Haroon

Note to Moderators: I kindly request this thread in Tourer section as its not the regular riding gear like helmets, boots, jackets etc & may get lost in the riding gear thread…


While touring on a motorcycle, how about using a single underwear continuously for a week or more??? Sure it does sound absurd….and no I am not inviting entries for the record books on that count!!

At the outset, when I casually mentioned to my wife I ordered a pair of ‘special’ underwear for US$ 45 (plus shipping), she gave me one of those looks (which read something like “Oh, when I want a simple kitchen accessory…you ask a 100 times- do you really need it…do you really really need it…and here you splurge US$ 45 on a crazy underwear"). And when I added that I plan to use this one underwear for our whole bike trip in South Africa for 8 full days….she thought my fuse was completely blown out on my top floor!!!

To give you a little background- one of the most neglected parts of our body when touring on a motorbike, is our buttocks. On our South India trip, when me & wife did about 600kms in one day, although our trusty BMW R1200GS bike never gave us any body fatigue and kept us both fit enough to easily munch another 600kms, our buttocks were pretty bashed up. Anyway, I mostly solved that problem on my GS with a subsequent & expensive custom seat upgrade from Day-Long saddles in USA. However, that got me thinking of finding a less expensive option for our badly abused bottoms because, over long hours on the saddle of a bike, the sweating makes our buttocks soft & spongy and that’s when we get monkey butt or extreme discomfort in our bottom. Besides, the excessive perspiration over long periods around that whole area also sometimes leads to allergies, itching, rashes etc. From creams to powders to cotton garments to what not, they all have their short saturation points and everything was useless after sometime. Hence I started searching on international bike touring forums and found lots of praises for one particular product across a wide spectrum of users from Iron Butt riders to Saddlesore riders to Bun Burners etc and went to this company’s website, read about it and decided to take the plunge. It’s the Mens Dryline Shorts from the company LD Comfort (www.ldcomfort.com).

While packing for our South Africa trip, my wife again asked me if I wanted to take a big chance with this new ‘one’ underwear! I said well if it does not work, I will curse its makers and we go to the market & get back to our conventional stuff…! HOWEVER, after 8 wonderful days of riding about 2000 kms in South Africa in temperatures as high as 42 deg C, this product really did a marvelous job and held out every bit as advertised. And before you draw other conclusions…...well it was being hand washed every night and used the next morning coz technically it takes about 10 minutes to dry.

Basically the garment is a two layer fabric, where the inner layer is non-absorbent and quickly transfers the moisture to the outer nylon layer, that way keeping your skin more dryer and preventing it from becoming soft or tenderized. Similarly, while washing it every night the inner layer dries in less than 10 minutes, while the outer layer dries out overnight. Even if the outer layer does not dry out completely due to very cold conditions etc, you can still wear it as the inside is dry. Besides, it has no seams in the seating area and hence there are no annoying pressure points either. Anyways for more of the technical stuff of how it works and why it is designed that way, please see this link: LDComfort Product Description

In my personal opinion after having put it to good use, I can endorse the fact that this is a really worthwhile investment (if you want to call it that way) for long distance motorbike tourers.

Ride safe & ride hard…..coz you have your back covered now



EDIT:
For those who want to order:
If you are a member on Adventure Rider Motorcycle Forum, LDComfort offers a 10% discount to members for purchases of US$ 100 and above (Maybe you can club your orders!). YOU HAVE TO HOWEVER MENTION THE DISCOUNT CODE. See this link under the LDComfort paragraph.

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sunilg

underwear approved.

I've been riding on the monster for 9-10 hours daily for the last 2-3 days in the hot and humid South India. don't ask me how badly i need it.

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myg124

Good one Haroon...No matter what protective gear we wear, the bums take all the damage!! The only time we think of them is when we crash for the day. These look well worth it.

But again....are they 'really' that comfy??

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pads

good find Haroon..... a must for long ride.....

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daredemon

Thanks Harron for sharing this information. I used to always think for ways not get butt sore. I normally wear boxers while going on long rides coz the conventional (vip) types underwear really digs into the skin and causes discomfort.

But still even after wearing boxers there is no relief for the butt specially after you finish 350-400 kms depending on the weather. I normally carry face powder and spray it whenever we take a break (after every 100-150 kms), it has helped me to quite an extent. I have also heard about using gel seats for the bikes somewhere on xhp, dont remember much thou.

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Nagesh Patankar

[QUOTE=sunilg;774752]underwear approved.


lol but seriously - great research there Haroon Sir ! Thanks

pratap27

great words

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Aniket_N

Great product! Thanks for sharing..


Cheers.

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psr

That's a wonderful find..saves the bum...errr the day of any tourer.

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Haroon

Thanks sunil for the underwear approval.
My god, I can fully understand how it feels on the hard seat of the monster.

Thanks Mehul. Yes, they are very soft & very comfortable esp since it covers all the way down to your mid-thigh part, which is upto where most times your contact with the seat occurs.

I fully recommend it for long rides.

Thanks daredemon. You can say bravely goodbye to all those things once you buy this. As for gel seats most of the OE gel seats from Suz, Kaw, Yam etc perform well, but some people do complain about them also. I have personally not used them so cant comment on it.

Thanks Nagesh. Getting the wife's approval was a lot more difficult!

Thanks pratap, Aniket & psr.

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