Pillion footpegs and comfort seat

[Big Jack]

I've managed to get my wife to go pillion for the first time in 20 years on my 2010 GS1200 Adventure. She enjoyed the experience (so she said) bar the following:

1. Bum was uncomfortable after less than an hour
2. Knee's were stiff
3. Back was sore

I've thought about getting an Airhawk for her seat, lowering the footpegs, and improving the back-padding on the top-box. What products would you guys recommend that would achieve all the above please?

Thanks

 

[GrinningGSer]

A better back protector within the jacket, or even an airhawk stuffed in the lower back of the jacket, will help pillions with back box jarring on a long journey.
I have the cheaper polyurethane airhawks and 6 yrs later they are still going strong, although we hardly use them nowadays because we have toughened up.

 

[seadog]

younger wife?

 

[Big Jack]

Good advice

That's what my wife said when she read my version of events! Perhaps I over exaggerated the issues. Nevertheless what adjustable pillion footpegs/seat/back support is recommended?

Thanks

 

[Paul Fos]

Lower Footrests

I did have an unplesent groaning noise from the back of the bike until I fitted some Wunderlick footrest lowering things, expensive but a quality bit of kit. Mrs says an extra two and a half inches makes a big difference !!!!!!!!!!

 

[Yonkyo]

The fanny pad on the 1200GSA is nowhere near as comfy as the one on the 1200GS's.

Simply swap the GSA seat for a GS one (they are dirt cheap) and you'll have a happy pillion.

 

[sven]

The fanny pad on the 1200GSA is nowhere near as comfy as the one on the 1200GS's.

Simply swap the GSA seat for a GS one (they are dirt cheap) and you'll have a happy pillion.

What e sez - the GSA pillion seat slopes forwards, but the GS one is horizontal.

 

[mherkin]

After a week of riding the seat isn't so much a pain. You just get used to / tuned to it.

 

[corsicandreamer]

After a week of riding the seat isn't so much a pain. You just get used to / tuned to it.

Wot e said

 

[Big Jack]

Thanks for the advice

Thanks for the advice. The wife is now history and younger model on order. If that doesn't work out I'LL go for the GS seat option and lower foot pegs.

 

[leftofcentre]

Mrs says an extra two and a half inches makes a big difference !!!!!!!!!!

Apparently SIZE does matter

 

[Pip_UK]

As your wife isn't an uber-experienced pillion at this stage, some of the soreness at all locations may be from tension. It takes a while for newbie pillions to get used to the idea that they're not going to be catapulted off the seat under acceleration/braking/cornering, and their instinct at first is to cling to the bike with every available muscle, which causes rapid fatigue, but they're too excited to notice anything at the time except the exhilarhating sensation of being on a huge motorbike. Then when they get off at the end of the ride, they feel like they've been at the gym for 2 hours.