[alanmcorcoran]

My longest ride to date has only been an hour or so, and the seat hasn't been an issue for me or my ass yet.

(Ass/seat stat's: Ass: I'm 5'11, currently ~165 lbs. I'm what you'd call in shape. Don't ask me to post a picture of it. Seat: brand new, stock)

Not sure if this is relevant, but I used to do a lot of (road) bicycle riding on semi-serious road bikes. Compared to a pricey bicycle seat, the GZ250 seat is like a LazyBoy. In the bicycling world, all of your upper body weight is supported by two small areas to either side of the, well.. you get the idea. It takes a hundred miles or so to develop a callus in those areas. Ironically, in bicycle land, the cushier the seat (they have nice, wide gel ones, too) the worse they are (ultimately) for your butt. On the other hand, all serious pedalers wear specially designed shorts that have built-in "Chamois" cushioning in the nether regions - maybe you guys just need some padded underwear. (Insert insider reference to Sarris, his pants and sensation he might have crapped them here...)

I will pass on some sage advice I got after I mentioned my knee was bothering me a third of the way through a 200 miler: "Just keep pedaling... pretty soon something else will hurt even more and you'll forget all about your knee." Not sure if this translates to the motorcycle/ass nexus, but it's words I've learned to live by.

-Alan.