howdy from T town Ohio

[joe]

Toledo my friend, best kept secret in the Midwest. Bought my R18 in St. Louis MO, great shop talk to Jon if you call/go there. V happy with bike. (except for torture device they call a stock seat) We can now finally get rid of water boarding. So, I got the cross country seat and absolutely love it. retired and love taking long rides through this GRREAT country of ours.

 

[BMWryder9]

Previously from Akron/Cleveland here. It must be my fat ass but I find the stock seat comfortable.

 

[joe]

what's the longest trip you've done with r18? I had a Yama Raider SCL that had a GREAT stock seat. Longer the ride, more comfy it got.

 

[BobW]

Welcome and congratulations!

My longest day in the stock R18 Classic seat was approximately 450 miles riding through parts of NC, VA and WV. It was a great, but long day and by 300 miles or so my arse's fun meter was about maxed out. A majority of my day rides are 200-300 miles of mostly twisty mountain roads and in those riding conditions I shift around quite a bit which helps with hot spots as well as wearing padded motorcycle/bicycle riding shorts. I take very few breaks and obviously average speeds are lower than if on a trip using a bunch of Interstate miles to reach an area so I would say for me 300ish miles or 8 +/- hours in the stock saddle would see me glad to wrap things up for the day.

 

[joe]

wow - that's some serious ridin!!