There is a mail order cycle supply store in Minnesota called Dennis Kirk. www.denniskirk.com They have everything from just the raw gel pads to some really nice pads and covers. Starting around $40 and going up from there. I got a gel pad called a Pro Pad that straps to the seat. Got it from a local shop here for I think about $80. Makes the ride a little more comfortable, but really just improves the recovery time from the ride. May be able to pick up just the raw gel pad and use it with the sheepskin. Either way, I guess we all know these bikes were not made for cross country touring. Still love them though!
MN Blue On Aug 25, 7:58 pm, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > I got a gel pad and sheep skin pad from someone miles away for > $20.00 - met them at a Wendys and made lunch of it. 20 > > 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. 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