AIRHAWK® Motorcycle Seat Cushion Cruiser, Medium

There's no getting away from it, sitting on an Airhawk for the first time is WEIRD! However, letting more & more air out gradually lets your butt settle in & finally, once you've got it just right, it feels comfortable & not so weird. Ideally you let so much air out that the bladder is fully compressed in the areas where it's bearing the most weight. I've not tried any long rides, yet but the "hardwood seat" on my Tracer 9GT's seat really needs something like this pad. It does seem to produce a bit of movement of the rider on the seat that is unsettling in corners, but I don't intend on dragging a knee in any twisties so no problems there. I do like the mesh panels that let air through, the ventilation should ease Summer rides, but I'd like to see a way of closing them off for when it's colder. I don't like the straps, the elastic seems weak & the clips that attach them to the pad look really weak & prone to breakage. I'm getting some stronger straps & clips as soon as I can. Am I glad I've bought it? Well try sitting on the wooden plank of a seat on my "Sport Tourer" for an hour WITHOUT this pad & you can guess my response. It isn't perfect, but it's cheap & easy compared to custom seats that can cost as much as $1000 & might not even feel all that good. Improvements to this product would be better straps & clips, closures for the vent panels & strengthening of the bladder where it rubs against the air valve causing a leak (I've reinforced this area on mine with small sticky, rubber pads I use for puncture repairs on my mountain bike). I'd also like to see a pad with a heater & I might try putting one in just to see what results I can get. Time will tell if this is a long term solution, but I see Airhawks on lots of touring bikes so that tells me that there's worthwhile something to them.

When Airhawk says they'll "save your ass", they're not joking! Any day that the roads are dry and the temps are above freezing, I prefer to ride my motorcycle (2009 Honda Shadow Spirit) to/from work, which is a hundred (100) miles round trip. Mind you, my cruiser has seen 3 other owners before me but, between all of them, they only put 7250 miles on her so, I figured the seat was hardly broken in. That's why I initially thought the pain and discomfort I was experiencing at the end of each 50 mile jaunt, was just the seat needing to 'break in' and soften up more. But, I quickly came to realize the stock seat wasn't going to get any softer than it is now and that feels about as soft as a concrete slab covered in pleather, at the end of a steady 50 miles. I immediately began looking into buying a new seat, only to find that replacement seats are a lot more pricey than I thought they would be. The cheapest option from a reputable manufacturer, will cost nearly $500 and unfortunately, that's not a chunk of change I can afford to just drop at this point in time. So, I started looking at seat pad options and after a few weeks of online research, reading reviews and talking with other riders, I decided the Airhawk products were the way to go. Sure, gel and memory foam pads are cheaper but, I've used those type of cushions on overseas airplane flights for years and neither has ever been much of an improvement in that regard so, I didn't think they'd be any better on a motorcycle ride. Now that I've experienced the difference an Airhawk pad makes in the comfort of a motorcycle ride, I'll probably be taking it on my next overseas flight too! If you're looking to improve the comfort of your ride, without the cost of buying a whole new seat, you really can't go wrong with an Airhawk pad. It will take you a few rides to get the amount of air tuned in but, once you do, the difference it makes in your riding comfort is nothing short of absolutely amazing. I'm not exaggerating in the least when I tell you that before using the Airhawk, I would climb off my cruiser after only 50 miles and not want to sit down again for a good 20 minutes because, my backside was just that soar. Since getting my Airhawk, I've twice taking off on a full tank for a day of joy riding, and only realized I'd been in the saddle for nearly 150 miles, because I had to switch over to my reserves. Money well spent.

