From what I've been reading here, that S40 seat is as intolerable as the stock seat on my Honda Rebel. I couldn't hope, therefore, to get more than 40 - 50 miles before I had to give my butt a break.

Updates from my trip.
Rode 600 miles on Thursday night into Friday morning with no problems.
My new Tank really helped out on that giving me 4 gals of usable gas before reserve. I hoped on Friday morning for a quick scoot around town and noticed within 2 miles of riding that I had a hole in my gas line. Replaced the line and all was good.
Sunday I rode 600 miles back home and all was good. Man I love this bike.

P.S  400 miles of my ride in each direction was interstate miles.

vhfkid wrote on 04/27/09 at 17:24:58:


On my 600 miler, I was bucking sustained headwinds in the 20mph range. I went through half a quart. Don't forget to adjust your anticipated fuel consumption according to conditions! 2 up, hills, headwinds, sustained speeds over 70, etc.

Thanks for the info, we had to use quite more than I expected, but we had fast headwinds and we kept running around 65-70 across Central Texas. Me thinks the puke tubes are full!