longer range cruising needs...

cardinal93 said:

I have the Corbin Fastgun for a solo. No issues at all. Normal long day in the saddle is 5-600. I've stretched it to 800 a few times, but that takes it toll on my arms/shoulders/neck more than anything.
The ISO grips he's referring to are padded? Aftermarket grips a lot of guys use to take out vibration on the hands

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sonny said:

Ok now I am confused. When we bought the roadster X that is what we bought A roadster period. If we wanted a touring bike we would have bought the touring model of the Rocket Three. I am kind of a simple guy but that just makes common since to me.

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sonny said:

Ok now I am confused. When we bought the roadster X that is what we bought A roadster period. If we wanted a touring bike we would have bought the touring model of the Rocket Three. I am kind of a simple guy but that just makes common since to me. I ride daily about 115 miles back and forth to work that works out to over 500 miles a week. Living in Oklahoma we can pretty much ride all year with the right cold weather gear. So we did not buy the bike for just sunday rides either but common since tells you the bike is by no means a goldwing (thank god) . For what it is the Rocket Roadster is one hell of a bike. I like the five speed transmission as much power as the bike has I find fifth gear on the highway just fine.

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Chris Kelley said:

Hmm I dunno about that. I'm under the impression that a lot of people on the forum bought the roadster because it's a badass street bike that's very capable of longer runs. In fact the most common feedback for 'Should I get a Touring or a Roadster' is 'Which do you like the looks of better? Pegs are a little cramped on the Roadster if you're a taller rider'.

That said I did my first long trip from Denver to OKC on my Roadster:
1) Gearing hasn't struck me as an issue, even had problems with speed creeping up without me noticing it.
2) I wouldn't have the endurance to pull off the fly screen. I have an MRA screen and it reduces blast just enough to make me feel like I'm in the wind without exhausting me.
3) Highway pegs are definitely a must.
4) I got an Airhawk before I took off. Waited to put it on at the first fill up, then took it off at the next and kept up the pattern. I won't say I was 100% comfortable the whole time, but it helped out a lot and is waaay cheaper than a new seat. Especially since I don't have the opportunity to test a seat out before purchase.

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cardinal93 said:

@Rick Morris the trim on mine is the gator leather (imprint I'd imagine). Not sure the seat covering is the big difference though. Corbin's are very firm seats and don't work for everyone, much like soft seats don't work for me. If you don't find Corbin solo comfy, I wouldn't recommend the dual. I've got a Corbin dual tour for 2 up and don't find much difference (which is why I got it). You might want to look into a Russell day long or mustang or even the triumph OEM dual comfort seat? I don't know which ones are softer? There's several threads on here and opinions are about as diverse as which oil or tire to use?

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2012cliff said:

I had a roadster and bought a russell day long custom seat. The bike always ran out of gas before i was ready to quit.
Now i have a touring and use the airhawk. To bad i had a knee operation yesterday i'd go for a ride.[3 deg.celsius]

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