No motorcycle seat is perfect. All bodies are different, and all riding-position preferences differ. So Bombardier Recreational Products has always offered buyers of its Can-Am Spyders a variety of seats. For Spyder riders who are long of limb, the OEM seat on the newer-model RTs is likely to be delivered with a butt-stop too close to the handlebar for them, as well as offering a seat-base a bit too soft in the foam-density department. Likewise, the seat base can be too narrow for the heavier and wider-of-butt. In short (as it were), bigger and heavier riders with long arms and legs need seats that lighter, shorter riders don’t. Thus BRP developed its Comfort seat. This seat from the big-and-tall department moves the butt-stop 50mm (1.97 in.) back from the stock position, relative to the handlebar, stiffens the foam density, and widens the base. It also inevitably reduces the length of the passenger’s portion. Available in four colors (black, burgundy, charcoal grey, and dark chocolate), the seat retails for $660. A backrest that slots into a receiver built into the Comfort seat is likewise available in the same colors and retails for $440. 
BRP sent me a Comfort Seat to install on my 2014 Can-Am RT-S, and because it’s a direct replacement, I was able to easily swap the stock seat with the Comfort, using all the stock-seat hardware. Installed, the Comfort Seat looked a lot longer in its front section than you’d expect from just moving the butt-stop two inches back, and climbing aboard, the difference was immediately obvious. At 6 feet tall and 175 lb., with a 33-in. inseam and a 32-in. arm reach, I didn’t fit ideally on the stock seat, which, though better than the previous RT stock seat, still required me to sit a bit too close to the bars. I hoped the replacement seat would help. After only 50 miles, it was obvious the Comfort Seat helped a lot. Though I had to reach a bit more to the grips, my legs were kinked less and thus more relaxed, and I found that I could adopt a more sporting (bent slightly forward) riding position, which after so many years riding road-racing and sportbikes, was a relief for me. The seat had plenty of lumbar support, as advertised, and the wider, denser butt-base was more comfortable too.
The Comfort Seat was indeed comfortable—for me. For my co-rider, however, who has 35 years of riding pillion with me, it was less comfortable. My wife decided that using a small, rectangular AirHawk cushion (supplied some time ago by Aerostich) judiciously sited after experimental rides solved the problem for her. Of course, like everything related to ergonomics with all our vehicles, her response to the shortened co-rider’s section was highly individual. Bottom line: For me, the Comfort Seat was a major improvement over the stock seat, and likewise might be more comfortable for other long-of-limb Spyder Ryders. Emphasis, alas, as with all mods, on “might be.” UPs: --rearward-moved butt-stop relieved legs and allowed more relaxed riding position --denser foam better for long rides --easy swap with stock seat --available in four colors (like stock seat) DOWNs: --still a bit too low for some long-legged riders, relative to footboards --shortens fore-aft space for the co-rider --requires knowledge of how to remove and install new seat—DIY types shouldn’t tackle it without checking online and dealer resources 
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