I finally got the bike running good, and now that I have put some good millage on the bike, I have some newbie questions!

I find myself incredibly sore and fatigued after just 100 miles of riding, with some rest stops. I find that I can sit on the bike in two different manners. The first is with my butt farther back on the seat, pushed back against the seat at the point it that it rises to the passenger area. This is more of a sportier riding position. The second, is sitting closer to the fuel tank and the very front edge of the seat, which produces more of an upright posture. In both of these positions I find myself a little uncomfortable on anything more than a short ride. My wrists do not get fatigued in either position because I have been doing a good job at lightly holding the bars. I just can't seem to get comfy! :/ Any secrets here? Maybe the stock seat is just a little firm?

Second, what is the best posture to reduce wind drag on the highway? My bike is naked with no windscreen and the wind can be very fatiguing. Should I lean forward with my head over the tank slightly (lower)? I found this to be somewhat better than normal posture. But yet I also found that sitting tall, with my head as high as possible, also seemed to help slightly.

I know that most of this is just personal preference and will be all opinion based, but that is what I want! Some new things to try until I figure out what works best for me.

To tell you the absolute truth, it might be un safe but i am quite confident in my riding/balancing silks, i ride close (leaning) to the tank with one hand on the throttle and hide behind the instrument clusters. Almost 100% out of the wind.

As for moving around to get comfortable, for me that's all i got to do and its a motorcycle so its going to get un comfortable.

That's my two cents

I find that reducing speed on the highway by a bit can make the wind buffeting mucj more comfortable. I alao ride an E.

i think zwerski is drunk, judging by his typing. haha


keep riding. you're working unusual muscles. they will get stronger, you'll get more comfortable at riding.

as for wind and buffeting, same thing, or get a windscreen. your choice!

I just ride well forward...with my "gentleman's area" against the tank....I let my belly  lay on the tank..this takes load off of hands and wrists...I have Suburban clubman bars so my back is flatter and my head is lower.  I did similar when I had stock bars, but I like the slightly lower hands with the clubmans...

I also "grab" the tank with thighs...make me and the bike more "one"..

I do 80 miles without a rest to work, and 80 more back ...2x a week, and shorter rides the other days...bike is very comfortable to me!


Cookie

Ha! Typing on my phone while watching hockey on TV with two kids flopping around on my lap. I can aee how it might make me 'drunk type.'

Quote from: Zwerski on February 23, 2013, 08:20:34 PM
I find that reducing speed on the highway by a bit can make the wind buffeting mucj more comfortable. I alao ride an E.

this !

or buy / make a flyscreen. getting the wind off your chest and clean air for your helmet makes a huge difference. along with traveling at 50-60 mph instead of 75-80.

leaning into the wind a little tends to help with neck/back strain.

Ride kid, ride and then go ride some more.      I got my first bike 28 years ago at age 52 after working in an office for years and wasn't in very good physical shape.  Within a few days my right forearm began hurting so badly from twisting the throttle I could hardly stand to ride but I kept on and it was OK within a week or so.  Next it was the left shoulder from pulling the clutch and so on.  You use muscles riding you don't use everyday otherwise and just need to get into riding condition.  I did my last 400 mile Interstate day back in 2004 at age 72 and it was a piece of cake then.  But it's been kinda downhill since then, just can't beat that age thing sooner or later.   

I stopped at a dealer after a week of riding my first bike and bought a windshield for my naked CB400 and put it on right there.  That was about when I started hitting the freeways.  Get a small shield and try it for now, you might like it.  I used a small Spitfire shield summers for those long trips and it was just right for me.  Still put on the big Plexi 2 for winters here in NE Ohio, don't know where your located.

Quote from: twocool on February 23, 2013, 08:45:04 PM
I just ride well forward...with my "gentleman's area" against the tank....I let my belly  lay on the tank..this takes load off of hands and wrists...I have Suburban clubman bars so my back is flatter and my head is lower.  I did similar when I had stock bars, but I like the slightly lower hands with the clubmans...

I also "grab" the tank with thighs...make me and the bike more "one"..

I do 80 miles without a rest to work, and 80 more back ...2x a week, and shorter rides the other days...bike is very comfortable to me!


Cookie

Exactly how I ride. Forward, on the tank, behind the windshield. If I'm less than 50-60 though I will ride sitting up unless the wind is really bad

As for the wind... Htfu mate.  Your muscles will get stronger. Keep at it.

On my GS500E, I just go bolt-upright, using testosterone to counter the 40 deg F, 70 MPH oncoming wind.

/sarcasm

In fairness I do ride about 30 miles to work, most of it highway, and occasionally I get slightly sore if I haven't ridden in a while. I don't have any super secret ninja technique, I just lean forward a little bit for the faster part of my commute, but not to discomfort. If you are a newbie then it well could be not using those muscles. That being said, my longest ride so far was about 100 miles and I experienced no discomfort.

I suppose everyone's ergos are different and you'll just have to experiment to see what works.

But seriously, I do ride an E and I sit nearly upright. Even in the canyons.

newbie questions are okay; i felt similarly weak until til i rode ~250 mi on the expressway in 20-30 mph gusts ... you will get sore, at the least! 

i find it's easy after long periods to get too tense while resisting the drag but you just get accustomed to working around it. I just got some clubman bars in my E (bikemaster; imho too low/droopy) it gets me at tuck which does help a lot; especially with the more unpredictable bursts...

I just wish i could find an OEM headlight cowl + clip-ons... *cough cough adidas*

cheers buddy