Pain In The Backside!

[StreetDragster]

Hi All,

I have a Tracer GT with the heated 'comfort' seat fitted.

Whenever i do a ride 90mins or more, i get pain in the backside, but not in the 'meat' but feels more like bone at the bottom of your hips, takes a good day to stop aching.

I'm doing some 6 days and a billionty miles around Scotland soon, any tips from the tourers on how to reduce this pain?

Thanks
Matt

[black-k1]

Airhawk seat cushion.

[Rubin215]

Speak to your local dealer and see if they will let you swap the seat for a standard one for a trial period; in my experience, most comfort seats aren't.

[SAS Tom]

I seem to get that from sitting upright. Can you tilt the bars so you can lean forward a bit and take the weight off that bone?

[StreetDragster]

Thanks for all replies.

I could probably rotate the bars a bit, it wouldn't move me far but worth a shot, I also have the original seat so I'll try that out. The airhawk looks pretty good actually, I'll check out a few YouTube videos

Thanks
Matt

[pasmith73]

On my Daytona (with comfort seat) I find that an hour on a motorway leads to arse pain as you describe but it’s no problem on A or B roads. I assume because on a motorway you’re not moving around so the pressure builds up in one specific place. I always plan my long routes to mix up motorways and other roads for this reason.

[StreetDragster]

Hi All,

Just to close this off, i ended up going with an Airhawk seat cover, the 'Airhawk R Cruiser' in size large actually.

This was really expensive, so i intended on sending it back if it wasn't up tot he task, but i'm pleased to report it did the job nicely, we were 6-8hours a day on the bikes.
The pain i normally experianced was present, but not until many hours later than 'normal', and overnight i recovered fully for the next day so i'm not sending it back.

That said, its a bit weird riding on air, not 'locked' onto the bike at all, and you slide forward a little under braking, so i can see how they wouldn't be for everyone.

Thanks
Matt