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After a year+ of ownership, finally got around to my first 131-mile sustained "high" speed Interstate and highway-ish ride yesterday: Falls Church-out I-66-to Gainesville, down 29 to Warrenton, cross state on 17 to Fredericksburg and up I-95 back to FC.

Rev limiter consistently kicked-in at 65-point-something, but major highways this close to urban centers tend to be somewhat clogged and move more slowly than usual, so I mostly kept-up with the flow. Long damned way, punctuated by one gas stop and another for iced coffee.

The PCX is pretty much what I'd hoped it'd be when I when first posed questions here back when still kicking tires. Fulfills all my needs (except, perhaps, for cargo-carrying).

Stable at highway speed, and surprisingly immune to buffeting by semis; just buzzed right along serene & untroubled. The VTX750 suffered more buffeting. Didn't run hot and, far as I can tell, used no oil.

But (or perhaps (I should say "butt"), after the first hour aboard, the old fundament was shrieking. It helped to be able to shift between feet-forward and schoolroom posture occasionally, but my own case of noassatall is extreme, and the nether end of the coccyx became inflamed and fiery.

This is not related to the seat "hump": that was removed just after purchase and the seat covered with a cheap Coleman ATV pad. It did seem related to the seat "slope" against which the hump was installed. Time for an aftermarket seat.

Looking over those at the powerbypcx site, I can't really tell which is the flattest. My preference has always been for the "bench" types fitted on the UJMs I rode many years ago; of all the scoots I've had since returning to riding, the most comfortable seat was that on the Yamaha C3.

So for those of who've bought a seat: which (of those shown on the powerbypcx site) is the flattest?

Cheers, All, and thanks for your consideration.

redhandmoto wrote:After a year+ of ownership, finally got around to my first 131-mile sustained "high" speed Interstate and highway-ish ride yesterday: Falls Church-out I-66-to Gainesville, down 29 to Warrenton, cross state on 17 to Fredericksburg and up I-95 back to FC.

Rev limiter consistently kicked-in at 65-point-something, but major highways this close to urban centers tend to be somewhat clogged and move more slowly than usual, so I mostly kept-up with the flow. Long damned way, punctuated by one gas stop and another for iced coffee.

The PCX is pretty much what I'd hoped it'd be when I when first posed questions here back when still kicking tires. Fulfills all my needs (except, perhaps, for cargo-carrying).

Stable at highway speed, and surprisingly immune to buffeting by semis; just buzzed right along serene & untroubled. The VTX750 suffered more buffeting. Didn't run hot and, far as I can tell, used no oil.

But (or perhaps (I should say "butt"), after the first hour aboard, the old fundament was shrieking. It helped to be able to shift between feet-forward and schoolroom posture occasionally, but my own case of noassatall is extreme, and the nether end of the coccyx became inflamed and fiery.

This is not related to the seat "hump": that was removed just after purchase and the seat covered with a cheap Coleman ATV pad. It did seem related to the seat "slope" against which the hump was installed. Time for an aftermarket seat.

Looking over those at the powerbypcx site, I can't really tell which is the flattest. My preference has always been for the "bench" types fitted on the UJMs I rode many years ago; of all the scoots I've had since returning to riding, the most comfortable seat was that on the Yamaha C3.

So for those of who've bought a seat: which (of those shown on the powerbypcx site) is the flattest?

Cheers, All, and thanks for your consideration.

Excellent. Love the bike for what it is. A pedal bike with a great engine

As I have stated previously, we purchased both of our seats from powerbypcx.com, and each is different. Attached is a picture of our scooters. You can see the differences in the seats. Perhaps this will give you some ideas. I like mine because it is about as flat as I could get for this scooter, and yet it is comfortable and allows me to move back and forth while riding, so that I can change positions.

Mel46 wrote:As I have stated previously, we purchased both of our seats from powerbypcx.com, and each is different. Attached is a picture of our scooters. You can see the differences in the seats. Perhaps this will give you some ideas. I like mine because it is about as flat as I could get for this scooter, and yet it is comfortable and allows me to move back and forth while riding, so that I can change positions.

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Love the peace sign

you you wrote:
Excellent. Love the bike for what it is. A pedal bike with a great engine

Ah, ten miles on a bicycle, and I'm standing on the pedals. It may simply be the underlying slope of the plastic pan itself that bothers.

Mel, thanks; is that yours in the foreground there? Slope angle does look less acute - do you recall the model number?

Maybe I need to thinking about fabbing a bit of custom work.

An alternative solution...

http://hondapcx.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t ... +uncovered This thread has pictures of what the PCX seat looks like uncovered, plus pictures of what my PCX seat looks like after I got it plastic-welded to lower it. It's pretty hard to get much of the slope out because of the way the seat fits on the bike, but maybe you can get some ideas before you decide what to do with yours.

yesss...Rollie-style...an option, but being of advanced years, I can't sustain it more than a few miles anymore...

Thanks, Indy, good to have before I begin blindly ripping coverings off.

@Indyglow - just cruised through your "custom" seat thread: that's beautiful! I'll just have to seek out a plastic fabricator and upholsterer round here some place. Thanks

you you wrote:

Mel46 wrote:As I have stated previously, we purchased both of our seats from powerbypcx.com, and each is different. Attached is a picture of our scooters. You can see the differences in the seats. Perhaps this will give you some ideas. I like mine because it is about as flat as I could get for this scooter, and yet it is comfortable and allows me to move back and forth while riding, so that I can change positions.

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Love the peace sign

Me too! Maybe it shows our age.

That's the logo of CND, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Its possibly the most widely recognised symbol in the world but perhaps not fully understood.
So here's an explanation.

http://www.cnduk.org/information/info-s ... cnd-symbol