I got a gel pad and sheep skin pad from someone 20 miles away for $20.00 - met them at a Wendys and made lunch of it.
On Aug 25, 2009, at 8:25 PM, Creative Residential Designs wrote: > Hey Stanley! Yeah...I thought it would help too. Plus I'm broke and > can't afford all these fancy gel pads and seats. I already own the > sheepskin car seat cover so what the heck? A little time and some > innovation and I can make it work! HotrodMamma. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: stanley/ Randolph > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 4:56 PM > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: I'm in the 200 mile a day club on > my 550 > > that would be great for riding in the winter. I have used them to > stay warm, taking a nap in my Microbus (Beetle van) when I worked > nights and went and parked right after (6:00 AM) work just to have > a parking place for the day while attending classes. > > Stanley > > > From: Creative Residential Designs <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 12:57:13 PM > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: I'm in the 200 mile a day club on > my 550 > > > I've decided to cut up a sheepskin car seat cover and make a cover > for my > Hawk seat. I saw a guy who made one that way for his bike and it > was nice. > HotrodMamma. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "NytWing" <[email protected]> > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:20 AM > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: I'm in the 200 mile a day club on > my 550 > > > > I've done a little over 100 miles on my stock seat without a problem. > I've looked into a corbin for mine (cha-ching). I also considered gel > inserts. Does anyone know anything about them? Whether they work or > not and how easy they are to install? > > On Aug 25, 9:49 am, Javier Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ok, I did a little bit less than 200 miles a couple of weeks ago, > and I > > got > > home completely exhausted. One of the problems is that it was > very hot, > > and > > that takes an awful amount of energy from your body. I don't have a > > windshield (and I rode mostly on highways), BUT (and this is the > important > > point), I have replaced the stock seat with a Corbin. At this > point, I'm > > not > > sure if this Corbin seats are really better over the stock ones. > I really > > like the riding position with the Corbin, and I almost don't move > back and > > foward as it happends with the stock seat, but the Corbin is hard > as a > > rock. > > I feel all the the little bumps, cracks, holes, and any other > inperfection > > on the road. I haven't tried to do the same miles using the stock > seat, so > > I > > can't compare 1 to 1. Does anybody here feels the pain? > > > > Javier. > > > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Creative Residential Designs < > > > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I didn't say 300 miles was EASY...stock seat, my ass fell > asleep, my > > > throttle hand went to sleep a few times too. I have more butt > padding > > > than > > > the rest of you though....Hotrod. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > *From:* [email protected] > > > *To:* [email protected] > > > *Sent:* Monday, August 24, 2009 7:29 PM > > > *Subject:* [Nighthawk Lovers] I'm in the 200 mile a day club on > my 550 > > > > > I have a stock seat. No hwy peg's > > > > > I usually rest my feet on the passenger peg's because they > vibrate less > > > than the regular one's > > > > > Aug 24, 2009 08:06:50 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > 300 miles in one day on a Nighthawk. Most I have done in a day > is 200 > > > and my ass paid for it. Not sure how you did 300, but your tougher > > > than me!!!!!!! > > > > > MN Blue > > > > > On Aug 24, 11:56 am, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Oh! It looks like he's playing hide-and-go-seek. [?] > > > > Paul > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 6:36 AM, Creative Residential Designs < > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > That's Bob...he's adjusting the rear brake... > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > *From:* Paul <[email protected]> > > > > > *To:* [email protected] > > > > > *Sent:* Sunday, August 23, 2009 7:25 PM > > > > > *Subject:* [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: OOPS...photo of the > Nightmare... > > > > > > > So, who is that hiding behind the bike? :) > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 10:12 PM, Creative Residential > Designs < > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > >> Here's the beastly thing... > > > > > > 333.png > > > > < 1KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
