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| I just got me a new seat. A low Ness 10th anniversory. The 1" lower & 1" forward is more comfortable for me & it shifts my body weight (5'10" 200lb). This makes the bike handle even better than it did before which was good. It is firm, but much more comfortable than my stock 09 Street. Does anyone know if it is leather or parts of it are leather? O' it was cheaper than any custom seat, $299.51 |
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Desert Hot Springs (Palm Springs area), CA | Where did you buy it? It is nice when things work! |
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Visionary
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Central Maryland | Is it still heated as well? Where did you get it from (echoing Rick's question above)... |
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Iron Butt
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Mt. Vernon, WASH. | In the privacy of your garage (so your neighbors or wife won't consider you as 'odd' a quick sniff check will tell you if it's cow outsides or the hide of the elusive nauga-if it's cow cover, go pick up a bottle of LEXOL and wipe some on by hand about every 400 or so miles (use a lot of it and really work it in) to keep the leather supple and moist so it won't crack or check or split and a bottle of black leather analyn dye from the TANDY Leather store (be careful as it splatters and you will be a 'marked man' for days so use a Q Tip) or in a pinch KIWI liquid shoe dye in the squeeze bottle to do touch ups on the inevitable scuffing and wear spots. |
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Puddle Jumper
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| I got the same seat for my 08. Love It! It is not leather but all vinyl, which reflects the price. The all leather is about 6-$800 and is a lot stiffer, less comfy. |
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Iron Butt
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Mt. Vernon, WASH. | gottavision - 2012-05-17 12:56 PM
I got the same seat for my 08. Love It! It is not leather but all vinyl, which reflects the price. The all leather is about 6-$800 and is a lot stiffer, less comfy.
It won't hurt to do a tiny bit of LEXOL application to keep the stitching from drying out and to keep water from seeping in through the stitch holes and rotting the foam inside. |
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Cruiser
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Land O Lakes, FL | I have the low Ness seat as well but mine has been customized with tribal inlays, memory foam and leather seating areas (vinyl sides still). enjoy I love mine. |
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Beer Collins, Colorado (there is no fort) | SYNSTR - 2012-05-17 1:31 PM
In the privacy of your garage (so your neighbors or wife won't consider you as 'odd') a quick sniff check will tell you if it's cow outsides or the hide of the elusive nauga-if it's cow cover, go pick up a bottle of LEXOL and wipe some on by hand about every 400 or so miles (use a lot of it and really work it in) to keep the leather supple and moist so it won't crack or check or split and a bottle of black leather analyn dye from the TANDY Leather store (be careful as it splatters and you will be a 'marked man' for days so use a Q Tip) or in a pinch KIWI liquid shoe dye in the squeeze bottle to do touch ups on the inevitable scuffing and wear spots.
Ever tried Doc Bailey's leather products? The leather black will make your stuff look like new (if that's what you want) or use the clear for the protection without the black-Great stuff & a little goes a long ways-you might find it works better than Lexol-I did,Brian
https://www.leatherclear.com/cgi-bin/store/pid_01.htm |
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Iron Butt
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Orlando, FL | If I remember correctly the true leather Ness has a Rear slot for a backrest while the nauga does not. Anyone know for sure?
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Iron Butt
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Rockford, IL | MaddMAx2u - 2012-05-18 5:59 AM If I remember correctly the true leather Ness has a Rear slot for a backrest while the nauga does not. Anyone know for sure? You are 100% correct. |
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Cruiser
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Land O Lakes, FL | Yup mine has the slot, have the backrest too :D
Edited by PhantomX 2012-05-18 8:53 AM
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Iron Butt
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| Rick Farrar - 2012-05-17 8:25 AM
I just got me a new seat. A low Ness 10th anniversory. The 1" lower & 1" forward is more comfortable for me & it shifts my body weight (5'10" 200lb). This makes the bike handle even better than it did before which was good. It is firm, but?much more comfortable than my stock 09 Street. Does anyone know if it is leather or parts of it are leather?? O' it was cheaper than any custom seat, $299.51
Part # ? |
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Cruiser
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| I got it at Surdyke Motorsports in Fetus Mo. It is not heated. Thier on line parts showed $299.51. & shipping was $28.50.
The invoice I got showed it at $363.25 - 63.74 discount (20%). I think that is a VMC Discount. Part # is 2684354. I had seen
this seat at other dealers for the same $299.51 price, but when to Surdyke because I had delt wil them before.
WWW.surdykemotorsports.com |
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Iron Butt
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| Rick Farrar - 2012-05-18 9:23 AM
I got it at Surdyke Motorsports in Fetus Mo. It is not heated. Thier on line parts showed $299.51. & shipping was $28.50.
The invoice I got showed it at $363.25 - 63.74 discount (20%). I think that is a VMC Discount. Part # is 2684354. I had seen
this seat at other dealers for the same $299.51 price, but when to Surdyke because I had delt wil them before.
WWW.surdykemotorsports.com
Thank you.
