New Seat 4 the Shadow (photos) brubbb brubb brub

Any Thing Goes is the cruiser section of the forum right? :crazy:

Some folks here know that I picked up an '03 Shadow 750 last November. I've since put 3000 miles on here so far this winter. The wife and I found that the stock seat could be used to make terrorists give away their secrets but it'd be considered torture and we'd no longer be able to use that technique.

Bitterpil suggested I check out Mustang Seats. Since I've found Bitterpil "researches" crap until it's obsolete before he buys it, I trusted it was a good recommendation. Just a poke buddy, thanks a lot for the tip, I'm quite happy with the seat!

I did 235 miles in the stock seat Tuesday this week, 100 miles on Wednesday in the stock seat, and 145 miles in the Mustang seat yesterday and found it to be a night and day difference. I paid $347, new in the box, including shipping, off ebay.

New and the old seat side by side:


Upside down view of the seatpan (reverse of above, the new seat is on the right):

Notice how the Mustang seat pan is wider than the OEM. The OEM is nearly as wide but has less support underneith.

Side view of the OEM - notice the slope of the seat, like a cradle, which makes for a pressure point right on your ass-bone:


Side view of the Mustang seat, no slope = relief for your ass-bone:


Another view of OEM:


Same view of Mustang:


The passenger seat is also a full 4" wider than the OEM and provides some lower back support for the driver. I told the wife that's all she gets and her ass isn't allowed to get any wider than 13". The seats raise up the driver and passenger slightly from the stock position which adds some leg comfort for both of us. You may have also noticed that the Mustang is wider under the crotch. While this provides a better rest for my heavy..... nevermind, what I meant is that it would also make for a longer reach to the ground for a short person.

Bweiss, you might have kept your Shadow if you would have picked up the Mustang Seat! Thanks again for the suggestion 'pil!

 

Richard - I bought my Shadow used but I believe the paint scheme was a factory option as I've seen photos of other bikes that year painted the same.

That silver bike of your brother's looks real sweet, thanks for sharing!

 

worth every penny. Not sure how many miles but I've had several 200 mile days and the seat is incredible.

What's better is I got nearly $200 for my old seat on ebay so the out of pocket cost on the Mustang was significantly less.