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According to Rider Magazine, rider Patrick Cornell rode 200,000 miles (about 320,000 km) in a single year on a 2025 Indian Pursuit, setting four motorcycle distance world records. A Wild Ass seat cushion helped support the long-distance effort.
200,000 miles in a year -- the number of digits alone leaves me speechless. As someone who covers distance, I'd say this is a victory of overall refinement, not just physical stamina, down to seat and riding position comfort. One cushion can drastically change fatigue. This record teaches the importance of small comforts for sustaining a journey, in the most extreme form.
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I'm also curious why he picked an Indian instead of a Harley or a Gold Wing.
Choosing the Indian Pursuit suggests he made the call based on prioritizing comfort.
Does one seat cushion really change things that much? Feels a bit like it might just be marketing.
Strain on your backside is genuinely brutal on long distances, so picking the right seat shouldn't be underestimated.
The mental toughness and stamina to cover this kind of distance in a year is beyond imagining.
320,000km in a year works out to riding over 870km a day.
Riding over 800km every single day — that's practically monk-level discipline.
