Taller Windscreens?
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pashnit
Hayabusa Immortal
I had the seat custom made down in Hollister at Corbin. You just call over there and make an appointment, and they make it while you wait. All hands on, the dude that makes it has you sit on it repeatedly as he shapes it. You can even go for a ride on the bike before they put the cover over it- and point out stuff you want changed. Shave this, curve this, and so on. And they only charged me $250 for the seat with no fancy stuff. I personally have always had a good experience with Corbin, and they're local to the Bay Area.
For comparison sake, here's pic of the bike with stock seat- it was owned by a short guy who shaved it- so it's really low, problem was there was no padding left. :cry
Other side view: Note the stock windscreen with the pics above of the Sport Touring screen. Huge difference!
For those that're wondering- that's a Vance & Hines SS2R Carbon Fibor 4 in 1. I eventually put the stock exhaust back on.
I have also had good luck with Corbin but it was all work done on Harleys. Recently I had Rick Mayer do the seat on my LT, I rode up to Anderson and had him work his magic on that one in person. I got a Sargent seat that was lowered 1 inch on the Ducati but did that via mail order. The Sargent is really a nice seat and on our dinner ride Wednesday it worked out well which was its first 100 mile ride since installing it this week. Now if those damn Italians will just ship my performance kit...
little-al
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I had a great experience with Corbin as well, but "officially" they don't/won't make a seat for my bike 2002+ as the underseat changes make their current pan design unworkable. I've been in conversation with Mike Corbin to remedy this, but so far haven't been able to work out getting my bike or another as a donor for a week or so.
That said, I too went down personally and had them make the seat custom to my needs, and had a great experience. As Tim describes, one is assigned a technician that makes the seat from scratch, starting with the foundation. You are asked to sit and ride on the bare foam(except for a swatch of leather for the test) and modifications are made per your feedback.
Then you choose the material and any designs. The seat goes off to the stitchers, and an hour or so later it's ready for your final test run.
During all of this, they provide you with a free breakfast.
Although you technically need a reservation, my friend went down with me "crack-o-dawn" early on Saturday, and they said they pretty much always have open slots that early, and worked us right in.
Once all said and done, our original seats were shipped back to us fo rfree, and the new seats were great.
We were told several times that if we had any trouble with the seats, or wanted an adjustment after riding it for a while, just come back and they'd take care of it.
My friend on the VFR did just that when he found a fitment problem with his Givi bag setup. We rode down, and they took care of it, no appointment, and no charge or questions asked!
So, overall, a very good experience.
I've heard that some people have had less than ideal results from the mail-order versions, but then again these are "generic" per bike models... so perhaps that's not so surprising.
The moral? ...if you are interested in a Corbin seat, and live near one of their factory showrooms(Hollister, CA and Daytona, FL?) then take the time to go down and have your seat custom made. There really is no comparison.
Or as an alternative, I can highly recommend Rich Maund Cycle Upholstery in Virginia, for perhaps the best seats I've ever seen. He has a low-profile, and pretty much is only word-of-mouth since he's a one-man shop.
Here is one of his old projects(he's a huge sidecar fan, and teaches sidecar riding):
http://www.ural.com.au/Rich.html
Here is a recent seat:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2441144212
Here is a gallery of other seats he has made:
http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/rgmaund/lst?.dir=/Rich's+Seats!&.
He can be contacted at: rmaund@pinn.net
al
That said, I too went down personally and had them make the seat custom to my needs, and had a great experience. As Tim describes, one is assigned a technician that makes the seat from scratch, starting with the foundation. You are asked to sit and ride on the bare foam(except for a swatch of leather for the test) and modifications are made per your feedback.
Then you choose the material and any designs. The seat goes off to the stitchers, and an hour or so later it's ready for your final test run.
During all of this, they provide you with a free breakfast.
Although you technically need a reservation, my friend went down with me "crack-o-dawn" early on Saturday, and they said they pretty much always have open slots that early, and worked us right in.
Once all said and done, our original seats were shipped back to us fo rfree, and the new seats were great.
We were told several times that if we had any trouble with the seats, or wanted an adjustment after riding it for a while, just come back and they'd take care of it.
My friend on the VFR did just that when he found a fitment problem with his Givi bag setup. We rode down, and they took care of it, no appointment, and no charge or questions asked!
So, overall, a very good experience.
I've heard that some people have had less than ideal results from the mail-order versions, but then again these are "generic" per bike models... so perhaps that's not so surprising.
The moral? ...if you are interested in a Corbin seat, and live near one of their factory showrooms(Hollister, CA and Daytona, FL?) then take the time to go down and have your seat custom made. There really is no comparison.
Or as an alternative, I can highly recommend Rich Maund Cycle Upholstery in Virginia, for perhaps the best seats I've ever seen. He has a low-profile, and pretty much is only word-of-mouth since he's a one-man shop.
Here is one of his old projects(he's a huge sidecar fan, and teaches sidecar riding):
http://www.ural.com.au/Rich.html
Here is a recent seat:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2441144212
Here is a gallery of other seats he has made:
http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/rgmaund/lst?.dir=/Rich's+Seats!&.
He can be contacted at: rmaund@pinn.net
al
pashnit
Hayabusa Immortal
Another good example of difference between Zero Gravity Double Bubble and stock screen. If you look, the bike on the far right still has the stock screen. Two on the left have the double bubble. You can see the height difference. Good shoot, eh? Has kept me drooling for a long time.
