Lots of great information and opinions on what works. I think most of us know what it feels like to ride between 6 to 12 hours on a saddle that slowly wears you down and makes every hour less and less enjoyable. Spending money on a fix is justifiable. Whatever solution you find, hopefully you will find the right solution and always appreciate what it means to ride without thinking about monkey butt, hot spots, rash, numbness, swamp butt, you name it. Motorcycling long distances is so much better with the right solution. What that solution is, will hopefully not be trial and error since that gets expensive.