We love getting correspondence from the many folks who use AIRHAWK. And apparently some of you folks can write pretty well. Who knew? One thing we can say for sure is that our community makes for some fun, colorful and opinionated characters. That includes folks like “Reddog,” who recently sent us the following story about a long ride on “old iron”!

Greetings,

About your product. Several friends had told me about your product in probably about 2009. There were 4 of us preparing to ride “The Motorcycle Cannonball” on our late model iron. I ordered up 4 of these things. They went on two 15 Harleys and a 15 Excelsior, with the senior member of our contingent electing to ride with his sheep skin watch-a-callit. Well we thought we were the cat’s ass. I had ridden several thousand miles on my 1915 Harley with “The Airhawk.” Holy Mackeral, what a very effective product.

I think the worst part of our journey was after a very long day, right at 300 miles. That may not sound like much to some, but, when the newest bike allowed is 1915, the weather was 90 degrees, the humidity was 90% and we rode into Hot Springs without getting monkey butt. What a product.

Incidently, 3 of the 4 of our team made all 3294 miles, with the 4th missing 90 miles with a magneto failure on one day… not bad for 95 year old iron.

The sad news is that the “Old Bastard,” “Rickter”, didn’t use one. We ended up in a 10 way tie and Rickter won the tie breaker because he was the oldest rider. That really sucked, because it shot me down to 8th. “Stork,” using an Airhawk , pulled off a 3rd on his 15 Excelsior and “Gold Tooth” missing 90 miles was an exceptional accomplishment on old iron.

Now let me tell you about the real pisser.We get to Kitty Hawk, thinking we’re the cat’s ass, with our tush cushes, but noooooooo, Cris Simmons is sponsored by you guys. Annnnnnnnd, the van is equipped with them too. You sexist bastards. Hell, poor old “Goldtooth” has hemerrhoids (is that spelled right?) so bad he couldn’t have made it without the Airhawk. Hell, he couldn’t even load his roll chart.

Now here is my suggestion. I have included the above forementioned individuals in this e-mail. In order to prevent a reverse discrimination lawsuit, I think that a viable solution would be to equip all of our motocycles with Airhawks.

Sincerely,

“Reddog”

We hereby formally consider your request, Reddog!

Author’s Note: Paul Brown is an avid AIRHAWK user and recently recalled with us his story of riding from New Jersey to Alaska:

I left Delran, New Jersey on June 18, and made it to Anchorage in 12 days. I traveled on some nice roads and some not-so-nice roads on my journey. Anything from freshly sealed and coated roads of oil, tar and gravel to mud and clay greeted us along the way. The one constant was the beautiful scenery.

I recommend riding Going to the Sun Road in Glacier Nat’l Park; we did it on the first day it was open (July 14). I also recommend the Cassiar Highway in British Columbia and the Beartooth Highway that rolls through Wyoming and Montana. Wyoming has some beautifully scenic routes in the Sunlight Basin and the Shell and Tensleep Canyons. I will also tell you to avoid Chicago. We were going to go to Muskegeon, Michigan to take a ferry across the lake to Milwaukee but it was full. Motorcycles ride free in spring & fall.

Two of the longest riding days were from Delran, NJ to Milan, Ohio (540 miles) and Cheyenne, Wyoming to Altoona, Iowa (680 miles). I also rode from South Bend, Indiana to Delran which was 703 miles. The only incident occurred on day one when the heel shifter peg fell off my bike; we had to stop and replace the part in the parking lot of a Harley dealership in Dubois, PA. I needed a new rear tire in Anchorage due to the above mentioned “roads”. The other riders, both on Goldwings, needed both tires replaced. My bike ran fine and using octane boost helped when only regular unleaded was available in Canada.

People were friendly and helpful throughout the trip and oohed & aahed over our riding roughly 10,500 miles in 35 days.

It never got totally dark in British Columbia, Yukon Territory or Alaska. I celebrated my 58th birthday in Anchorage, but I never felt older than 17 the entire trip. I was tired some days but no back problems, the usual aches & pains from long rides and of course a sometime sore hiney (monkey butt). We dealt with a myriad of elements; it was sunny, cloudy, rainy, poured for the entire ride some days and we had high winds on the prairies and it definitely rained sideways with marble sized hail.