First the bad: I had this shipped to a friend's house halfway through a 2000+ mile bike trip. During installation the elastic strap broke. I wasn't putting a lot of tension on it; the slightest pull and it split at the stitching on the strap. It's an elastic strap that hadn't even been pulled to full tension. I was seriously disappointed. Of course my initial impression was that this product is absolute garbage. I'm considering getting a replacement, but I tied the clasp back on because I was mid-trip and couldn't deal with it at the time. With the knot tied, the elastic strap held for the remainder of the trip. Now for the good: So I was able to go the first 1000 miles without the seat pad, and I definitely could have done the last 1000 miles without it, but I do have to say that, once I found the sweet spot for the air pressure, that trip went a lot more smoothly. I don't have a lot of 'junk in my trunk' and without the pad I ended up having to take breaks just to deal with the saddle soreness pretty much every 100 miles. With the seat pad on and adjusted to the right amount of pressure, I was able to press on down the road and stop only for fill ups (about every 220 miles). My bike has highway pegs and I was able to keep moving with just a position change. What a great quick fix! I don't know how this compares to purchasing a touring saddle, but I have to say the ventilation was great and with the interconnected chambers a shifting of the hips would take the pressure off of sore areas immediately. Good stuff and I'd recommend it for a temporary, quick, or less expensive fix. Just like the reviews said, it's important to remember that the seat works best not fully inflated. "Sit IN it, not ON it" was life saving advice from one reviewer here. With the 1000 mile road test under my belt, I'm upgrading it to 3 stars. Good product with obvious QC issues. Side note: I have an 08 DL650 and thought I'd put this out there: this pad is wider than my seat by about 1" so I have some overhang on either side. Obviously NBD as when you sit on it presses down to the sides of the seat, just looks funny sticking up off the side and not following the seat's contour. If you're one for preserving the lines of your bike, you might need to consider a small or the DS version. In the end, I decided the overhang was actually an improvement over the existing saddle. When I'd lean back on my backpack and sit straight up, the air would fill those chambers and offer a wider/softer base. 5,000 mile update: Life saver. Order it, you won't regret it. Upgrading to 4 stars

All I can say is...WOW! I have never ridden with any kind of seat cushion, just put up with the numb butt and aching back. Now that I'm older, the numbness and ache is worse so I started researching. I liked the sound of this cushion, so I got it...and am I glad that I did! Before I used it on my bike, I experimented with it in a very uncomfortable wooden chair that I have in my house. Once I got the air properly adjusted, I was amazed at the difference that the cushion made in that hard wooden seat! Then, I tried it on my elyptical bicycle in the house. After riding for approximately 30 minutes, I would have numb butt. Well, with the Airhawk Cushion...no more numb butt! Finally, I put it on my Suzuki Burgman 400 and how happy it made my butt! I can now ride longer distances without feeling the need to pull over and get off the bike for some relief. The cushion is like riding on air...which it is actually! I may order another one just to have in the house! One funny note...when I first put it on my bike, I just didn't see much difference and I was disappointed. When I unzipped the cover in order to adjust the air, I saw my mistake...I had put it on the seat upside down! I turned it over, went for another ride and...SUCCESS! Like others have said, just don't use too much air. I have found that it almost appears to be flat when it is at it's most comfortable. Too much air and it's like riding on tennis balls! Just play with the air and you will find that sweet spot. I love this cushion and it appears to be very well made. I got the medium cruiser AirHawk II as I am a big guy and wanted the better quality. I believe that this cushion will last for years. I am VERY pleased with it! Now, I wouldn't want to do without it!

I tried the gel pads, etc. but after reading many, many reviews of the Airhawk, I tried it. All I can say is "WOW". If you adjust it properly (so it doesn't feel like sitting on a pool raft), and let the air our to the point where it's recommended in the instructions, it works great. It fit my Triumph Tiger Explorer perfectly, and even though the straps are a little flimsy looking, it performed very well during a recent ride from Buckeye, AZ to Wickenburg in 100 dgree (plus) weather. Do yourself a big favor, buy this and save your butt! UPDATE: After over 1,000 miles with this I've got to say that this is the best thing to happen to your butt, ever. It has easily tripled or even quadrupled my time between stops. Be sure to get the air level adjusted correctly; rather too little air than too much. You should be able to shift from left to right and feel the air move to the pockets from the compressed to the uncompressed sides. I've not had to adjust the air pressure once after I got it adjusted properly.

