Alaska Leather Butt Pads?

[swebb]

Hi,

I wonder if any of you can help me, i've been looking at the possibility of getting an Alaskan Leather butt padSee Here

I see from the charts i'd need a Medium and a Pillion Type 2, (deluxe models at $49.99 each) so all in all, not a bad price.

I'm wondering if any of you guys have used these, and if so, do they offer substantially more comfort? Any idea how they compare to an Airhawk too?

Thanks peeps...

 

[nadeem]

I had one on a 650GS and it made a marginal difference...but these things are very subjective - you might think it's a lot better or worse...btw they arrive pretty quickly from them...

 

[Bateman]

I looked at the buttpad, but was put off by the amount of tax and import duty you will have to pay. I ended up getting a nearly new sheepskin of ebay for £15 and cutting it to size. It fits the front and rear seats. Its very thick and fairly comfy although to be honest, given the amount of positive reviews on the site about sheepskin, I was expecting a little more comfort than I got. I put my sheepskin inside an oxford tangbag cover and it did me well for a 2000 mile trip to the Alps, staying completely dry.

I think you'll be looking at least $100 after postage, tax and duty, for the butt pad.

 

[Frisky]

I have a buttpad for sale, black deluxe model, used about 5 times.
Corbin forces sale!,
Drop me a pm with an offer if you are interested.
Dave

 

[swebb]

I'm not too worried about tax etc as i'll be visiting Anchorage, so was thinking of buying locally from their store and "smuggling" back in with my luggage...

on that basis... the price would remain at the $49.99 per pad.. with the exchange rate so good, it works out around £27 which i thought might be quite good....

interested to hear GS Users reviews on their performance though?

 

[Bryn]

Got mine through the post from Barb at Alaska leather within a week of ordering by phone.. Didnt pay any duty on it either.... used it on last years tossers tour into Poland, and i reckon on a long journey the benifits outweigh the very small niggles...

If you stand up at any speed to stretch the front can lift, so you sit down on the doubled up pad...

Elastic fastenings have stretched a bit

Apart from that at $50 got to be cheaper than an Airhawk.. I fully recommend them.. If you get over to Anchorage mention ukgser and she should do you a 10% discount as well!

Bryn

 

[Marty Hill]

I've used Barb's pad and think it helps quite a bit. I've tried an airhawk and didn't care for it.

 

[Fanum]

Hmmm.....

I used to love mine, and recommended them heartily here, bt no more I'm afraid.

Mine (a grey one) is so knackered now, I can't use it.

The straps stretched and ran out of bounce, so I replaced them with webbing straps and QR toggle things like on rucksacks etc......then the thing went a bit hard on the edges and it's got tatty as fekk..and the woiol started pulling away from the leather in little clumps..an alopeciac fleece.....in a year and and only 18k miles.....

When in good nick, it's great, but they don't last if the rest are anything like mine....and the reason you buy them is for long rides and tours.

I won't be buying another.

Barb is a joy to do business with though...and it's totally surreal getting a phone call from her at 11pm our time and realising you're talking to someone in Alaska

 

[Phil Thomas]

Butt Pad

I've had mine on my RS for a couple of Summers (remove it during the Winter) - I think it's brilliant.

Regards to all,

 

[chippelmike]

Butt pads

I used to use a piece of sheepskin coat but it soaked up the water in bad weather so I changed to a piece of stuff called Vetbed ( I think ) from local petshop. It looks like sheepskin but is a manmade copy which doesn't soak or hold water . A few mins. with scissors and some laces to keep it in place and hey/presto. Cost ......£11.00
Mike.

 

[Reggie]

Hi There,

I used mine on my trusty F650GS, when doing long journeys and found it to offer a great increase in my comfort levels.

I then sold the bike and bought a new R1200GS and again found a noticeable improvement in comfort.

Most recommended.

Also it came in handy when my blow up pillow suffered a puncture on the second day of a 5,600 mile trip. So I removed the inflation bag and every night replaced it with my butt pad, rolled up in the pillow case. It made a great pillow, so that's two genuine uses!

 

[swebb]

Also it came in handy when my blow up pillow suffered a puncture on the second day of a 5,600 mile trip. So I removed the inflation bag and every night replaced it with my butt pad, rolled up in the pillow case. It made a great pillow

I'm definately up for the "multi-purpose" aspect.... one thing with two-up camping on a bike, is that the pillows are always the first things to be dropped!!!

 

[(RIP) Kaister]

sheepy hollow arse pads for $39 +p+p -

$39 = 17 quid !! postage a tenner ?

much better value

http://www.sheepyhollow.com/pads/products/solo.htm

 

[sparkplug]

To give an Airhawk perspective:

I've ridden with a sheepskin thing only once and it was good - I don't know if it was the Alaskan one. The problem with them is, as fanum has said, that they are only good when they are new. They are pretty water resistant but once they are wet they are horrible.

I've used my Airhawk for a couple of years now. It's done trips across Europe as well as the Arctic and it's as good as new. When the cover does finally start to get tatty you can replace that fairly cheaply and they come with a puncture repair kit in case you do puncture it, but as I say two years of camping using the airhawk as my camping seat as well as my riding seat this has never happened.

They do take a little bit of getting used to and you really have to resist the temptation to put more air in than you need. They need almost no air. When you've got it set up right you probably won't need to adjust it.

I know Guitarman bought one and he uses it on his office chair!

If you want to have a go with one, I'm just in Cambridge which is not so very far away from March..