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Had this great bike for 3 years now and my only complaint (besides lack of instrumentation) is the seat on long rides. Mustang doesn't make one for the Tour. Would appreciate any recommendations as long as they aren't bank breakers.
Thx,

TL

 

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I was told by Mustang that their seats for the 2009 Victory Kingpin do not fit the bike with the Tour package. When I dug a little deeper, the sales rep specifically said the Victory Kingpin Tour. My suspicion is that it has something to do with the trunk, and how the driver seat mates with the passenger pillion and maybe, the height of the pillion. I can't imagine the Tour being anything but a Kingpin with bolt on saddlebags and trunk. That said, the Mustang rep said, "no." Go figure.

 

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Thanks to all for the good news / bad news. I just got an email from Mustang that pretty much said the same thing as most of you. Even though I've had Mustang seats on other bikes and loved 'em, it's not to be. I'm thinking that reworking the seat padding might be the best compromise. And to the replier who suggested the Corbin, yes, they are also great seats once they are broken in! Appreciate all the quick responses. TL

 

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sbjakecc - The trunk is brackets are bolted to the passenger set on the stock setup. When you extended the mounting brackets, did it effect the location of the saddlebags, as well? Looking at it, appears to me that any extension of the trunk bracket would also move the saddlebags? We're talking about the chrome bracket that kind of swoops up from below the passenger seat, correct? Do you have a picture?

 

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On my 2009, they are integrated. There are black heavy brackets on each side of the rear that the saddle bags are attached to. The bolts holding the saddlebags also attach to the same bracket that supports the trunk. The trunk bracket extends a length of the black heavy bracket long enough to capture three bolts for the trunk.

 

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Thanks, sbjakecc. Here's how the 2009 Kingpin Tour saddlebag / trunk brackets are configured. As you can see, the trunk bracket also forms a part of the saddlebag bracket (seen clearest in the bottom photo). Also, the rear pillion attaches to the trunk as seen in the bottom photo, as well. On your configuration, did you decide that the trunk was supported well enough by the main bracket and therefore, the two bolts attaching to the pillion were not needed? NOTE: Apologies to all. The rear three bolts are only for the trunk and have nothing to do with the saddlebags. My bad, guys.

 

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sbjakecc - Thanks for the pics. Nice setup. After close comparison of my brackets to your pictures, I can see that nothing has changed. I'm assuming from your pics that the trunk is supported only by the side bracks and you're not using the bolts that were previously attached to the rear of the stock pillion?

 

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Sorry to keep this going, but, did you keep the stock passenger seat?

 

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I may have mislead you with my last question. I'm assuming you now have installed on the bike two Mustang seats: driver and passenger. The trunk bracket two bolts in the middle attach to a bracket coming from under the passenger set curving up at the rear of the seat. The two bolts that attach under the trunk engage that bracket and appear to extend into the stock passenger seat. Did you have to modify the passenger seat to account for those two bolts?

 

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Thanks, sbjakecc and all others for the assistance. Obviously, would have struggled a lot without the recommendations.

BTW, I apologize to Sutherland for miss-interpreting his earlier response. He was spot on.