CORBIN SEATS

[Brian]

Hi to All youse FJlanders , just wanting a cross section view on corbin seats ,are they as good as people say

Cheers Brian 

[FJmonkey]

For me. YES!!!!

[Brian]

For me. YES!!!!

i heard of some sites that there too hard , & thats why they were selling them ?

[FJmonkey]

For me. YES!!!!

i heard of some sites that there too hard , & thats why they were selling them ?

I sold my OEM seat, I also have a second Corbin seat if I have a passenger.... For me the Corbin rocks!!! Others have issues with the Corbin and prefer the stock seat or other after market options. The important ting is that your seat needs to fit your butt. Try it before you buy it.... If you are in SoCal you can borrow one of mine....

[yamaha fj rider]

I have two also and the vinyl is softer than the leather. Hope this helps.

Kurt

[Pat Conlon]

It's the showroom syndrome.....you sit on the stock seat and you say...ooooh this seat feels good. Comfy.

That same soft comfy seat will become miserable at the 200 mile mark, less than half way into your planned 600 mile day.

Back to the showroom..... you sit on a Corbin seat and you say...holy crap, this seat is hard.
Yes it is, you notice it for...oh about the first five miles of the ride.
At the 200 mile mark of a 600 mile day, you will thank God for that Corbin seat.

You need to put some long days on your stock seat before you can fully appreciate a Corbin seat.

I had my FJ and struggled with that oem seat for 20 years before I bought my first Corbin. I don't know why I waited so long. For long trips my favorite mod for my oem seat was a sheepskin cover...but still....

Years ago at a West Coast Rally in Petaluma, Klavdy and Marsh trailered their bikes in from Flagstaff Az.
After a most excellent rally, and seeing as though they were trailering their bikes back to Flagstaff and I had a 600 mile ride back to Palm Desert, I stole Klavdy's Corbin off his bike, replaced it with my oem seat and rode home on my first Corbin seat.....when I got home I FedEx'ed the Corbin back to Klavdy in Flagstaff...I was hooked.

The comfort (Corbin vs oem) on long rides is a night and day difference......a different galaxy.

[edit] See why you should get to a FJ Rally? Where else can you try out a Corbin?  

[Brian]

It's the showroom syndrome.....you sit on the stock seat and you say...ooooh this seat feels good. Comfy.

That same soft comfy seat will become miserable at the 200 mile mark, less than half way into your planned 600 mile day.

Back to the showroom..... you sit on a Corbin seat and you say...holy crap, this seat is hard.
Yes it is, you notice it for...oh about the first five miles of the ride.
At the 200 mile mark of a 600 mile day, you will thank God for that Corbin seat.

You need to put some long days on your stock seat before you can fully appreciate a Corbin seat.

I had my FJ and struggled with that oem seat for 20 years before I bought my first Corbin. I don't know why I waited so long. For long trips my favorite mod for my oem seat was a sheepskin cover...but still....

Years ago at a West Coast Rally in Petaluma, Klavdy and Marsh trailered in their bikes in from Flagstaff Az.
After a most excellent rally, and seeing as though they were trailering their bikes back to Flagstaff and I had a 600 mile ride back to Palm Desert, I stole Klavdy's Corbin off his bike, replaced it with my oem seat and rode home on my first Corbin seat.....when I got home I FedEx'ed the Corbin back to Klavdy in Flagstaff...I was hooked.

The comfort (Corbin vs oem) on long rides is a night and day difference......a different galaxy.

I think ill try that Stratasphere myself ,you dont work for Corbin do you Pat ,you make a convincing point  HAHA

[rlucas]

See why you should get to a FJ Rally? Where else can you try out a Corbin?  

If you are in SoCal you can borrow one of mine....

Ummmmmmm...Glendale? 


rossi

[FJmonkey]

Ummmmmmm...Glendale? 


rossi

Yep, that is the general area...

[Easterntide]

i bought my corbin second hand based on everyone's love for it here. i don't know how varied they are from one to another but i found it too low for me personally (i'm 5'10" and it was approx 2" lower than stock). my legs wanted more space. i also found it stuck me into a bucket whereas on the stock i can move forward and back as i want.
don't LOVE the stock but its better for my butt.

[FJ1100mjk]

i bought my corbin second hand based on everyone's love for it here. i don't know how varied they are from one to another but i found it too low for me personally (i'm 5'10" and it was approx 2" lower than stock). my legs wanted more space. i also found it stuck me into a bucket whereas on the stock i can move forward and back as i want.
don't LOVE the stock but its better for my butt.

I'm slightly taller than you, but with the older (fiberglass seat pan) Corbin that I have, I note the same things you mention. I continues to use it for the most part, but when I do switch to  the OEM seat at times, it's better in some areas. Less cramped in the seat to pegs relationship, softer, and you can slide around on it.

I read on another non-FJ forum that a Corbin breaks you in, not the other way around. I somewhat agree with that.

[JCainFJ]

 I have 2 Gunfighter & Lady seats for our FJ's. Corbin made a lot of custom height seats ( they would take a full height seat and cut it down to make the customer happy). If you buy one used try to find one of the full height seat, your knees will thank you every time you ride.

[FJ Lostpark]

I had a Gunfighter and Lady seat on my Buell S3T  primarily as I had heard good things about Corbin and they had available the matching passenger backrest. It was leather, beautifully made and fit well but was the worst seat that I had ever sat on. I was told that it would take a couple of hundred miles to break it in. We rode it over 1000 miles and it never changed a bit. Fortunately the stock seat was on of the best that I have ever sat on. The Corbin never got much use. My FJ has a similar model, well broken in and it is great. No complaints. I can't explain the difference.

[Burns]

My experience is that after 4 or so hours straight riding, when I refuel and remount my butt says "it is good to be home" in that Corbin.  The longer the ride the more I appreciate this fine example of the saddle-maker's art.

Pat hit it on the head.  This saddle is not for 3 minutes of show-room comfy, it's for long days of gettin' down the road.

The only thing I don't like about it is having to get off it when the ride is over.

[rktmanfj]

My experience is that after 4 or so hours straight riding, when I refuel and remount my butt says "it is good to be home" in that Corbin.  The longer the ride the more I appreciate this fine example of the saddle-maker's art.

Pat hit it on the head.  This saddle is not for 3 minutes of show-room comfy, it's for long days of gettin' down the road.

The only thing I don't like about it is having to get off it when the ride is over.

+1 

I didn't like my Corbin at first either, but someone in-the-know told me to give it time.  It took somewhere close to 1500 miles before it seemed broken in..

Not too long after that, I did 3800 miles on an 8 day trip.  No way that would have been possible with the OEM seat.