Thu May 22 10:26:51 1997 - Message No. 874
From: muehlberger@grz.co.at

Subject: Antwort: Re: Seat-Problems






Hi,


>In our way back to Belgium we had to travel 1050 km in one day. OK, the
saddle isn't that >good but stopping every 150 a 200 km to stretch the legs
 and the pain disappeared instantly. We did this distance in 12 >hours
(with 2 stops of 1 hour) and coming home after a hot bad I could hardly
realise that I had been riding for a whole day.
>Another thing : I travelled in the company of BMW-fahrers, so what
considers the average cruising speed, I was the >limitating factor (but
>there butts hurt too, in spite of ergonomic saddles or what else they
>call it). I rode constantly between 6500 and 7000 rpm (150 - 165 km/h)
resulting in a consommation of appox. 7l/100 km >(R1100 GS : 6L !!! cause
they never exceeded 5000 rpm) and coming home I had to fill 0,2 l oil
(Valvoline >10W40semi-synthetic) which I consider to be normal at that revs
for such a long time.

Experienced the same back from the 3rd meeting - after 850 km on the
highway, my a*** didn't hurt very much; I think because I drove alone. Last
summer I drove ~ 750 km a day with my girlfriend, and the last 200 km's
were the hell...


greetings,

Achim






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