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Keen to know of any high mile T's and how ,if they improved.
Whats your longest trip?
How many miles in a day?

That sort of thing.

COME ON WHO'S FIRST ?
 
mines no a big mileage sitting about 8k on an 06, but done around 300 a few weeks ago, and ended up wi a raw arse,,,,, gel seat would be a good investment lol
 
Are they improving with more miles ?

I'm on the case with the seat situation. Taking them both for gel and custom trim next week. Should get my new Ermax screen back in a couple of days to. Its at a custom sprayer being made beautifull. [eye ope].

Shvlhead's got loads of kilometers on his bike. Whats the conversion ratio :dunno
 
Gel Saddles

I've just got about 3400 on my '07 I bought new back in December. -Use it mainly for yeoman's chores running to the market, the theater or a brief jaunt to the canyons to relax. I've noticed neutral got better about 600 miles and that, like many past bikes, there was a big smoothing out of the power delivery that began about 1000 miles and, to this day still seems to be sweetening.

I did want to take this opportunity to weigh in on saddles and, especially gel applications. I've done beau coup bicycling and, early on experimented with a great number of saddles of various technologies. Surprisingly, I found gel saddles to be very promising initially, but once out on a longer ride, to substantially disappoint. They became too giving on the tail bones and strangely unpleasant: there were "hot spots" at the bone pressure points and the general feel was of a queasy stress in the tail region. It turned out that a standard, rather hard at first, leather saddle by Ideal of France was the most comfortable once broken in.

My long term rides on gel bicycle seats may translate to a motorcycle seat, although I have never ridden one. I could pick up my rear and set it down any number of times on a long ride and never feel I could change the growing discomfort.

I highly recommend purchasing a saddle made of high tech foam instead. 1. See what the custom builders use or recommend the most. 2. Both after market, mass produced saddle makers Corbin and Sargent use foam. I've owned two of the later and was more than good to go from day one. Corbin offers many custom choices and can really be used for custom work as well. Many show bikes (I know, not a recommendation for a traveler) are fitted with Corbin saddles that look way trick.

Lastly, here is a section from the Corbin Q&A that talks about gel that might add some weight to the above. (I have no personal experience riding on a Corbin nor own any interest in the company. I can say they have been around for a very, very long time.) On gel saddles, then . . .

Recently I've seen some information about "Gel Seats". Why doesn't Corbin offer this?
Mike extensively tests every new foam technology that comes to market. Over the past 30+ years, we've done much testing on the gel padding and its possible usage for motorcycle seats and found that our advanced Comfort Cell foam is superior in both comfort and durability. Gel padding was originally developed as a prosthesis for mastectomy patients and was never intended to support more than its own weight. Gel has been tried as a cushion in running shoes, bicycle seats and gloves among other things (in fact, Mike has a gel seat on his exercise bike at home!) Gel is also very cold and is an inadequate cushion for most serious enthusiasts. Even when new, gel can apply pressure to areas of the body that are not well suited to load bearing. When subjected to heavy pounding, gel deteriorates developing pockets or holes. This situation worsens as the gel deteriorates.
Cooling air flow is blocked by gel and the material itself has what we call a Thermos Effect. Basically this means that when he gel gets hot, it stays hot and when it gets cold, it stays cold. Instead, Corbin saddles are contoured to distribute loads without applying pressure to sensitive tissue or blocking air flow. Instead of using a liquid displacement technology as in the gel foam, Corbin uses air as a cushion. (ask Nike about air pockets and support.) Corbin does this one better by combining the strength of closed cell foam and the air trapped inside to give the best possible support and impact protection! Corbin foam adapts to your body and provides you with evenly distributed support.
 
I admit to actually liking the seat on my T. Must be something to do with load spreading or something.......

Here's a link to a good Aussie company who supply the Airhawk airseat. Townsville played host to the Ulysses AGM last year. There were thousands of geriatric bikers all over town. I got to meet many of these folk, and many of them use this Airhawk seat.
http://www.airhawkguy.com.au/
Or to contact them:
http://www.airhawkguy.com.au/contact.htm

I haven't used one myself though, so I can't comment further on its effectiveness.

Dave
 
Its not the first time I have heard that gel is not a perfect solution. And in 'hindsight' its probably true giving the amount of screaming our maud was doing even with a gel on top of the standard rear seat. On a long boring run the seat was rubbish but on long days razzin I never really notice it, probably because we move about a bit when in the zone.

Anyhoo in keeping with the topic Ollie now has 1600 miles done in around a month of mainly recreational riding and 2x 260 mile motorway stints.
 
Mu '03 got a little over 12,000 miles in it's first 5 years of life. Since I got it 11 months ago I've done about 5,000. It's still low mileage.

Next month I'm taking it to Yosemite. That will be at least another 1,000 in 4 days. First I need to finish the rear tire off and get a new one. Shouldn't be too hard to do on the tire roasting V twin. I'll be working on that tomorrow. :cheers
 
Looking goog today

Gonna do a few miles on the beast today guy's....:yes

Weather looks good ...Roads nice & dry...

Heading for wales i think from Oxfordshire and hopeing to come across one or two bike shops on the way to stretch the old legs and maybe see if I can get that 15 tooth front sprocket im after..:lol

My T's only 3 months old with a mere 1600 on the clock...(Not even run in yet)
....Looking forward to some miles today though..:yes
 
34600km or 21500 miles. No long trips last season or this so far. Longest day was an 1100 km jaunt that left my mate on his ZX10 screaming for mercy and a raw crotch for a week he said... My saving grace, the Roho Airhawk seat. Dani took it to Aus and ran from Canberra to Sydney to Perth via Melbourne and Adelaide AND BACK, for ~ 17000 km, and no sore bum. Can't say enough about the Airhawk, it truly is an *** saving bit of kit. Adjustable, meter the air in and use less than you think you should. To give you an idea I am 6'5" and 280 lbs. Lotsa wt to accommodate. Cheers.
 
21500 miles. Blimey. You do all of them ? :thumbup How many back tyres ?
 
Three rears the first season... Pirelli's initially but trying the Pilot Power 2s right now adn very happy. Better real world feel in the cold and wet.
The wife has three of her own bikes, so yeah... Like I tell them when I'm wearing my kilt... It's all me baby!!
 
I have a 2007 Tuono R and its covered 6400 miles, 3000 miles in the last few months, did just over 900 odd miles in a 3 day trip where longest run was around the 400miles. Yeh a different seat is on the cards.

So far i have found mine is a right pain in the arse to get neutral up down and be really canny with it. Not sure if this is down to the oil its running, its in for a service on Friday so see what like it is after that.

Let us know how it goes with the seat eh??

:cheers
 
I always go in to 1 then in to 2 and snik it back down for neutral rather than try off first. Allways been best way for me with all 4 Prillas.
 
My '03 R has 19,500 miles. Just did a 10 day 4,000 mile trip up the west coast to Seattle and back to Tucson. Longest day was just under 800 miles. Gel seat, great ergos in my opinion. It's no barcalounger but it ain't bad for putting down some miles either.
 
05 Tuono about 16000 miles, can't be exact, had a new speedo after the first one cracked.

Longest trip - home (Nrth Lincs) to a mates on the South Coast of Spain and back about 4000 miles all told.

Seats - have a look the bagster website as well.
 
My '03 R has 19,500 miles. Just did a 10 day 4,000 mile trip up the west coast to Seattle and back to Tucson. Longest day was just under 800 miles. Gel seat, great ergos in my opinion. It's no barcalounger but it ain't bad for putting down some miles either.

Tuoldo, what a good name :thumbup Why you waite so long to post ? you been inside ?:lol
 

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