This would be a 5 star review if not for what seems to be a design defect. I bought mine in August, put 1500 miles on it, by December it started leaking air. I'm 6' 2" and 180 lbs, ie. an average size person, plus I garage my bike and it avoids bad weather so to me this is just normal usage. I did a test to see where it's leaking and it's at the base of the valve stem, where it seals the valve against the bladder -- in the picture the leak is where the red part of the valve stem is poking out of the bladder seam. I'm really disappointed because this pad worked great up until the day it started leaking. I even bought one for my wife's bike after I first got mine. When I contacted the store/seller they suggested I do a leak test so I could patch it somehow, but no offers to replace it. I also tried contacting the manufacturer through the Airhawk website but I got no response. I guess I'm on my own with this so I'll try to repair it since it's worthless at this point. 5/18/2016 edit: Dropping from 2 stars to just one for service. I tried several times to repair the leak, no luck. No response from the manufacturer. Unfortunately this design is the only one that seems to work well for me so far so I feel stuck with their flawed product, and I ordered another one to replace it, seeing this as a cost for comfortable biking. The new one they shipped me appears to be a repackaged return, slightly dirty, in a clear bag with no additional original packaging or contents. This is actually the 4th Airhawk that I've purchased - two for others, and now two for myself. I'm hopeful this replacement lasts longer than the previous one, or at least long enough for me to find a durable product.

I suffer from a dislocated tailbone from a traumatic injury about a year ago. I am 6'1", 186lbs. and have a 2005 Suzuki Boulevard C50 with a wide "pan" seat". I bought the medium size Airhawk 2 and it fits pretty good. I too, as another reviewer suggested, criss-crossed the straps under the seat and it holds better that way without putting excess tension on the straps. With the great reviews I saw all over the internet regarding the Airhawk 2, and with Mustang Gel seats going for around $400 - $500 dollars and not getting that great of reviews, I decide to give it a try. So far, I'm not too impressed for my intended purposes (allow me to ride my motorcycle with lessened pain for a slightly longer period of time vs. stock seat). I am not expecting miracles here. I followed the instructions and I seemed to have hit the sweet spot as far as inflation, I'm not sliding around on the pad, nor am I hitting the seat with my tush. However, I can only get slightly better relief as opposed to just sitting on stock seat. Better? Yes. Worth the cost? Jury is still out. I've only put in about 30 miles of riding so far, so I may have to update if I see improvement or lack thereof, literally ...."Your Mileage May Vary". I will give the Airhawk 2 credit in that if I wasn't suffering from the tailbone injury, and pain with certain sitting positions, that this could work reasonably well for "iron butt" rides. It does give the sensation of floating on air and it did seem to keep my butt cooler. Gel seats have there inherent problems also, heat, costs, and still causing pressure points, albeit softer ones. EDIT: Took off the bike because 1) I was not getting the reief I needed and 2) on really hot days air would expand in the thing and give me a feeling of riding on a pedestal and putting a funny pressure on the insides of my thighs as I amtrying to hug the tank with my knees. Not about yo constantly adjust the air in the thing, nor change my riding style (for safety reasons) Looking to sell, less than 100 miles on it.

On long rides, my rear end would ache terribly. I got a gel/memory foam pad, and it was okay at first. Then I parked the bike in the sun while I visited with a friend. When I came back out, I rode a few miles before realizing my butt was burning hot! I stopped and used a digital laser infrared thermometer to compare the temperatures of the pad and the unpadded pillion. The pillion came in at 95 degrees. The pad was 125, and that was after having ridden for a short distance! I talked with my bike guy, who recommended the Airhawk from personal experience. I bought my Airhawk and have never looked back. Recently took a trip to Denver, and I was comfy the whole way out, and the whole way back. After that, came a trip to KCMO, and into/around Arkansas, and the Airhawk pampered my buttocks the entire way. I am sold on Airhawk, and will heartily recommend it to everyone who rides. A bit pricey? Yes. Worth every penny? Yes, Yes, Yes!!