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Marauder M50 Secret Hideaway It's for Marauder M50 owners!

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Old 07-14-2007, 09:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Bike: Red M50, Johns Kit, SGE Shaker Floorboards.
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Default long hard ride

1,169 miles last week. Nashville,Tn to Tellico Plains,Tn and hit the Cherhala Skyway. Cherhala Skyway to The Dragon, <road the Dragon both ways 2 times> The Dragon to Blue Ridge Parkway, Blue Ridge Parkway to Boone,NC, Boone to Shady Valley,Tn. Awesome roads especially 421 to Shady Valley.
Bristol Virginia to Morristown, Tn to stay with a brother overnight. Morristown to Dickson,Tn with no interstate travel all two lane roads and finally back home. My a%% was killing me! It was two days before I could ride the bike again even after the gel pad and memory foam upgrade I put in the seat!!!!!!
If the M50 had a decent seat from the factory I could ride the Ironbutt no problem!
I am seriously looking at the new Vstar 1300. It seem to have a decent seat on it. Don't really need the displacement that much in the engine as much as I need the room and seat. I own an 8N Ford tractor that I can ride all day with no distress while bushhogging. I have been looking into putting that seat on my M50 to get some relief!