really isn't the kind of bike I'd go touring on because eventu-
ally the ride will become pretty uncomfortable.
And here we get to one of my absolute favorite parts of the
'Bob—that seat. Rather, it's the combination of the seat, the bar
bend and the placement of the admittedly small pegs. For my
money, this is the most comfortable cruiser seat I've ever sat
on. Its shape is reminiscent of the unit on my personal KTM
1290 Super Duke and holds the rider in a firm but comfort-
able stance that tilts them slightly forward, rather than having
them slouch into the padding and thus putting more weight
than needed over the back end.
The rider triangle of peg-seat-bar is well sorted, although if
I had one criticism I'd have liked the pegs about two inches
further back and the seat about two inches higher, just to get
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