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Saddlemen Tech Seat
« on: July 10, 2015, 10:06:22 PM »
I pulled the trigger on one of these...anybody have experience with a Saddlemen?  Under $400 with free shipping
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Re: Saddlemen Tech Seat
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2015, 10:10:27 PM »
Tech One-Piece Seat w/Memory Foam Comfort Pads at Dennis Kirk for the lowest price guaranteed. http://m.denniskirk.com/saddlemen/tech-one-piece-seat-w-memory-foam-comfort-pads-0810-k022.p457218.prd/457218.sku
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Re: Saddlemen Tech Seat
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2015, 12:25:13 PM »
  Interesting !  Keep us posted  thanks.

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Re: Saddlemen Tech Seat
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2015, 12:41:34 PM »
  Interesting !  Keep us posted  thanks.

It does look interesting since the pain they speak of is the issue I have with the Corbin. Other than that, I like it. I wanted them to simply flatten the hump by removing foam but they recommended against it saying there wasn't much foam there to cut. I ended up having them flatten the entire seat by building it up where it is dished. They said they would replace the foam for free with their softer foam. This would have been fine had they actually replaced all the foam with the softer foam. What they ended up doing was add softer foam to build up the dished part and flatten the saddle. The issue with that is that the hump of hard foam remains under the soft foam, so when the soft am compresses, I am still on the hump, causing the same pain.

Overall I like the seat built up like this, I have more legroom since it is higher in the back so my knees aren't bent as much. I just hate the hump. It would have been better had they built it up with the hard foam, or had they simply cut the hump down as I originally wanted. Overall, it was a good experiment.

I will admit though, my first test of the reshaped seat was a 900 mile one day trip from Pittsburgh to Branson, Missouri. I basically stopped when I needed gas. I had no pain other than the slight discomfort from the hump. If I had all my tools with me I would have already removed the cover and adjusted it myself. I will probably do it before the Summer is over. I should have brought my Sargent seat so I could send this back to Corbin but I neglected to do so.