Ah... I have an even more cunning plan! Watch this space...

I use the same one as Dallas on both the TTR and the Tenere. I have found over the years that for serious of-road use that Airhawks have really low puncture resistance. There are/were two air bladder compounds, and I've tried both. I found very little real-world difference between them.

For hard use, I bought some lightweight sheet rubber, and made a protective sheath which fits inside the cover. There is a comfort penalty, but it's still a LOT better than going without. Punctures still happen, but far less often. However, the cover is very stretched and doesn't last too long. No free lunches...

How in earth you get a puncture in the Airhawk when offroadin�, mostly ridin� standing up?

Easy. Bits of stick flung up, various burrs and prickles (just as well it's not a horse...:tongue1:).
Bearing in mind a lot of what I do is across country with no roads, so there is a ****load of stuff flying off the tyres most of the time. Ah hates prickles!!:068:
Not very good photos I'm afraid, but you get the idea...

Also lotsa tyre punctures then? Anyway, I see you got some great ridin' possibilities overthere, envy....
Cheers&greetz, Hans.

He he Hans, yeah we are scared of tyre punctures! Almost worse than an Airhawk puncture! But not quite. The trouble is that the Airhawk absorbs a lot of the shock ordinarily transmitted from the rear suspension into your lower spine. When the Airhawk goes flat, suffering happens:surrender::sad5:. Impossible to stand up for hours on end.

think im going for Cruiser in either medium or small.

I saw one ages ago on a bike that was attached by some little black straps. They were like mini ruck sack strap (also used on ROK straps), you know....the ones where you press the side and they release??

this enabled it to be taken off in a jiffy and the straps remained. i would want this as for off roading i would want to take it off.

That's a great idea imo, and one that Airhawk could adopt. It would be accompanied by small screams of joy from those of us who have done battle with their current mangy system!

Thats what i thought. For a while i thought thats how Airhawks came as standard....until i looked into them.

Also if you have a roll bag or something strapped to the pillion seat its not easy to then whip the seat off to take your Airhawk off, quite a bad design really those straps.

Last year I ordered the AIRHAWK Small Cruiser ( http://www.therohostore.com/Products...ISERSMALL.aspx ) and although I followed the specifications for inflation, it didn't work for me.
The sides of the cushion hang over and as a result the inner thighs are going numb after a few minutes. The small cruiser is too wide for the ten's seat, but works fine on my other bike which has got a wider seat. I guess the cruiser pillion would be more appropriate for the tenere.