My wife found the pillion seat on the 996 and 748 more comfortable than the Monster
Think it's the angle of the seat as she always felt as if she was sliding off the back or it might have been 14 tooth front sprocket and a 996 engine in the monster that gave her that sensation
Solved now though she has her own Monster
Think if we were thinking of long trips on one bike I'd look at a numptystrada
Darren