I'd like to know how any sports-bike riders out there, i.e. riding position prone rather than sitting-up, can last on a journey before your back, arms or whatever gives-in.

We'll need to know your approx. age and which bike as well - natch.

Y'see I'm early forties and ride a Fazer 600 - which is of course sit-up - and I feel no ills after riding for an hour. An hour and a half...then perhaps I need a break, but not desperately... So if I'm considering a bike with a more prone riding position, will I suffer on longer jouneys? (probably :: )

Cheers

I'm 44 with upper & lower back injuries.
I rode the ZZR to Cambridge with no probs-other than a couple of tea/pee/petrol stops.
I find 200 miles is no probs-wheras 120-150 was the limit on my CBR 6-possibly due to it being a lot smaller than the ZZR.
I rode a Pan european to bedfordshire & back in a day(with 4 hours riding whilst down there) & was crippled when i got back.
Horses for courses m8-what are you thinking of getting?
I find the ZZR a bit tiring on the wrists-but only at 30mph through urban traffic-anything above that & the wind kinda pushes/cushions you, so you can be relaxed & still in full control.
HTH

Hmmm, horses for courses indeed. Oh I'm just toying with ideas really...

Y'see I was always keen on a Duc, perhaps a s/h 748 or a 749, but due to the comfort issue I've started thinking about an ST2 or ST4 - Sports Tourer, as TC suggests.

I've found that wind-pressure thing helps on the wrists too, funnily enough - so I can be in better shape after a motorway run than a slower one.

What about side winds and buffeting on a blustery day? Does a fairing offer a solution to this, or a heavier bike...or what?

I've only ever had problems with side winds on faired bikes.  On unfaired there are lots of gaps for the wind to go through.  Fairings and large screens can tend to act like a sail in sidewinds which can push you off course temporarily but its easliy corrected with a bit of steering  input.

Big zed = uncomfortable, after a couple of weeks = comfortable.
6'2" and fifteen stone of rock hard rippling muscle is me ( well relaxed muscle, ok flab)

ZR7= ride it all day with no probs from the start but head winds knackering due to lack of fairing.

Would get a sore neck after fifty or so miles of motorway at anything over eighty due to thrusting head forward to counter windblast

Sorry for brevity - gotta be quick - see ignore me post and help me out.

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I'd get some pile cream matey, that'll have it coming out straight then it should enhance you're flat out speed

The vfr is quite comfortable for longer journeys but the seat is like a brick. I find it is my butt that tells me when its time to stop, rather than my wrists. I still might invest in one of Melboy's gel pad seats. The fairing makes a big difference on longer journeys. Without it the neck muscles start to feel tired because of the buffeting at higher speeds.

Me either  

Well you wont need to worry about sore anything if you get a ducati-it'l spend more time in your garage waiting for bits to be put back on/repaired, so you wont have any soreness anywhere.
get a viffer-all round sports tourer, millions of honda riders cant be wrong.

Had a cbr 400 first and loved it but u did get sore wrists after a while....got the falco now and thats supposed to be a sports tourer,but i think its more of a sport riding position but i dont seem to hurt a much on that