I've just come back from a fifty mile "short" run. This was my first real ride since I replaced the seat springs with a couple of rubber doorstops.It has really made a big difference to the ride. I deliberately followed some narrow country roads which, to put it mildly, do not have the best of surfaces.
I originally tried it as I wanted the seat back a few inches. The cover for the ignition unit which sits on the rear mudguard was stopping the seat from being adjusted. So I had the idea that maybe dropping it two or three inches would maybe have the same effect.
It did but it has also had the consequence of making the ride much smoother. I still get jarred over bumps but nowhere nearly so much as when the springs were fitted.
It may have something to do with not having a double bounce effect from the suspension and the seat spring which I'm sure were working together to exaggerate the movement going over bumps. I think that the seat springs were also bottoming out which was causing an even greater jarring than the seat riding on the softail suspension.
Whatever the theory behind it is the seat is much better now and it has given me some more ideas for this winter!
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