What 2020+ RT Limited seat options are there?

[Peteoz]

I've owned 38 motorcycles over the years, but this is my first RDL, never been able to find a comfortable seat for more than a 100 miles, hopefully this works.

BW, if it does not give you all day comfort when you first get it, they will modify it for you until it does. I have only had that happen once in 5 Daylong seats, and they wore most of the shipping costs from Aus to US and back. You will be very happy with it. A custom seat is the only way to GUARANTEE comfort.

Pete

 

[Peteoz]

Jealous! I've wanted Russell Day Long seats for several bikes over the years, but never actually pulled the trigger. Be sure to share some photos when you get it installed and a review after some usage.

Adventurer, the reviews all say the same thing……butt ugly but extremely comfortable. They have been doing this well for many, many years:thumbup:

Pere

 

[shakin_jake]

In regards to Ru$$ell Day-Long seats & if they are worth the Jack, I’ve owned & ridden on 3 of them & was extremely pleased with each. First was a leather solo i bought for a 93’ Honda ST1100. I added hi-way pegs to the underside of the tip over wings which necessitated a back rest when using the hi-way pegs since the pegs put me into a more upright seating position, when used. Luckily for me i bought a 2nd hand leather dual Ru$$ell (w/driver backrest) that was removed from a totaled ST that another STocer sold to me when he bought the toitaled bike for other ST parts & didnt have a need for this seat. It just so happened I knew the original owner of the totaled bike, who weighed about 50 lbs. less than I. Still, Joe’s seat felt like it was made for my weight. Rode a combination of 70 K miles between those two Ru$$ell saddles then sold that ST w/90 K miles on the odometer, along w/both saddles

Third Ru$$ell saddle i bought new for the 2002 Honda Silverwing scooter i bought 2nd hand in/around 2003, was a leather solo model w/backrest. Not that anyone asked but i went with the Honda Swing (Silverwing) getting off the pan Euro (ST) as i wanted a lighter touring platform which the Swing had in spades. Only put 20 K smiles on that 3rd Ru$$ell & Swing scooter before selling as I wasn’t riding the big miles any more

The 93’ST came to me wearing a leather Corbin, as did the 92‘ GSPD. I enjoyed the Corbin saddles, hard as a rock as they both were yet ask any cowboy that spends the better part of his day on a leather horse saddle on a cutting horse & they are hard as a rock too. That said, each of the Ru$$ell saddles were far more comfortable, especially when spending 600+ miles a day on them. My current LD steed is a 2021 Can Am RTL for the last 4.5 months & i have no complaints with the OEM saddle but, I haven’t ridden any big mile days with it yet. I like the lower lumbar support it offers

To conclude, for those on the fence thinking about investing in a Ru$$ell day-long saddle, if you’re not happy with what you have now, if’n it were me & the OEM Spyder saddle wasn’t working, I wouldn’t think twice about getting another day-long saddle. They always worked for me


Best,


Jake
Reddick Fla.
It’s never too late to have a happy childhood

 

[BWKean]

In regards to Ru$$ell Day-Long seats & if they are worth the Jack, I’ve owned & ridden on 3 of them & was extremely pleased with each. First was a leather solo i bought for a 93’ Honda ST1100. I added hi-way pegs to the underside of the tip over wings which necessitated a back rest when using the hi-way pegs since the pegs put me into a more upright seating position, when used. Luckily for me i bought a 2nd hand leather dual Ru$$ell (w/driver backrest) that was removed from a totaled ST that another STocer sold to me when he bought the toitaled bike for other ST parts & didnt have a need for this seat. It just so happened I knew the original owner of the totaled bike, who weighed about 50 lbs. less than I. Still, Joe’s seat felt like it was made for my weight. Rode a combination of 70 K miles between those two Ru$$ell saddles then sold that ST w/90 K miles on the odometer, along w/both saddles

Third Ru$$ell saddle i bought new for the 2002 Honda Silverwing scooter i bought 2nd hand in/around 2003, was a leather solo model w/backrest. Not that anyone asked but i went with the Honda Swing (Silverwing) getting off the pan Euro (ST) as i wanted a lighter touring platform which the Swing had in spades. Only put 20 K smiles on that 3rd Ru$$ell & Swing scooter before selling as I wasn’t riding the big miles any more

The 93’ST came to me wearing a leather Corbin, as did the 92‘ GSPD. I enjoyed the Corbin saddles, hard as a rock as they both were yet ask any cowboy that spends the better part of his day on a leather horse saddle on a cutting horse & they are hard as a rock too. That said, each of the Ru$$ell saddles were far more comfortable, especially when spending 600+ miles a day on them. My current LD steed is a 2021 Can Am RTL for the last 4.5 months & i have no complaints with the OEM saddle but, I haven’t ridden any big mile days with it yet. I like the lower lumbar support it offers

To conclude, for those on the fence thinking about investing in a Ru$$ell day-long saddle, if you’re not happy with what you have now, if’n it were me & the OEM Spyder saddle wasn’t working, I wouldn’t think twice about getting another day-long saddle. They always worked for me


Best,


Jake
Reddick Fla.
It’s never too late to have a happy childhood

Awesome Review of the RDL, Thanks ��

 

[rgus]

I had heard that Russell Day Long had changed ownership 2 or 3 years ago. Are they still the same quality?

 

[Peteoz]

I had heard that Russell Day Long had changed ownership 2 or 3 years ago. Are they still the same quality?

I hadn’t heard that, rgus, and I am currently speaking to Jay at Russell, who is their production manager. He has been there as long as I have been dealing with Russell, so if there are new owners, it doesn’t appear they have changed much. I should have my new Daylong around end April, so I’ll let you know if it is up to scratch.

P.s. Russell Daylong guarantee they will make you a seat that is all day comfortable. That is their major selling point. How they go about that is their business. But if there are new owners at Russell, and they start making seats that are NOT all day comfortable, word will spread like wildfire and they will be out of business in 6 months. The fact that no reports of poor seats have emerged over the past 2 or 3 years speaks for itself.

Pete