All ready

[ted1r]

Hi guys just waiting for better weather, but she's all serviced up for action

Ted

[Scott-(Altoona, PA)]

She looks like she is just waiting to be ridden!
I hope you get good riding weather soon Nigel.

[Bonnie and Clyde]

What's the scoop on the seat? It looks like its taller? The stock low seat is my biggest complaint about the xii

[Nails]

The stock XII seat sucks for long days. AirHawk easily doubles that mileage, and there are even cheaper clones.

[ted1r]

I don't know what the seat is but I can go a full tank no problem, mind you that pretty much anywhere in the UK ,its only little I can do east coast to west coast in bout 3 hours

Ted

[GrandpaDenny]

Looks like a stock early model seat to me.

[ted1r]

Its comfy thats all that matters

Ted

[Nails]

Mine is too, for modest trips. But the first time I rode across the US, that seat practically crippled me. I couldn't tolerate more than 200 miles in a day, and that was tough. At the time I used a real sheepskin under beads.

I bought the AirHawk on the road, on the far side of the Mississippi, just to make it home. I was skeptical, but the next day I rode straight through three tanks of gas, with two more later that evening. I just slip it under the beads in place of the sheepskin and take it into the motel room at night.

But there's no reason to think my stock seat is in good condition. Nothing else on my bike is.

[GrandpaDenny]

But there's no reason to think my stock seat is in good condition. Nothing else on my bike is.

Especially the nut holding the handlebars, right? Sorry Nails, just couldn't resist.

[ted1r]

Thanks guys ,if I rode through 3 tanks of fuel that would be the length of Britain top to bottom

Ted

[ted1r]

Ps managed a short ride Fridal late afternoon
pps not far just enoughto get her all warmed up and move the oil about

Ted

[Highway Rider]

I have a Air Hawh and sheepskin on my seat and I have gone 1600 miles in a day and no real issues. (interstate highways)
The most important part of using an Air Hawk is getting the right air pressure. I use mine with minimal air pressure. Too much air makes it too hard and the discomfort sets in.