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most comfy, all-day touring seat?
Written by bdpickett on 6/16/2010 at 04:19 pm

I am another satisfied Rick Mayer customer ( http://www.rickmayercycle.com/ ).
Mine's been on the PC since 2001, and it still looks and feels like new. Rick
can do the seat customizing via mail, however, I recommend doing a ride-in
fitting at his shop in Redding, CA, where he can quickly take care of any
problem areas.

One advantage of having a custom-built seat, as opposed to the off-the-shelf
seats like the Corbin, is that it can be tailored to fit your riding position
and style. I have particularly long thighs, and with the stock PC seat, my knees
were jammed tight into the forward fairing. Rick Mayer cut the seat foam to move
my riding position back such that even with armored knee pads in my pants, there
is clearance space between my knees and the fairing. He can also lower the seat
by a couple of inches for those inseam-challenged riders amongst us. :-)

Regarding the AirHawk seat cushion, I have one of those, but I'm using it on my
office chair to cushion a literal PITA (pain-in-the-###). It works very well
too. I originally bought the AirHawk after my Bun Burner Gold ride (1500 miles
in 24 hrs) on my new GL1800; the Goldwing's stock seat started bothering
sensitive areas less than 300 miles into the 1500-mile trip from Seattle out to
the middle of Montana and back. The AirHawk was a good solution for relieving
seat pain on the bike, but I didn't like having to mount and dismount the
cushion to keep it from disappearing while I was away from the bike. I
eventually replaced the GL's factory seat with an aftermarket seat from
Saddleman; the Saddleman is a very comfy seat, but they don't make one for the
PC.

Be seeing you,
Bruce Pickett
Federal Way, WA
'90 PC800 "Blue Pacific"
'93 ST1100 "STimulus"
'05 GL1800A "Blue's Brother"
http://bluepc.home.comcast.net

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "richardslatin" <richardslatin@...> wrote:
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> What your experiencing in having the best seat?
>
> Stock?
> Corbin?
> Airhawk?
> Gel?
> Custom?
> ???
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Richard
> Phoenix, AZ
>