I currently have a 2018 F3L that I like very much. However, yesterday I sat on a new 2025 F3L SS while I was at my local shop. I have to admit the seat with the back rest was very nice. My wife keeps telling me a new seat is a whole lot cheaper than buying a new bike. So the question is does anyone have an idea if the new seat would fit on my old bike? If not does anyone have a good recommendation for a replacement seat that is comfortable enough for 8 hour rides? My current stock seat is giving me pressure points after a couple of hours.
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Would a 2025 F3L SS seat fit a 2018 F3L - any good recommendations for replacement seats?
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Not too many suggestions coming in, but as I am continuing to look I see the Ultimate seat being talked about. Any review how this would be for the passenger? On their website they show a seat for 2015 to 2019, then 2020 on. So this probably answers my original question if a 2025 seat would fit on a 2018 bike. Looking at this I would say no.
Probably because it's unlikely anyone really knows?!
It's a simple enough answer for RT's - 'No', because their seats changed considerably between those years, with the 'next gen' RT's and different seats arriving in 2020; but even tho there's been minor model upgrades in the F3's, I reckon their seats have been pretty much the same since their inception there's been no major variations between seats & models, so you should be able to swap to another year/spec F3 seat.
That said, I reckon most owners posting up here tend to 'upgrade' to a/mkt seats rather than 'higher spec' seats from a different year/spec F3. From the posts here, I doubt anyone much has tried retro-fitting a newer seat onto an older F3?!
But there are people who've posted saying they've upgraded their F3 seats to a/mkt seats. 
My 2017 F3-L seat is starting to rip on the sides of the driver seat. I was thinking of not doing anything but I think in a few months it will become unsightly and probably start damaging the foam I sit on. I start to look at replacements and want to be thrifty and have an easy switch. I was leaning towards an Ultimate seat, then I saw it alters your seated position. I searched the forum and this seems to be highly personal.
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I am pretty sure it will not fit. A word of warning on the Ultimate seat. It will raise you up about 1.5 inches over the stock seat. Comfort wise, it is a good seat, and my passenger (wife) really likes it.
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