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I was up in Scotland over the weekend on a 500 mile trip, the last day had slightly more miles than the 1st so Sunday was a 265 miler. I have to say the last 100 odd miles were agony on my butt and when I arrived home and got off I looked at the seat and the foam had completely collapsed (looked like my old 250 MK3 seat ie no foam) and I was just sitting on the seat pan. It took nearly an hour for it to slowly grow back to its normal shape ( I know, I should have taken a pic but it looked like a cut down seat).
The Scotland trip was a bit of a test of its distance capabilities as next year will be taking it to Europe so the comfort part didnt go too well.
On the plus side, my recently installed 16 tooth front sprocket has made the bike more useable and at one fill up I managed 63mpg UK (57mpg over the whole trip of 4 petrol stops which included 3 figure speeds so it wasnt a tootle).
My next expenditure will be to get a gel pad fitted from Saddlecraft as they come highly recommended and are local to me (for once).
The Scotland trip was a bit of a test of its distance capabilities as next year will be taking it to Europe so the comfort part didnt go too well.
On the plus side, my recently installed 16 tooth front sprocket has made the bike more useable and at one fill up I managed 63mpg UK (57mpg over the whole trip of 4 petrol stops which included 3 figure speeds so it wasnt a tootle).
My next expenditure will be to get a gel pad fitted from Saddlecraft as they come highly recommended and are local to me (for once).
