Ordering a K&H Seat from Samurider

[Gumby 1100_imp]

I sat on a Russell Day Long on the guys FJR that I went to West Virginia with last week. He said it was real comfortable, but I thought it felt weird with wings holding my butt cheeks up.

Those wings are both the boon and the bane of Russel Day-Long Seats. I had a sport version of their seat with smaller wings on my 2009 CBF1000 and the wings made it probably the most comfortable seat I have ever had WHILE RIDING WITH FEET ON THE PEGS. Unfortunately, the wings make it very difficult on some bikes to put your feet down comfortably without sliding forward on the seat as far as possible. Even then, the wings tended to dig into your legs.

The way the wings cradle your buttocks may make them comfy, but it also discourages spirited riding, when you may need to shift your weight or position for cornering.

I might consider them for another heavy cruiser with an extremely low seat, but I would never again get one for a sport-touring or standard type bike.

It's reasons like this that make me think the K&H may have distinct advantages over the Corbin with its "contoured pocket".