electing a seat is a big decision for a bike owner. Should the seat be big and comfortable or sleek and stylish? Should the owner choose form over function or vice-versa?
     Luckily for today’s motorcycle riding public, Drag Specialties has a line of seats that fit the needs of nearly every motorcycle rider who rolls into your shop. Have a customer with a 1958 Harley that wants a solo seat with a removable pillion pad? Show him the Scorpion seat with its carpeted base pan and give him a choice of a real leather cover or high-grade vinyl cover. What about the guy who rides in a full custom chopper with a retro look that takes you right back to 1974? Introduce him to the 30-in. long Drag Specialties Spoon Style Seat. This beauty is made with a carpeted base pan, thick, high-density foam and is available in smooth, stitched and pillow designs.
     But Drag Specialties seats are not all about old bikes. One look at the high-tech Low Profile Touring Seat will tell you that story. Made from a solar reflective leather in the top panels, this seat stays cool even when parked in direct sunlight. Comfort is a top priority, with molded polyurethane foam under the cover. Additionally, those seats with the pillow-style design have an additional inch of memory foam in them. The thermoformed ABS-plastic seat pan is covered in carpet and equipped with rubber bumpers to assure paint protection for year and years.
     Again, there is no limit to styling options available from the Drag Specialties seat line, but let’s not overlook the actual engineering process. Designing a seat for a motorcycle is a complex operation. It starts with sketching out a shape. A designer must take a vision, put it on paper and then move forward on a prototype. That means you need an actual motorcycle to form a seat pan on. There you make allowances for clearance of the battery, electrical components, oil fillers, latches and often varied fender designs. The seat pan is also the basis of the shape of the seat–will it be wider than stock or narrower? Will it move the rider back or forward on the bike? Should the rider sit taller or lower on the bike?
     Getting the answers to these questions involves a team effort. A designer will work with a varied group of people; some tall, some short, some with aggressive riding habits and some that are real mellow riders. Their feedback on riding position is factored into the equation and finally a seat pan prototype is formed.
Knowing all this occurs before the first seat is ever built should convince your customers to buy a Drag Specialties seat, but if they need more, don’t forget to tell them about these small details. Seat covers, when not leather, are made from a special brand of Naugahyde, made only for Drag. If the seat comes with an exposed metal bracket, rest assured that it comes in a polished nickel chrome finish for durability and good looks. Finally, each Drag seat has a one-year warranty on workmanship and material defects.
     Spend a few minutes cruising the FatBook to see the wild styles and innovative ideas behind the Drag Specialties line of seats and you will find everything you want and a whole lot more.