More questions.... does the Ness seat also move you closer to the handle bars, AND does it also lower the pillion area as well? I'm more interested in the pillion area, as the passenger already sits so much higher than the driver.... I'm thinking that if only the drivers area is lower, and not the passenger, that will make for a very awkward feeling passenger.
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Visionary
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| I found a price but could not see a photo of it. They do have some good prices
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Land O Lakes, FL | Turk - 2012-05-18 11:32 AM
Rick Farrar - 2012-05-18 9:23 AM
I got it at Surdyke Motorsports in Fetus Mo. It is not heated. Thier on line parts showed $299.51. & shipping was $28.50.
The invoice I got showed it at $363.25 - 63.74 discount (20%). I think that is a VMC Discount. Part # is 2684354. I had seen
this seat at other dealers for the same $299.51 price, but when to Surdyke because I had delt wil them before.
WWW.surdykemotorsports.com
Thank you.
More questions.... does the Ness seat also move you closer to the handle bars, AND does it also lower the pillion area as well? I'm more interested in the pillion area, as the passenger already sits so much higher than the driver.... I'm thinking that if only the drivers area is lower, and not the passenger, that will make for a very awkward feeling passenger.
Thanks
Yes it lowers the passenger I think about 1" I'm 5'7" and I can stand flat footed on my VV sitting normally. I got a guy that can sells them with some cool tribal patterns and leather seating areas if your interested. A bit more expensive but way cool looking! |
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| Turk: It does move you closer to the bars. I think it's about 1". It also has a little rap-around feeling on the butt. I handle the bike better with this seat because of that, and being 1" lower and 1" closer too the bars (I feel like it's 1". At first I thought it was 1" lower & 1" closer but yesterday I notice that the fit on the hips helped too. Great seat! You can tell this seat because the part where the backrest goes in is about 2" wide, On earllier seats this is strip is only about 1" wide. This seat is shaped so you don't slip forward, you stay in the seat unless you purposly move forward. The front of it next to the paint seems to be the same hight. Ooooh A guy was looking at the bike (as usual) yesterday asked if it was a custom seat? I said no, just an Arlen Ness stock seat. |
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| john frey - 2012-05-18 6:53 PM I found a price but could not see a photo of it. They do have some good prices John: That part #2684354 comes in a box labeled "Low Ness 10th anniversary" It has flame stitching in the seat. and looks like leather |
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Iron Butt
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| Rick Farrar - 2012-05-21 9:32 AM john frey - 2012-05-18 6:53 PM I found a price but could not see a photo of it. They do have some good prices John: That part #2684354 comes in a box labeled "Low Ness 10th anniversary" It has flame stitching in the seat. and looks like leather Any pics? |
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, MO | I'd like to have that but I need heated.... Lol maybe one for summer and one for winter?? Hehe |
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Iron Butt
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| copatlarge - 2012-05-21 6:19 PM I'd like to have that but I need heated.... Lol maybe one for summer and one for winter?? Hehe[/QUOTE That's what I'm going to do if I find a picture and I like the seat. |
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Cruiser
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| Hope these Pic's attach OK
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Cruiser
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Land O Lakes, FL | Rick Farrar - 2012-05-23 12:09 AM
Hope these Pic's attach OK
Hey that's my seat too! If you don't mind me asking how much did you pay for it? |
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Iron Butt
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| I ordered one, should be here in a week or so. |
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Puddle Jumper
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Southern Va./2011 Vision silver | Will this seat work on a 2011 ? Will the drivers backrest slot still line up ? |
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Cruiser
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| I got it at Surdyke Motorsports in Fetus Mo. It is not heated. Thier on line parts showed $299.51. & shipping was $28.50.
The invoice I got showed it at $363.25 - 63.74 discount (20%). I think that is a VMC Discount. Part # is 2684354. I had seen
this seat at other dealers for the same $299.51 price, but when to Surdyke because I had delt wil them before.
WWW.surdykemotorsports.com
Not sure I undersand the question about the backrest. The seat will fit on a 2011. I am moving my Utopia bacl rest to this seat when I get my new seat bracket.
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Iron Butt
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| Lotzafun - 2012-05-18 8:09 AM MaddMAx2u - 2012-05-18 5:59 AM If I remember correctly the true leather Ness has a Rear slot for a backrest while the nauga does not. Anyone know for sure? You are 100% correct. I got mine, love it.
Edited by kris1956 2012-05-31 3:15 PM
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Iron Butt
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| Rick Farrar - 2012-05-17 8:25 AM I just got me a new seat. A low Ness 10th anniversory. The 1" lower & 1" forward is more comfortable for me & it shifts my body weight (5'10" 200lb). This makes the bike handle even better than it did before which was good. It is firm, but much more comfortable than my stock 09 Street. Does anyone know if it is leather or parts of it are leather? O' it was cheaper than any custom seat, $299.51 I installed the seat and your right, the bike does handle better. I have to think lowering the center of gravity is the reason. I don't feel like I sit any closer though. |
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