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My informal review is as follows.
MY 2004+ saddles are very comfortable for most, myself included. On extended trips I would begin to experience soreness with my butt, knees and sometimes lower back. I'm 6'4" 245lbs and 50yo.
I've read plenty over the years about the Air Hawk but never tried one myself. To be honest with you, I never liked the idea of putting a pad or anything else for that matter on a Ducati saddle. Now that I am beginning to experience more soreness on longer rides, it's either comfort or don't ride. Not riding is not an option!
This thing is fantastic! I rode 315 miles yesterday in about 5
hours with only 1 coffee break while I got gas. No soreness with any body parts. I think what was happening in the past was a snowball effect, first my butt then knees then sometimes lower back would get pretty sore after a full tank.
I don't have much padding on my butt, so decided to add to it. The result was no butt pain. This stopped the knee pain as well.
The only complaint I have so far is the cheesy straps that are used to hold the Air Hawk in place. They don't appear to be very high quality compared to the rest of the system. We'll see if they hold up.
A big benefit is that you can move the pad to another motorcycle with ease.
If comfort is important to you on longer rides, I would recommend the Air Hawk pad in a heart beat. Size medium fits the saddle pretty well. Fred
http://www.rlmotorcycles.com/cgi-bin/eShop/index.cgi?cart_id=1241457536.76583&pid=3&product=AirHawk
MY 2004+ saddles are very comfortable for most, myself included. On extended trips I would begin to experience soreness with my butt, knees and sometimes lower back. I'm 6'4" 245lbs and 50yo.
I've read plenty over the years about the Air Hawk but never tried one myself. To be honest with you, I never liked the idea of putting a pad or anything else for that matter on a Ducati saddle. Now that I am beginning to experience more soreness on longer rides, it's either comfort or don't ride. Not riding is not an option!
This thing is fantastic! I rode 315 miles yesterday in about 5
hours with only 1 coffee break while I got gas. No soreness with any body parts. I think what was happening in the past was a snowball effect, first my butt then knees then sometimes lower back would get pretty sore after a full tank.
I don't have much padding on my butt, so decided to add to it. The result was no butt pain. This stopped the knee pain as well.
The only complaint I have so far is the cheesy straps that are used to hold the Air Hawk in place. They don't appear to be very high quality compared to the rest of the system. We'll see if they hold up.
A big benefit is that you can move the pad to another motorcycle with ease.
If comfort is important to you on longer rides, I would recommend the Air Hawk pad in a heart beat. Size medium fits the saddle pretty well. Fred
http://www.rlmotorcycles.com/cgi-bin/eShop/index.cgi?cart_id=1241457536.76583&pid=3&product=AirHawk