Accessories - Chapter 2

Some accessories can be difficult to find. It may take time to find exactly what you are looking for. It may also take quite a bit of searching. My floorboards were a fluke; I was asking for information on floorboards and found someone who made them himself. My light bar I can’t recall where I purchased it, but I know it is a Kawasaki Fire and Steel accessory. By far, the best find of all was my seat. I had made a couple long runs last summer (300 miles or more) and I made two 800-mile weekend trips this year. The first nearly killed me – or my butt, I should say. The factory seat is comfortable around town and OK for trips of 200 miles or less. After about 60 miles, your butt starts to feel it and by 100 miles you will have to stop. After the first 800-mile weekend, I decided to try and find a better seat or sell the bike. (The latter would be a last ditch effort to save my a**!) I looked high and low. Neither Mustang nor Corbin makes a seat for the VN750. I had pretty much given up hope, when I decided to go to my old standby - VROC. In a forum there, a contact gave me information on how to get a custom seat from Saddlemen. They still make several models of gel seats for the VN750, but do not show them in their catalogs or online. I had to call Saddlemen to get product numbers from them. You can then look up the product online and purchase through their website. I purchased the Classic Explorer for the list price of $379.They don’t charge anything extra for these seats because they are not special order. They still have the forms for producing these seats, they just don’t unless they are ordered. And, even though they warned me that it may take up to four weeks, it only took two. Installation was a breeze and it fit perfectly. My second 800-mile weekend was far more pleasant with no major butt aches.