My new gel seat arrived and I installed it yesterday. I am probably going to ship it back for a refund. It seams to push me even further forward than the old seat. The step-up is almost like a verticle wall.I feel like i am being crammed up against the tank and I have little room for my legs to shift and brake.

Is this a common problem with this seat?

HI! I just got my pillowtop gel seat from Oneida yesterday as well. It is a dream! World of difference from the two piece gel seat i got a month ago! Im selling that on ebay right now and it looks as if, as of now, im at least breaking even on the seats...$165 bids and theres still 6 days left! woo hoo! anyway, the reason im writing, is i cant quite figure out how to put this S40 seat on my 98. i read about pounding down the tab on the fender, it just doesnt look to me like that will work. the metal on the seat seems to extend several inches beyond that tab, even if it was bent down...id hate to bend that down and it not work. seems like youd have to bend the seat somehow to get it into both the front and back tabs. just doesnt seem like it will fit... advise?

it wasn't hard to bolt it down into the fender at all plus i feel the seat is more secure. but you have to hammer the existing rear loop that looks like |-----| well not just like that but its towards the back of the fender then you slip the seat in the front then kinda bend the seat a little and it will slip right in. it takes a slight bit of force and maybee a little angle but once its in its great. I also go the classic versus the pillow and i too feel like i'm falling into the tank. I did the seat mod but i think i'm going to increase the hieght on my seat mod to see if that improves. but the seat itself looks awesome on the bike and is a million times more comfy even if my jewels are inside the tank  

I believe I may still put my sheepskin on it though.  It really does reduce sweaty jeans in the summer.

The tab on the back of my gel seat doesn't hit the fender, there seems to be almost an 1/4 inch space between the tab and fender. I'm wondering if a major raising of the front of the seat would cause the rear tab to hit the rear fender. Currently I've got the front raised by an inch, any more height in the front would cause the rear of the seat to drop and possibly have the tab hit. I'm also playing around with putting spacers under the seat brackets that the bolts go into, hoping to raise the center of the seat by about an inch.  Once I get a handle on something that works I'll post it. Ed L.

that must be it because idont think i raised  the seat that much.

Four words:
CUSHY ON MY TUSHY!

This seat is a dream!! My boyfriend and I (well mainly him) did the seat mod last night (raised about an inch and a quarter) and then put my new pillowtop S40 seat on. he bent the fender tab down and then inserted the front tab, bent the metal tab on the bottom of the seat and slipped it under the fender tab. seems to work great. i rode into work today like always and i thought i was riding a new bike. i really sink down into the pillowtop and its sooo cushy. feels like a couch. i bought this pillowtop to replace the previous two-piece gel seat, which i can say doesnt even come close to this one. honestly felt no noticable difference from the stock seat with that gel! I only had it a month though, so maybe over time it would break in and get more comfortable. i am unfortunately not that patient and my new seat is the best thing that ive done to this bike (well maybe a close second to the muffler/rejet).  I have to agree with mikedasavage- this seat is WELL worth the money!

The only trouble with it, is maybe cuz im weak, but i cant get the seat tab under the fender tab. my boyfriend can, but try as i might i couldnt get that darn thing to slip under. im thinking of shaving off a quarter to a half inch of that metal tab so it doesnt have to be bent so much, and that way i can do it on my own. any other suggestions?