Gel seat/pads...

[diesel]

some of the people on adventure biker forums have been using these http://putnams.co.uk/collections/all-pr ... at-cushion and you can use it for a pillow too when camping

At £10 it's worth a punt and if it's shite as a bike seat it has other uses as you say

[Timbo]

Thanks for all the replys, now in Brittany with a sore arse.....

[ktmh5]

Just used my airhawk pillion for the first time on the Euro and I can't praise it enough. No arse ache, no back ache which I have had on mich shorter rides. Take a bit of getting used to at first, you think you are gonna fall off, but once you are going they are amazing.

Rich'