Final analasyst ,,,,, Well up to the workshop  this morning , Told the guy  handling i'm happy  comfort too harsh ,,, no probs he  adjusted the rebound i think it was ,   I rode out done the excact route has yesterday   , I  found the front the same , a lot firmer   , heavier ,   and more responsive ,   same has yesterday ,,

The rear , its hard to explain but i found it softer , but still felt bumps , not has bad ,  yesterday i would get a jar i could feel in my tailbone , just the same has the normal shocks , today   it sort of  bounced ,  i would hit a bump and i did look for them , and  felt    a bounce or two , but definetly not a jar ,,,  I noticed that  straight away ,,,, anyway took it for a long run on  my favorite roads , same has i done yesterday , and it was a lot better ,  hit a bump and feel it  a bit  not gliding over like i was hoping , like i used to do on my rocket tourer  but not a jarring bump either , sort of half way where i was hoping .

So i took it along  bull creek road and all round sraph and meadows ,  and once again in the twisty stuff it handled fantastic , no more wallowing , no more bouncing if you got excited and spirited in a ben  , hust  went where it was pointed , hit  some bends i used to wallow on and  looked down found i was speeding   not relizing my  entry and exit was  a lot fater than pre work done .

So  i went home   ,  , got home and thought front worth it  , hell yeh 100%  ,, back shockers worth it  ,  performance 100%  , comfort  well  i had misgivings , thinking i could of got  better than  standard , for half the price , but given the performance , got to give it worth it 80 % , so all in all reasonably pleaesd , just  thinking   should of maybee took my own advice i gave my mate , which was ,, you want tourer   comfort buy a tourer not a low rider .  but  overall got a better performing bike so yeh was worth the money .

So sat down , had a coffee and the wife said , whats it like with the touring seat , dunno i said , , When i got the bike i bought the sundowner seat for her , but she does'nt ride anymore so its hardly been used ,   , i don't put it on  like the look of the standard seat ..

So anyway , i say , i'll try it back in a minuite , went to the garage , 1 minuite the sundowner is on ,  looked over at the screen and thought why not , got an ugly seat may has well put on a ugly screen ,     its comfort not looks i want on this ride ,

So i took off , about 5 minuites into the ride , i'm thinking wheres the bumps , i looked for them  and  it was fantastic ,  done the same ride has i done this morning and yesterday , and could'nt believe how comfortable , that extra couple inches of padding  absorbed everything ,    bad bumps were just a gentle bounce , and i  looked for every bump i knew  just could'nt get it to jar or make me complain , whats more   the performance was still there ,,

The sundowner seat though   it transformed the bike , because i sat a little higher ,  and the seat brought me forward  a bit , it actually made my pegs more mid mount what i like ,  ,, honestly the lowrider , was suddnly more comfortable  that my old rocket toure , which i might add also had a touring seat and   Ikon shocks upgrade , It actually felt like a completly different bike than the one i  rode in the morning ,, I feel now like i've got EXCATLY what i want ,,  i've got the  low seat height low rider that looks cool and handles way waay better ,  than standard , with a bit more comfort ,   and i change seats and have a real comfortable  tourer , so am i happy yeas i am .

The front end is a must   , i reckon at a push you could get away with possibly cheaper shocks if you buy a better than standard seat , but really a  top line shock which these are suppossed to be is probably not bad value at $1350 .

One thing i will say is this , i'm not a hard enough or i suppose good enough rider that i reaqlly should of noticed a difference ,, but after this transformation , i  did notice , and come to relize i was riding the bike to suit the bike , changed things over   and in the bends i was constantly having to tell myself to slow down . Like i said i'm not someone who pushes the envelope ,  but the upgrade is definetly more confidence inspiring  suppose i just feel safer ,, so for when the standard seat is on ,, i feel safer ,, when the toring seat is on i feel safer and more comfortable ,,, is the upgrade worth $2300  ,, shit yeh , should of done it years ago , then i could of had the perfect bike , instead of spending thousads changing   bikes looking for the perfect one 

Excellent outcome.

Can't wait to get home and take a few days off somewhere, hopefully the rain should have stopped by then.