That's an ambitious route, Big John.  It's definitely a good idea to keep your cheeks happy for 10K miles!

I just ordered my RDL, to be made just like the OP's saddle.  I won't get it back until February, but will post pics once I receive.

Yep... it's going to be an $800 investment, but I had the same saddle on my BMW GS and it allowed/encouraged the wife and I to ride 400-500 miles a day without discomfort.  We are planning a 2-up Alaska ride in 2020 and this saddle is the last modification needed for the bike for that trip.

You gave me a belly laugh!  Funny, but I don't consider myself HUGE....

I am 6'4", 260lbs.   The wife is 5'9", 140lbs.

I do appreciate a 37" inseam when riding bikes.  Even with dirt bikes, I've only dropped my bikes about 7-8 times in 20 years of riding... even in the most extreme conditions.


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The evaporation is exothermic, taking the heat away, like when you sweat.  It releases energy into the atmosphere.  Condensation is endothermic, the opposite so it removes energy from the atmosphere, by converting vapors to liquids, like your air conditioner in your car or home.  Like your car or home, if there is more available energy (water vapor...denser in cold weather) to endothermically convert to condensate, then the exothermic release (vapor or energy back into the atmosphere) will be greater.  I think that the endothermic process (creating condensate) is increased when there is a large difference in temperature...which is why some air conditioners are more effective than others in removing moisture for example.  So no, all things being equal (available energy) a V4 does not necessarily produce more condensate.  A larger surface that promotes condensation (a small soda can condenses less energy than an otherwise equal large soda can) produces more available exothermic energy for conversion to vapor.  So similarly a larger muffler could produce the same results as the soda can example.  A science lesson broke out at the motorcycle show I guess! 

Stevensweert, Dave56 and phantom53.

Thank you for your welcoming messages.
She's still behaving as expected, purring like a cheetah cub over the miles being covered.

Dave56, I'm in agreement "the more the miles, the bigger the smiles"

Phantom 53, I hope that you aren't affected by the sad report of fires. Not sure how close you are to these. My Sister stays close to Gympie but not affected as far as I can tell.

Stevesweer. Dankie dat jy my welkom geheet het. Hoop alles is wel. Ek geniet die motorfiets terdee. Alles wat mooi. Groete. 

With a 3week holiday looming at the end of this week, she'll have a full load including panniers, but I'm sure she'll handle the extra weight with ease.

I'm very happy with the fuel consumption. At slightly over the national speed limit of 120km/h, I'm getting 18-20km/l or roughly 300 to 340km per tank when reserve countdown begin. I think this is reasonable.
When I let her run freely, she drops to 16km/l or 280km on a tank up to when count down start. Still reasonable in my opinion.

Take care guys.