Russell seat
I loved the leather Russell that I had on my Valkyrie. I put 65,000 miles on that saddle and it just seemed to get better the more miles I put on it. The leather wore like iron and broke in like a boot would to your foot. I'd sit on the bike and it just felt right. The Russell never let me down no matter how many hours I spent in the saddle and I've done 1000+ days many times. By the way, I happened to meet Paul Taylor, the guy who won the Iron Butt Rally about three years ago. He was checking out the leather cover on my Russell because his was covered in vinyl and he was thinking of having it recovered in leather. I asked him how many miles he had on his Russell and he told me he had about 146,000 miles on it. That told me something about how long the seat would hold up. I'm 5'10" 230 lbs. and he was bigger than me.
This winter I'll be putting a new Russell on my Goldwing and it will be done in leather. I had the large rectangle stitches on my last Russell and will probably do the same this time. It doesn't mean I have anything against the velour, it's just that I was very satisfied with the leather.