Ha ha! Yeah, if your butt hurts, you're not hangin' off enough!

 

No idea what the rules are about this, but why would you use the SOE logo in the first place?

 

huh? wha?

 

He must be celebrating New Years early. Don't drink and post....oh wait, that rule doesn't apply to this Forum.

 

The only rule about drinking and posting, is do it in mikes post about random alcohol induced thoughts

 

1008, 900, 700, 600+500 to denver in two days, and lots of 300-350 mile days on the hawk with the stock seat. Other things hurt more than the butt, and I almost always wear ear plugs, and wore them for sure on all of these longer days.

 

man I love that road from phoenix up thru payson but i went up to winslow, took that route when we went out there to visit every year.

 

The only thing I have noticed with the stock seat is the further I slide back on it the more comfortable it seems to be for me but then I do stand up often or hang off the side as often as I can. but anything over 100 miles and the stock seat tends to be a slight pain.

 

If you ride ATGATT, you can have padding sewn onto the butt of your suit. Sounds stupid but...........Before I had riding gear, I asked my daughter who did some sewing for her work, to put some leather patches on my levis. I gave her a pair of levis and she sewed rather large leather patches on the knees and across the butt. I chose the butt area because I ripped the *** out of my pants on a lowside sliding down the asphalt. She put some foam under the leather and sewed it in X pattern. Wow! these pants were great and I wore them faithfully til I got a cordura suit.

The great part of padding across the butt is that it not only saves ***-rash in an low side, and it also eliminates significant amt of the discomfort from too long in the saddle, with the added benefit that when you stop to rest and need to sit on a curb, wall or on the ground, you have a comfortable seat. Someting I never considered til I experienced it. Now i really miss that butt padding.

I wanted my wife to sew a similar foam patch on my cordura pants which have no butt padding, but her machine is not heavy enough for the leather, foam, and cordura, so I'm looking for someone local with a heavy duty sewing machine.

 

Thats actually a pretty good idea I never really thought of that. I know there is a guy here locally that does custom motorcycle seat i have been debating on seeing how much that would cost me to have my stock seat redone.

 

yeah. everyone goes to the seat mod, however when you get off the bike for a rest, it's so much more rejuvenating to sit comfortably, and this is what's missing from the seat mod. There is no need for the re-covered seat, unless for cosmetic appeal, if you can have it both ways for a fraction of the cost. Everytime I sat on a wall, curb, bleachers, or on the ground to do something to the bike, or anywhere for a break, it's an amazing difference. I wanted my daughter to start marketing these and selling them to other riders way back before they brought out those padded riding jeans, but everyone was too busy then. Somewhat afterwards, they starting advertising the riding jeans, but I don't know if the butt's padded. I am going to get a pad attached to my suit if I have to glue it on because i miss it. Trust me, your *** will be happy happy happy. The pad wasn't thick either, so it didn't interfere with hangin off. Just a thin piece of foam under thin leather and X-quilted. What a deal. I'm psyched to get it back. Thanks for reminding me before riding weather hits and, oh yeah, about the upholstery shop idea also.

 

Ya looked into the custom seat place here locally and they are just as expensive as buying a seat. I might have to look into adding a pad to the butt of my new suit after I give it a try and see how it feels.

 

I'm in the process of doing the same myself. Hope it turns out like it did before. Remember, not too thick.