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I am 51 have been having back problems for over 20 years. With degenerative disk problems I have had 3 surgeries over that time. My last surgery was almost 4 years ago. I agree with doing the exercises to stregthen the back. To be honest I don't do them as often as I use too. When I over do it my back will give me some pain but nothing like I had before the operations with the constant pain in my butt shooting down to my foot. When I first got my America I could only do 100 to 150 miles a day without my back aching for a day or two. Getting the corbin with the back rest has sure made a big difference for me. At first I thought it would be too hard and didn't like the way it scooted me up a few inches toward the tank. It is a whole alott better than the stock seat. Now on long rides I rarely have a sore back and think that the investment in the corin was money well spent. Another thing that I do is vary my riding positions on long trips. Sometimes I put my feet on the passanger pegs or strecth them out over the ends of my floorboards. I have ever leaned over almost putting my chest on the tank, this helps to strecth out my back some while changing the postion for a short time. My advice would be not to over do and gradually work your way up to riding distances and see how it goes. Maybe changing the risers to pull the handlebar closer to you may be an option. I adjusted my handlebars slightly back from their original positon and it works for me. Hope this helps.