Just had my seat re-contoured and recovered by a local shop.
The configuration of the stock seat always pushed me forward into the tank and I never sat on the wide part of the seat. We spent a lot of time in his shop trying different shapes and types of padding.
He added some additional wings to the seat, contoured the seat area where I sit to be concave instead of convex and flattened out the slope to the front so I no longer slide forward.
I have not been able to take a long ride to see how it will work, and with the weather changing, it may be a while. So far, it feels comfortable, but as I am in an entirely new position on the bike, it feels a little strange.

* Last updated by: roderash on 10/31/2017 @ 10:41 AM *

That sounds like what they do with the aftermarket seats you can buy. My Sadlemen seat is more level to the ground and it does alleviate the annoying slide forward effect. I must say, I got used to that after a while but I like the feel of the slightly lower back portion and it helps fit my long torso over the tank without having my face right in the windscreen too. They could have cut it back an inch farther so the back edge was even with the cowl but that might be more space than most want. I plan to cut down a stock seat I have laying around someday. I'm going real low with the back. I think that looks a lot cooler too.

Thats I nice job on the seat, nice looking and the bike looks great too

* Last updated by: cruderudy on 10/31/2017 @ 7:52 PM *

Thats I nice job on the seat, nice looking and the bike looks great too

It does looks great. Where are you located, and how much did you paid for the custom job?

Nice avatar Kolfa. Good sense of humor serves everyone well!

LOL I decided to change mine though!....so we didn't have to look at THIS

JK

* Last updated by: Rook on 10/31/2017 @ 9:29 PM *

Man that seat looks great ! You'll for sure get that odometer turning. I'm dropping mine off at a shop called Mean City Cycles next week for a memory foam transplant. I'm trying to sell my Sargent's that's really comfortable but I prefer the narrowness of the stock seat.

It does looks great. Where are you located, and how much did you paid for the custom job?

I am in Northern Colorado. He charged a little less than what it would cost for a Sargent seat.
He made sure the solo seat cowl still fits with no issue.

I'm hoping to still get up in the mountains this month to see if I can move around on the bike when I need to.
For long distance rides, I will be using my Bead Rider seat beads to prevent hot spots.

He made sure the solo seat cowl still fits with no issue.

Here is my seat wrapped in old leather jacket. It has held up after a few years, but is starting to wrinkle.