Brick said:
Well I must be the exception. I loved the stock seat on my 2012 and still really like the stock seat on my 2014ES. And rbernie I had purchased a bike in the past that had a RDL seat and I hated it. It was a butt bucket I like to be able to move a bit. The RDL also was a rain bucket which made you sit in a bucket of water when you rode with one in the rain.
To each his own and now you have met someone who has had an RDL and isn't a fan!
YMMV
No seat is for everyone, or for every bike. Typically people that find the stock seat comfortable are lighter riders. As to riding in a bucket of water with a RDL, your butt should have been on the seat. It can't fill with water if you're sitting on the seat. And, fwiw, if you're wearing proper riding gear, a little water on the seat wouldn't be noticeable anyway. This is not criticism of you, just a comment from someone that's put 200k on two bikes with RDL seats in all kinds of weather.
Everyone has there own aspects of what's important to them. People that ride a lot usually don't worry too much about how something looks or what other people think about it. But if looks are important to someone, they should certainly factor that into their choice, as that is important for
them.
If moving around on the seat is important, they should first examine why they are moving around on the seat. If it's so they can remain comfortable for longer periods, that's not a factor with a custom seat, a well made custom seat will eliminate that need. If it's for weight transfer during spirited riding, that's another story and they need to either consider changing their style of weight transfer to upper body movements, peg weighting, etc, or choose a seat that allows butt sliding weight transfer so they will continue to enjoy riding the way the like to ride.
