucc]

On my seat I had the same problem you're describing.  Except when I ordered they didn't know the seat wouldn't accept the rear crash bars and were still telling everyone that it would.  So on mine I took the cover off, ground down a little foam and fiberglass, and made it fit myself.

They can do it though.  But you need to speak with one of the techs/seat builders not the sales weenie.  They're right in that their basepan won't accept the bars as is.  You'll have to tell them what to change.  Once you explain it to someone who actually builds the seats he'll know exactly what you need done.  Tell him the following:

Yes, it is true that from the front the seat for the SEEG is different than any other touring seat they have.  So they can't compare from the front.  From the back, however, it's the same as the Road King or Electra Glide seat for spacing from the rear mount point to where the notches need to be for the crash bars.  So compare the SEEG to a Road King or Electra Glide seat FROM THE REAR and put the notches in the seat pan in the same place.

Someone on this site went through this three or four months ago.  I've forgotten who it was now but the work will be the same so it shouldn't make any difference.  I ended up calling Corbin for whomever it was then.  Finally spoke with a seat builder and explained what was needing to be done.  He understood completely and it was no problem.

THANKS! , I will use your reply as guidence when I meet wit them on Wednesday. I will let you know how I make out.

[Striker]

Help me out here guys, I am returning my Corbin Dual Touring seat for the reasons I have posted under Corbin seat issues.  I am thinking that I would like to get the "Reach Pillow-Look Touring Seat" 52961-98A with the "Pillow Look Rider backrest" 52530-88F.
What I don't see is a quick release "Pillow Look" passenger backrest.  Is it not available for the SEEG, or am I missing it?  What about the pizza box, will it still fit when I don't have the passenger backrest in place, (assuming I can find one)  Also am I going to have problems with a seat that is made for FLHT's because of the dash length on the SEEG?  If so, what will give me the comfort for me and my passenger for long runs, without sacrificing seat hight too much.
Any experience out there with this kind of set up.

[JCZ]

Help me out here guys, I am returning my Corbin Dual Touring seat for the reasons I have posted under Corbin seat issues.  I am thinking that I would like to get the "Reach Pillow-Look Touring Seat" 52961-98A with the "Pillow Look Rider backrest" 52530-88F.
What I don't see is a quick release "Pillow Look" passenger backrest.  Is it not available for the SEEG, or am I missing it?  What about the pizza box, will it still fit when I don't have the passenger backrest in place, (assuming I can find one)  Also am I going to have problems with a seat that is made for FLHT's because of the dash length on the SEEG?  If so, what will give me the comfort for me and my passenger for long runs, without sacrificing seat hight too much.
Any experience out there with this kind of set up.

Striker, I responded (for whatever it was worth) to your post int the other thread.  However, for the record, you should know that when you're buying any Harley Davidson seat for the SEEG, due to the SEEG gas tank dash panel, you have to order the seat for the Road King.

In other word, when I ordered my Comfort Stitch seat for my SEEG, I had to actually order the seat for the Road King (I think the backrests are the same on both models).

[Rsantucc]

Hate to throw a wrench into the fire but was at Americade here in Lake George NY, yesterday and visted with Corbin and Mustang. I was there under the intention to buy a Corbin seat. I visted Corbin and I had them fit and quote me for the full package on SEEG  dual tour seat with tour pack pack bac pad wth arm rest, and a drive and passinger back rests with 10% discount slightly over $1286.00, and shipping was another $25.00 total $1311.00

I then visted with Mustang, (which I have on my 2001 FLSTF) (and had the bike with me at both vendors) and tried thier Road King 1 Piece Tour seat (Which is 17" wide for driver and 14" wide for passinger) and then thier Road King 2 piece Driver Solo with Back rest (Which is 16.5" wide) and the Passinger seat removable Pad at 13.5" wide. Thier leather is softer and the seats felt much better then the Corbin hard pan shelled seats. So the results where I went with a Mustang Road King Solo seat with Back rest, Pasinger seat with Pillion Pad, Tour Pack back rest with arms and also Passinger removable back rest, but it even gets better.

The Mustang team sold me the Passenger backrest with the arm rest mounted and installed to my Chopped tour pac at no charge for isntallaitin for $234.00 Tax included. I then asked them for the part numbers for the Solo Seat and Back Rest the Passinger seat Pillion Pad and also the Passinger backrest for removeable back rest, and advised them that I woudl purchase through J&P Cycles as tey ill offer me a 10% discount. They said no problem as long as I buy the products from one of thier vendors. I did not pucrhase these items direct from Mustang as they are full price (As Mustnag does not under cut thier vendors) and I would have been charged TAX 7%. So I then went and visited with J&P Cycles and I placed the order for the exact Same Seats and items and received a 10% discount for ordering at Americade, FREE Shipping and NO SALES TAX as it will be shipped outside of Iowa. Total cost for entire package Solo Seat with Back rest, Removable Passinger Pillion seat, Passinger Back Rest for removable back rest, and also the Tour Pac Back rest woth Arms installed $926.00, a savings of just over $385.00 Compared to what Corbin was offering for a 1 Piece seat Package. I then took the bike over to the Progressive Shock Trailer that was there and had them mount 2 - Progressive 440 Chrome Shocks on my 2005 SEEG for $481.50, includes Parts, Labor and Tax. So over all I ended up wth a great removable seat Package and new Progressive 440 shocks Installed for $96.50 more then what the Corbin seat would have costed me and I do not have to wait 4 to 5 weeks for Corbin seat as J&P is shipping my order today for mid week next week delivery from Iowa.

J&P also stated that if you place an order through them during Americade and tell them that you where there and this is why you are ordering they will honor the Free Shipping on any order plus a 10% disocunt off Catalog pricing.

Just my two cents as saving money and getting the best is my game.

Regards

Robert

Satisfied 2005 SEEG owner with quality aftermarket products  [smiley=huepfenjump3.gif]

PS: I will post pictures of the entire set up by the end of next week so you all can see the dynomite deal and products mounted on the bike.....