LOL, sounds good Joe. Keep me posted!

 

FYI, Just put one up for sale

 

hey joe, i feel your pain.....or at least i used to. i tried bead rider, sheepskin, an ultimate seat, mustang seat and nothing helped my tailbone after about 90 minutes. i finally got a day-long by russell. it aint cheap but its the best investment i ever made for an upgrade to the bike. i can go in between fillups walk and stretch for about 5 minutes, back on and ride to the next fill up. well, i've done 500 mile days and back the next with no problem. think about it as an alternative in case letting a little air out of your blow up doesn't work. i think a lot of iron butt riders use them. just an option in case you need another. riding sore aint no fun. good luck.

 

Cass, great post, thanks!

I have a HD two up seat with fringe and a backrest, I love it, looks great and I have no back problems or ailments, but man, after 700 miles that numbness was something I've never felt in my life and hope to never feel again. Sounds like you know what I mean.

For my normal weekend 100 mile rides, no problem at all.

If this doesn't pan out I'll look into a Russell....thanks for chiming in.

 

I rode from Seattle to West Yellowstone in 2005 and my **** hurt so bad that I was standing on the floor boards from Gallatin to West Yellowstone. Next day in the park, Canyon Village I met a guy with an airhawk. I ordered one that evening overnight dropship to the fly fishing shop in West Yellowstone. I used it happily for years with minimal air. It has always performed. I tried Mustang super touring, Mean City mods, beads, sheepskin, Ultra seat. Only the airhawk allowed me to ride all day. Finally tried the Harley demo seat program. Sundowner, same as Mustang, good for 100 miles. New Hammock, okay, good for 250. Older style Hammock, good for 650 miles....and while not as totally comfortable as the low air airhawk, if I can ride 650 miles without really thinking about my ****, I can call myself satisfied. Girlfriend tried the airhawk and hated it. Too much air I think, but one try and it was not to get another. Lesson I learned. Each **** is way to different for any recommendation to work for you. Buying seats is a crap shoot. Some get lucky, some have a high tolerance for pain, some are just hard asses. Airhawk works better with some style seats better than others. Mine worked best with the horrible stock seat and not so well with the Mustang. Size, shape or seat can make it better or worse. Custom seats, especially those fit at the makers shop work because they fit the shape of your ****. The Harley demo seat program is a great deal as even if you decide none work for you, you can learn what style feels better and at least focus on those styles of seats. I retailer in your area would do well to work a deal and discount and offer non-Harley seats in a demo to buy program.
I keep my airhawk just in case now, as I said the original Hammock is working for me, not perfect but close enough. Before the Harley demo seat program, I bought and sold, used seats recommended by forum members like you, on ebay/craigs list/from friends 4 seats before finding that the original hammock was one I could live with day after day of 350 mile rides and then that moment of truth ride, when you realize you have to be at work the next day and you are still 700 miles from home.

 

Thanks for the reply S of Hounds.

I tried last weekend running it low on air but I think I let too much out...I felt my butt on the seat like normal. I pumped it up again and let a bunch of air out, but apparently not enough as it was a little like a beach ball again.

I have to find a sweet spot on it. Seems if I can feel the regular seat underneath it, it's not doing anything.

Do you guys feel the regular seat under it?

 

Big difference between your butt touching the seat vs. all your weight and pressure on the seat

 

True... so is it properly set up if your butt touches, but barely?

 

I do not feel my seat. It does not bottom out either. Just enough air to even out the pressure pillows, maybe 1/4" -3/8" higher than having no airhawk.

 

Do you guys feel the front and the rear of the cushion getting a lot of air in them even if what's under your butt does not? Kind of like sitting on a balloon?