First ride after adding seat gel hoping for more comfort, but nope, no change! What do do? Anybody made theirs better?

Custom seat, Air Hawk! The hard part of coming on here and asking what your butt would like is hard to answer! I have gone from a stock seat to a Gel pad, to a comfort seat, and now an Air Hawk when my butt's had enough! I am still fighting an unhappy butt at times! I am thinking about going the sheep skin cover next! Or just ride more and get my rear hardened into it.

First ride of the season where you live; what's your backside been doing for the last 4-5 or more months? Unfortunately, only your butt can tell you. The possibly least expensive try would be an Air Hawk.

Pricey, but well worth the cost. Russell Day Long seat on my 2022 RT S2S.

troop said:

Pricey, but well worth the cost. Russell Day Long seat on my 2022 RT S2S.

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Plus 1 - my 5th RDL Seat!

Agreed. A custom fit saddle is well worth it!
I’ve had a RDL, and a couple of Laam seats. Only you know what fits you. I’ve had Corbin, Sargent, OEM upgrades, and the ones fitted to me are the best. Joe

I have a 2014 RT & did the whole route of seat pads and even tried the special padded underwear. I ended up going with an Ultimate Tall Boy seat, which also gave me an additional 3” of leg room. I’ve had a Corbin, a Day Long, & a locally made custom seat, & the Ultimate was the best choice for me for this particular motorcycle because of the Tall Boy option. First week I had it I rode from Leesburg, Fl to Bike Week in Daytona without a stop and then walked for 2 hours.

I like the fact that they build a new pan & don’t just upgrade the original seat with the plastic pan. I’ve ridden over 1000 miles since I bought it. It was well worth the money.

My friend has a '23 Sea to Sky that came from the factory with an Ultimate seat, but I think Can Am has them built to different specs, because his isn’t close to being as comfortable as mine.

I think you’ll have to bite the bullet and buy an upgraded seat that suits you, be it Ultimate, Corbin, Day Long, or another company.

Here’s the review I did on it.

Thread 'Review of Ultimate Seat':

https://www.spyderlovers.com/threads/review-of-ultimate-seat.162791/

Airhawk/WildA$$ has been the answer for my butt on all my rides since returning to long days on the bikes/Spyder.
The major advantages are:
- they are far less expensive (~$120) than a custom seat (~$500+)
- can be moved to another ride in seconds
- if it doesn't solve your butt ache you're not out hundreds of your cash
- you can re-sell a 'universal' seat pad to the entire world of makes/models

IMHO, Custom seats are a crap-shoot with no assurance it will solve your aches and then you're stuck with a narrow market to re-sell.

troop said:

Pricey, but well worth the cost. Russell Day Long seat on my 2022 RT S2S.

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me too, on spyder and 2 wheeler. and spyder stitching as well. my pics are too big to post

RayBJ said:

Airhawk/WildA$$ has been the answer for my butt on all my rides since returning to long days on the bikes/Spyder.
The major advantages are:
- they are far less expensive (~$120) than a custom seat (~$500+)
- can be moved to another ride in seconds
- if it doesn't solve your butt ache you're not out hundreds of your cash
- you can re-sell a 'universal' seat pad to the entire world of makes/models

IMHO, Custom seats are a crap-shoot with no assurance it will solve your aches and then you're stuck with a narrow market to re-sell.

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Ray, custom seats like Daylong are definitely NOT a crap shoot. They tailor the seat to your height, weight, leg length, arm position etc, and guarantee all day comfort (or refund your money), so they do indeed provide an assurance it will solve your aches. Yes, they are expensive, but it depends how much you want an all-day, comfortable ride. If you source a cheap, second hand seat to send to them to modify, you still have your original seat to sell with the Spyder.

Pete

Mikey said:

Custom seat, Air Hawk! The hard part of coming on here and asking what your butt would like is hard to answer! I have gone from a stock seat to a Gel pad, to a comfort seat, and now an Air Hawk when my butt's had enough! I am still fighting an unhappy butt at times! I am thinking about going the sheep skin cover next! Or just ride more and get my rear hardened into it.

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I use a sheepskin on my seat, used it on my both my Harleys when I had them, works great. I think I need to get a new one though, it's getting old and the wool tends to come out.

Some seat company’s will give you a short window to try with the option to return if not satisfied. If you go this route make sure you have a clear understanding of the return/refund details ahead of time.

Poasttown
2019 F3L

I agree custom seats are the best way to go. As long as you have the budget for it. If not, as mentioned before, air hawk, sheepskin may work. Or, ask around if any of your locals have used an upholstery shop. Someone that does seat covers, chairs, boats. Less money, and it may work.