Butt Butler Testimonial of the RSV Pillow Top Seats

[Rick Butler]

Folks,

 

For those that don't know me, my wife Linda and I have been riding on Travelcade Road Sofa seats since the late 80s. Therefore, we have never spent any length of time on any of the RSV seats that I have been reworking for the past 5 years. And even though I'm on my 3rd RSV, I have never had a oem seat on any of them. They always went on the shelf to be replaced by my Road Sofa.

 

But the 07 I bought a little over a couple of years ago came with pillow top seats and after several long trips with Linda, I realized that our Road Sofa was starting to really bother my her hip, which had been replaced in 2004 from an accident. I realized then that the pillow top seats that came on this Midnight were up in my attic, so I decided to rework them and try them out.

 

So this year after 3 - 9 day trips of around 10,000 miles total, they have more than exceeded our expectations, expecially for Linda. We can ride from tank to tank without any butt burns or other issues. And harsh bumps do not bother her like they did with our Road Sofa.

 

Since I started reworking Pillow Top seats, I used a 1 1/2" layer of memory foam to replace the 1" oem pillow foam. But, a year ago my supplier of 1 1/2" foam quit carrying this thickness.....so I started using 2" memory foam. I first thought this thicker foam would be too much, but after what Linda and I have experienced, it works out better than I expected. This thickness really lets you settle into the seat down to the denser re-shaped foundation foam and really reduces most pressure points.

 

Now a little input on the Pillow Top passenger seat. This seat is shaped like a big biscuit which really spreads the thighs of the passenger. The first thing I do to reshape this foundation foam is to give it a saddle shape with a much narrower nose, but with a nice shaped bucket to sit into at the back. With Linda's bad hip I even narrowed it more which really worked out better. I don't know how many folks have told me that their wife was ok with her seat and they only sent me the driver's seat......only to later send me her seat 2 weeks later after she saw what I did for his seat. So any more, I tell folks to go ahead and save themselves some grief and go ahead and send me her pillow top seat.

 

So, for those pillow top owners who have not had me rework thier seats yet, now is the time to send them to me....you will not be disappointed

 

Rick

 

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[StarFan]

Hi Rick.

 

Any pictures of a reshaped passanger pillow top ? Do you reshape the foundation pan or just the foam ?

[Phoneman1981]

Hello Rick: So what you are telling us, is that you have been practicing on OUR seats for the past 5 years in order to gain the skills to do YOUR own???

 

Seriously. Probably the best TESTIMONIAL anyone can write. I sure appreciate the mod you did on our RSTD seats.

[bryan52577]

Lisa could only ride about 50 miles at a time on our seats. Had the Butt Butler rework both of our seats and WOW! Lisa can ride as far as we want to go now. Have put on many, over 500 miles days, and no complaints from the rear. (No pun intended, or maybe there is?)

Thanks Rick!

 

Bryan

[Stealthblade]

Just pulled my seat off today.

Will be talking to you next week about sending it down.

[Rick Butler]

Well Jonas,

 

All of my basic work is involved in improving the shape of the foundation foam to better fit the butt. And after I get the shape to my satisfaction, I cover every seat with a layer of memory foam.

 

I've attached a couple of older before and after pictures of the passenger seat. But remember the more seats I rework, I find myself improving more on the shape. You know...the older...smarter thing

 

Hope this helps,

 

Rick

 

Hi Rick.

 

Any pictures of a reshaped passanger pillow top ? Do you reshape the foundation pan or just the foam ?

[Rick Butler]

Well Mark,

 

You are kind of right on this. But even though I had also modified my Road Sofa a couple of times, I finally realized the advantages of the Pillow Top seats after I made my modifications to them and decided to check out my own work Of all the seats I have reworked, the Pillow Top has always been my favorite, so I guess I just now decided to practice what I preached.

 

And I never stop trying to improve on my work, so yes you will most likely see improved differences in the same seat over time....especially from the first one I did.

 

 

Hello Rick: So what you are telling us, is that you have been practicing on OUR seats for the past 5 years in order to gain the skills to do YOUR own???

 

Seriously. Probably the best TESTIMONIAL anyone can write. I sure appreciate the mod you did on our RSTD seats.