Interesting what you say about the Him seat, mine has the OE one on it, and over time it seems to have improved.

IIRC Andy yours is an early model - mine is a later Euro 5 version and the seats are different.

The standard seat on mine is very softly upholstered & I end up sat on the seat base after a couple of hours. The RE Touring seat is a lot firmer so it doesn't squash down as much, but I have not yet had a longer run on it. The only long run I did with the standard seat (around 240 miles) I used an inexpensive gel seat pad that I got for the Classic 500, which made things a bit more bearable at the expense of a bit of seat height.

On the Classic the seat pad improved the standard seat from a "3 hour" seat to a "5 hour" seat. The standard Himalayan seat is, at best, a "2 hour seat" with the touring version maybe a "3 hour". The standard Interceptor arrangement is a "4 hour" seat - I tried the Touring version on the Interceptor and found that was, at best, a "2 hour" seat ! That went on Ebay after two outings.

40 miles for me is a round trip to either dealer & I don't really count it as a "ride". Shortest normal "ride" is around 80 miles, with the usual " round trip" outings between 150 and 200. When I get a pass-out to stay out somewhere, I generally aim for a "mini tour" covering 250-300 miles a day for 2 or 3 days. After 3 days I need a break to let my hands recover - my deficient hands are the main reason I stopped touring abroad on the bike.
I find it easier to do longer distances on the smaller capacity, lower perfomance bikes - still get up to the posted limits, but doing so more sedately takes less out of me.

Mid '80s through to early 2000s, when I wanted to get further within my meagre holiday entitlement, meant 450-600 mile days to start & end the trip. No hope of doing that now, unfortunately.

A query regarding the front brake on your Him - do the pads wipe the full disc area ? Now that the discs have started to mark up on mine, the outer pad is only touching around 75% of the disc & the inner pad probably nearer 65%. Mentioned this while it was in on MOnday & was told it was "normal" for these. The rear disc pads cover the full disc area. I would consider a change to aftermarket pads if these were deeper than the OE to give full disc covereage. Braking at the moment is adequate for the performance, but the front requires a bit more lever pressure than I would like.

Nigel B.