We saw a ton of bears, deer and antelope through Yellowstone, along with the occasional elk, moose, mountain goat and Stone sheep. Bison roamed the prairies of Canada. We dined on the freshest salmon and halibut I’ve ever had while touring British Columbia and Alaska.

I took a mess of pictures, saw the Icefields Parkway between Banff & Jasper, revisited Alaska and Wyoming band other parts of the West.

So now I’m home and back to work and will have my pictures and memories to remind me until the next “GREAT’ road trip. Ideas anyone?

10,568 miles in 35 days – it’s good to be home.

We love getting letters and emails from AIRHAWK users who rave about how much our products help “save their asses.” Well, one letter really stood out to us and brings a whole new meaning to “saving your ass,” because that’s what Peter Pelayic does for a living.

Transporting vital personnel and parts to support coalition troops on the ground in Afghanistan, Peter often spends the equivalent of an entire work day flying in his Bell-212 twin engine medium-lift chopper.

“I’ve had a lot of fun flying this helicopter,” Peter said. “It’s a workhorse, but it’s very reliable and stable.”

Speaking of a reliable and stable workhorse, Peter never jumps behind the controls of his Bell-212 without his AIRHAWK cushion.

“If not for this AIRHAWK pad, I would not be able to fly the 8+ hour-long days over the mountainous terrain in my 212,” Pelayic said.

All of us at AIRHAWK are proud to help service members like Peter. It puts what we do in a little bit more perspective. We appreciate and salute our brave men and women and uniform.
If you know of anyone using AIRHAWK during training or deployment, we would love to know about it. If you have a story or photos of how you use your AIRHAWK, please post them to our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AirhawkSeats

AIRHAWK is hiring!

Independent Manufacturing Sales Representative — Europe

The ROHO Group is seeking an Independent Manufacturer’s Sales Representative to direct the distribution or movement of AIRHAWK motorcycle seating products and services to customers in Europe. This person will be responsible for increasing sales and broadening our penetration in our market segment, helping to grow our product offerings, and increasing profitability.

Regular activities will include:

• Manage daily sales activities through a distributor network.
• Visit customers in the marketplace to solidify relationships and/or develop new business.
• Attend rallies and trade shows.
• Conduct sales meetings and training sessions with distributor and broker networks throughout Europe.
• Monitor and evaluate market pricing and competitive position; make recommendations as needed.
• Assist in coordinating marketing activities with major distributors, including marketing and local program negotiations and other promos.
• Perform customer service activities as needed.
• Monitor and coordinate inventory level and product placement at regional warehouses.
• Communicate business activities and needs to home office

Requirements include:

5+ years’ of Manufacturer’s Rep experience, preferably working with aftermarket motorcycle products such as wheels, handle bars, etc.; broad knowledge of such fields as advanced accounting, marketing, business administration, finance, etc. equivalent to four years of college; ability to speak multiple languages, including English, French, German, and either Italian or Spanish.

Frequent travel required.

Interested candidates should respond with cv or resume at:

http://www.therohogroup.com/corporate/careers.jsp view open jobs, Independent Manufacturing Sales Rep. Europe

Please contact Jody Rhodes with any questions at jodyr@therohogroup.com.

AIRHAWK traveled to the Dealer News’ Dealer Expo in Indianapolis, IN from February 17–19, 2012. While at the show, Motorcycle USA caught AIRHAWK’s Becca Heckert on camera for their 2012 Indianapolis Dealer Expo Video. Check out her performance at 1:57 in the video.

What do you think of Becca’s performance?

For more information on the Danny Gray AIRHAWK Seats visit Danny Gray’s website http://www.dannygray.com/Airhawkseats.asp. You can also contact Danny Gray with questions or orders. The contact information is listed below.

Danny Gray Contact Information:
Phone: 888-443-2669
Fax: 888-443-5516
Email: Sherry Clark at sherry@dannygray.com
Ship to Address: 1917 E Occidental, Santa Ana, CA 92705
Corporate Headquarters: 67 Sherman Street, Deadwood, SD 57732