Help ! stop me before I spend again !

[tallannie]

ok...now I gotta go see a C90RT whatever that is....and a bandit and a st1300... choices choices choices. LOL

[omegajim]

From what I've seen Annie, as far as the st1300/st1100 is concerned there are only two kinds of riders

1) the kind that drive them and buy another st1300

2) the kind that upgrade to the goldwing.

People don't tend to trade them in; I know I've looked and the used ones have 50 + K miles and they still want over $6 K for them.

[nateW]

Originally Posted by tallannie

ok.... there will not be a C90T in my future....
I test rode one today and didnt really like it all that much better. The seat only supports me a little bit better than my own modified MEancitycycles seat....and that was the main thing. Otherwise it certainly is a bigger frame....and whoooosh....it can sure get up to speed a lot faster than my little baby....but I dont really need that... I am happy with my C50's power. It is not worth shelling out another $5000 for a slightly improved seat .
I will look into forward controls (thx Intimidater and v0lusia )...and maybe I will try this new airhawk seat cushion I just found.
Annie

Ok. Food for thought. Yes the seat can make all the difference. What people might be missing is one simple fact. Your butt sweats. This leads to chaffing and this of course leads to pain.
Here is what I do. Before I take off on a ride, I shake small amount of gold bond into the back of my pants. Then some down the front. The stuff keeps the sweat down and the comfort level up.
Other than that. If someone could make a seat that let air flow under our backsides (kind of like a beaded seat) That would be a seat mod that would make them millions.

[drgibson]

Just get a second morgage and be done with it.

[stp1971]

Anti-Monkey Butt Powder. 1/2 talc and 1/2 calamine powder.

[intimid8er]

Do you guys really believe that dusting your asses with powder like little birds relieves physical pain from sitting wrong?

[stp1971]

No but it feels SOOOOO GOOD!!!! plus the Anti-Monkey Butt Powder makes the whitey Tighties pink.

[Cajundude]

Originally Posted by old new biker

If you do a search for meancitycycles, you will find a post by PetCop.

She had her M50 seat modified by these guys, back in February of this year (07), and loved it.

They can be found here, and there prices are a whole lit less expensive that new seats, and sounds like they actually fix the problems. Check them out, and see what you think.b

Allen does a great job, have had many fellow VTX'rs have their seats modded by him and swear by it.... He's known by BadX on the VTX boards and is a stand up guy. Be sure to have the memory foam added...you won't regret spending the bucks and let's face it, $150 max including shipping is a whole lot healthier on the wallet!

[TFee3]

I'm glad you came to your senses after riding the C90T. I just bought a new one, and the first thing I had to do was change the seat. I bought a Suzuki replacement, but wish I had put out the extra bucks for a Mustang seat. I sat on one a few days ago on another bike, and it's much better than the Suzuki seat. Oh well, too late.

[kay]

Originally Posted by Smurf

What about the C109RT ????

6'3" with 34" inseam ??????????

Dang !!! I didn't feel small untill I read that.

I'm feeling the same....
Damn, how I would LOVE to be able to say "I feel my legs are cramped".

[PNW rider]

Originally Posted by tallannie

Sat on a C90 in the stealership today after riding more than 200mi on my C50 this morning. My butt was sore and man-oh-man that touring seat felt bigger and more generous.... like it would never ever cause the same kind of pain my C50 does. I am also real tall and the sitting posture felt a lot less cramped. I had them set it up for a test ride next week.....

ok, those are my rationalizations. Now all you kind people can tell me why I shouldnt do this....

Annie

ahhhhhhhhh,,,you really should do it......

I did too and couldn't be happier....

Please don't let me sit on the 08 C109.... pleeeeeease...

[tallannie]

PNW.... yeah well... perhaps I would end up liking the C90 more ... DUH....but I did finally buy an Airhawk cushion for my C50 and it is working great. I just did two longish day rides of 177 mi and of 146 mi on the Airhawk and I am sold on the improvement it makes. I dont need a whole new bike after all... lol.

[intimid8er]

That's about a buck and a half well spent. Eh?

[tallannie]

... yes indeed... my tailbone has been thanking me ever since...lol

[PNW rider]

Originally Posted by tallannie

PNW.... yeah well... perhaps I would end up liking the C90 more ... DUH....but I did finally buy an Airhawk cushion for my C50 and it is working great. I just did two longish day rides of 177 mi and of 146 mi on the Airhawk and I am sold on the improvement it makes. I dont need a whole new bike after all... lol.

GOOD JOB !!!

[omegajim]

btw, tallannie, this last avatar is the best one yet.

Need to break down and by an airhawk seat.

[tallannie]

...thanks Jim....and I did buy the airhawk seat.... best thing I ever did for my ride comfort. no more tailbone hurt !

Annie

[omegajim]

Checked into the "gel seats" when they were all the craze and heard that they tend to leak.

Then the air seats came out (this is going back several years) and I decided to wait until there was a clear winner.

....well that, and I only ride about 5 k / year. It's not like I'm going to set any records anytime soon.

[tallannie]

....well, at least my Airhawk came with a patch kit....

[Ol Doofus]

I had the Mustang seat on my last bike, a vtx1300. It's a decent seat but personally I think its over priced. One of the main things I liked about the c90t was the seat. I saw the potential of only having to find a driver's backrest, which I did. I am tall and I do believe the Mustang seat, although it was comfortable, did seem to move me a little more forward. My old butt gets tired after a hundred miles so I just stop and walk it off. I do have the Airhawk and I alternate between the stock seat and that, kinda keeps my butt guessing.