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Alaska Leather sheepskin pad vs. butt buffer
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:agree: Another thing to think about is what are you wearing on longer rides? Don't mean to get personal here, but I prefer "tightie whities", for everyday wear, but the seams in those are killer on a long riding day. If planning a long day I switch to a pair of seamless bicycle shorts under my tourmaster pants and that makes a huge difference in all day comfort. I drank the kool-aid once and sprang for high dollar seat. Wasn't as great as it was supposed to be UNTIL I got advice from a Iron Butt rider. Stock seat, Air Hawk, and choose your riding pants carefully. Been working for us ever since.
Lew L
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Nooooooooo, I gave you some advice :thumbup: for what it's worth,,,, or not. Because I've been down the "aftermarket seat road" several times.
Right now I have the Misty Mt. sheepskin seat cover. Not necessarily for comfort but because it is never hot and never cold.
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Only heard this so I don't know if it is actually true, however, some experienced long haul (so to speak) male riders wear pantie hose under their levis or whatever. I do know that some cowboys (horsemen) have found that pantie hose prevent irritating issues when on horseback for long periods of time. I've never tried it myself. Not sure I ever will. :roflblack:
Me, Myself, & I had a quick conversation;:chat: We voted unanimously against trying the pantie hose! Made it 70+ years without them. But if and when someone else gives it a try,:nopic: I can always handle a good:roflblack:
.....:thumbup:....Bill
bigbadbrucie
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Troop, I have the actual Alaska Leather, and there is no padding. It’s just the hide and the wool. That plus a properly (for you) inflated airhawk and Muy problem was mostly eliminated (no burning bum).
EdMat
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Oh please NO to the pic. Pretty, pretty , pretty please.
Hey man. I'm with you, yourself, & I. But I was simply just say'n...............
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troop
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Looking at the sheepskin to throw on for long distance trips in the summer. Thx for the input
Peteoz
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Ray, Joe and others aren’t talking about “one size fits all” aftermarket seats like Ultimate, Mustang or Corbin. I agree with you that those seats are indeed a crap-shoot. Joe is referring to Russell Daylong or Laam, both of who custom build a seat for your size and riding style, with under thigh support (that’s why your car seat is all day comfortable), and guarantee it will give you all day comfort (if it doesn’t they will modify it until it does).
To say the Airhawk WORKS is a sweeping statement. It may indeed work for you, but for the rest of us it really is the same crap-shoot you mentioned earlier. It failed me badly (and yes, I used the correct minimal pressure). Neither the sheepskin, nor butt buffer worked for me either.
I have now had a Daylong built for my last 5 bikes, and every one of them has given me all day comfort from day one (except for one which was sent back and modified…..fine after that). A custom seat is the only seating solution that is guaranteed to work. Pads, Airhawk, Buffers will certainly work for some, and are worth a try if you want to try a potential cheaper solution, and who knows, you might fluke a solution. Me, I’d rather spend extra and get something I KNOW will work for ME, day in, day out.
I just bought a ‘21RT-L and thought I might save a few $ this time around and pulled out the Butt Buffer, Sheepskin and Airhawk, just in case…….nope…..I get around 30 minutes of comfort out of each of them, and the sheepskin on top of the Airhawk gives me around an hour. My Russell Daylong is now on order…..and they are not cheap to convert Aussie $ and have shipped…….but worth every penny to me.:2thumbs:
Pete
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Fat Baxter
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For a while, I put a chunk of bubble wrap under my Alaska sheepskin. Seemed to help a little bit. Poor man's Airhawk.
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It was November 1987 and I had to get from Hudson Falls, NY to southern Ohio and I had to do it NOW. I won't go into details why, but my transportation was a Yamaha FJ1100. An excellent bike, but lacking a lot of weather protection. I left HF around 3pm and by 10pm it was 32 degrees and likely to drop a lot more. Leather was the prime material for riding back then and while it was nice it wasn't getting the job done at that temp. Stopping for the night was not an option so somewhere between Erie, Pa. and the Ohio border I stopped and bought a wool sweater and two pair of large pantyhose. I was still cold, but I was much warmer than I had been before that stop. I prayed I didn't get into an accident for obvious reasons. It was 25 degrees when I got into Chillicothe at 1am. 670 miles in ten hours at mostly freezing temps. Those pantyhose helped a LOT. Not something I make a habit of, but it sure beats freezing roflmao
Great short story Navydad. My wife and I got caught in a similar situation and we stopped for coffee and hot chocolate to warm up. It was about 2:00 AM and 35 degrees outside. The restaurant had a newspaper stand and we bought all the remaining papers and stuffed them inside our pants and jackets. A little stiff but worked like a charm.
troop
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Maybe some bicycle shorts
https://www.amazon.com/Baleaf-Padde...7&sr=1-1-ae73ecff-0419-4eaa-bde6-0ef9964c802d
https://www.amazon.com/Baleaf-Padde...7&sr=1-1-ae73ecff-0419-4eaa-bde6-0ef9964c802d
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