Airhawk money back guarantees you can ride for multiple hours pain free.
They use an air filled bladder that suspends your **** over a cushion of air.

 

What model Metric are you riding now that hurts your back? Is it the seat or bars that Pains you? Just because you get a Harley does not mean it is going to be comfortable right off the floor. Usually a seat change and bars have to be done to suit the individual.

 

Are you 60 years old or 60 years young? I'm 57, with a 94 slammed softail. I work in construction (self employed electrical contractor). And not the fittest horse in the barn. It's all what feels right to you. Rent some different models and see. Welcome and good luck.

 

If you're half that age and wanna ride hours at a time go for the Electra glide lol. Trust me! Fit my 31yo *** well. Heaven on 2 wheels after years of beating myself around on my chopped up metric. But it has to be set up properly for YOUR comfort. I'm an ape hanger guy. My back and shoulders love em. Stock bars on my EG are a lil low for me. I think some taller bars will make my back as happy as my backside is on this bike. But the difference is unreal. I went 450 miles Sunday and felt better than I would after 45 miles on my other bike. Just my .02

 

I'd definetly recommend a touring model but there is no substitute for a demo ride at least, if not a day long rental on models that fit you on the showroom floor. As stated previously a seat change is sometimes neccesary but there are those who are comfortable on the stock units. If you are confident with a salesman at your HD dealer of choice and he will work with you in the "fit shop" area you should be able to get pretty close to a ride that you will be comfortable on. Good luck and enjoy your HD experience.

 

When you get to be my age (68) hopefully you will have learned not to act like a teenager. Seriously, stop and smell the roses. I stop frequently to stretch my legs, rest my butt, sip water, check bike, ... smell the roses. Forget ordeals. Make it a pleasure, not a marathon.

 

I'm 65, have a sportster. The seat and rear suspension are aftermarket; none of the stock seats feel good to me, not even on the big irons. Figure $300-500 for a seat you can live on, and get bars that that you can rest your hands on comfortably for hours (that lets out most of the stock ones for me) and it makes a big difference. Bad thing about Harley, lot of folks (me included) don't like their stock seats, good thing is, lot's of companies capitalizing on that and making more aftermarket parts for Harley's than any other bike brand. If I rode 3-4 hours often, I'd want to get a bigger Harley. Who am I kidding, I want a bigger Harley anyway.

 

They key to easy on the *** touring isn't so much the model as much as the aftermarket seat, Mustang has some big *** love seats you can strap to a bike. Check them out.

 

It's all about the seat man, and a good backrest helps a lot too.

 

Last August I put 1K on my 10 Ultra in 22.5 hours without any adverse effect. I'm 71 so that should be some indication of a Harley touring bike's comfort level.

Every year I do a number of 10 to 12 hour days with 8 to 9 hundred miles traveled.

Now the disclaimer: Your experience could be different.