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Butt Buffer offers a wide variety of Gel Motorcycle Cushions and Motorcycle Seat Pads for Sale, Gel Pads, Motorcycle Pads. Ride For Hours – No Soreness. Whether you’re riding for 10 minutes or 10 hours, Butt Buffers ensure you’ll never be sore on your back or your bottom. Ride For Hours – No Soreness Hospital-Tested Cushioning. Butt Buffer’s seat cushions use a visco-elastic polymer for their cushioning. This core was originally developed for hospital use to prevent bed sores in patients. We re-engineered it to work for motorcycles, and it’s our secret to preventing soreness from riding. Works by Eliminating Pressure Points. The dry polymer core in a Butt Buffer never fully compresses.
Butt Buffer (buttbuffer.com) has 529 customer reviews on The Fair Hearing, with an average rating of 4.7 out of 5.
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I was more sore using the butt buffer than I was without it. Gave it to my husband to try...he seems to like it.
By Janine W.
Response from Butt Buffer· Jun 24, 2023
Sorry it didn’t work for you. But I’m glad your husbands happy with it.
1. Looking at the pictures on the website it shows a strap that goes around the seat to secure the pad. When received, it had these cheap little shoelace like ties that broke very easily. 2. The pad does not help at all on my cafe racer. To thin and still feels hard. I got no relief. 3. I was looking for a pad that would help with longer rides. This is not the answer. 4. Waste of hard earned money.
By Jim S.
Response from Butt Buffer· Sep 11, 2022
Sorry you were dissatisfied with it. Since they aren't the answer to everyone's discomfort, we do offer a money back guarantee. Simply return it for a refund.
There were several issues with the Butt Buffer. The first issue was attaching the Butt Buffer to the seat. I have a 2011 CVO Road glide with the stock seat. In order to attach the Butt Buffer to the seat, I had to remove the plastic clips and tie the ends of the elastic straps together. The clips that came with the Butt Buffer had no locking mechanism; therefore, the tension from the straps caused the clips to unclasp. I then had to zip tie the straps in place to prevent the Butt Buffer from sliding down to the narrow part of the seat. I purchased the Butt Buffer for a cross country motorcycle trip, which ended up being 8,180 miles from door to door. The right front lip of the Butt Buffer kept curling up under my right thigh when mounting the bike. I had to repeatedly lift off the seat, shift back and use my body weight to push the lip forward. It was more of an annoyance than anything. Lastly, I found myself shifting due to butt pain. I am 5'10, 190 lbs. and rode no more than 500 miles a day. Others that I was riding with did not have that problem. The"others"who I am referring to are comparable in stature to myself, were riding Road Glides of similar age with stock seats and were equipped with other seat padding products. In hindsight, I would have consulted other riders in my group before purchasing the Butt Buffer.
By Hector V.
Response from Butt Buffer· Aug 13, 2022
I'm sorry you were disappointed. Unfortunately, there's no universal mounting system that's going to work on all bikes. That's one of the reasons the clips are removable. They're also loops on each corner of the pad that can be used to secure it to either the seat pan or directly to the bike. Knowing that we can't solve every seating issue, we do offer a money back guarantee if our pad didn't perform up to your expectations.
I have never had a cushion on a bike before. So I can't compare it to another cushion. I can only compare it to not having a cushion at all. It is better than not having any cushion however on a 1hr ride my ass is still just as sore as not having anything. Therefore I don't feel that it's worth almost $100.00.
By Kevin B.
Response from Butt Buffer· Mar 3, 2022
Unfortunately, like most products, they don’t work for everyone. That’s why we offer a money back guarantee. If you’re dissatisfied with it after some additional riding, you can return it for a refund.
Seat cushion helps slightly with comfort. If you leave it on the bike in the sun it gets hot as hell. Don’t think they are worth the money. Or my expectations were too high
By WAYNE R.
Response from Butt Buffer· Aug 15, 2021
I'm sorry you found it disappointing. Unfortunately they don't work for everybody. But that's why we have a return policy. As for the heat issue, leave anything, including a stock vinyl seat, out in the sun, it's going to get hot.
But butt still hurts about the same!😂
By Trey H.
Response from Butt Buffer· May 30, 2021
There’s a reason we have a money back guarantee. With over 25 years of history, not even a product as good as ours solves everyone’s issues.
