[ST] Sargent Seats

["R. Hartwick" <hartwick@xxxxxxx>]

I know many will not agree with me, however, I had very bad experience 
with Sargent on re-working my Trophy seat, and would not have a seat 
modified by them again.  I thought they managed the impossible, which 
was to make the Trophy seat even more uncomfortable than stock - no 
small achievement.  The first time around, all they did was remove foam, 
and tie the back portion of the rider's area down with strings, to 
create a Corbin-like dish effect.  Even with the "Supercell" foam, it 
was terribly shaped and very uncomfortable.  I sent it back, and they 
tried some other things, but they never got it right.  They asked me 
what I wanted done, and since I don't design seats for a living, how 
should I know, except that I wanted it comfortable, and felt they should 
know how to achieve that.  

In the end, I pulled the staples off myself, and added some foam here 
and there, re-stapled it (and did  a pretty neat job), and had a 
half-way comfortable seat.  I swore I would never send a seat to them 
again - I felt their performance didn't match their advertising.  

Although I complained on the list last April of how uncomfortable the 
stock ST seat was after a 2-up round trip to Florida with my son (about 
3,000 miles), this past August I went down again, coming back alone 
after dropping him off at college.  I took 3 days coming home the long 
way, and I was never uncomfortable, even with some 15-18 hour riding 
days.  Actually, I have come to really like the stock seat.  I think it 
may take a few months to break in, and it becomes way more comfortable 
with leather  pants.  Now, I actually think the stock seat is very 
comfortable - 1- up anyway.  The pillion seat will always be 
uncomfortable, and my son cringes at the idea of riding home from 
college as a passenger again - time for him to buy his own Sprint perhaps.  

Sorry for the rant, but save your money on Sargent.  

Rick Hartwick
00 ST


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