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| Bodger | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 28/02/2012 | | Posts | : | 374 | | Location | : | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 16 May 2013 - 14:58 Post title : New Seat | | | Well the new seat arrived today. I'll hold off on opinions until i've put a few more miles on it, but initial impressions are good. Took the bike on a 200 mile test run (because it's a beautiful sunny day 18*C) to Inverness and back only stopped once for fuel. No problem, happy so far.
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| zolti | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 16 May 2013 - 20:19 Post title : Re: New Seat (Re: Bodger) | | | looks a good fit, very sculptural.
what was the underseat pan like?
have they got the air ducts on?
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| Bodger | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 28/02/2012 | | Posts | : | 374 | | Location | : | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 16 May 2013 - 20:58 Post title : Re: New Seat (Re: zolti) | | | No, no air ducts as in the OEM seat. Although I didn't notice any adverse effects on performance on the run to Inverness. There again I was sticking to the speed limits 
The underside looks like this.
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| Southern_Ranger | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 14/05/2013 | | Posts | : | 368 | | Location | : | Aylesbury, Bucks, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 16 May 2013 - 22:58 Post title : Re: New Seat (Re: Bodger) | | | Nice seat 
| 1700 Supercharged TBird. Southern Ranger, AKA John
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| Fordster | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 16/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 365 | | Location | : | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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| | Posted : 17 May 2013 - 00:23 Post title : Re: New Seat (Re: Southern_Ranger) | | | I recently got the same seat through Fasteddy. I too haven't had the time to put a lot of miles on it but will in the near future... from what I can tell I think I'm going to like it. I also bought the Highway Hawk luggage rack which fits (barely) but the bracket it comes with pushes it too far forward so I had to make one to allow it to fit with the Corbin seat. I also haven't noticed any affect on performance.
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| busyelbow | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2013 | | Posts | : | 34 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 17 May 2013 - 13:42 Post title : Re: New Seat (Re: Fordster) | | | I too have this seat. I do love it and the look.
The customer service people at Corbin I talked to where not helpful but do like the product.
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| intimidator32 | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2012 | | Posts | : | 913 | | Location | : | lexington, ky, United States |
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| | Posted : 17 May 2013 - 16:25 Post title : Re: New Seat (Re: busyelbow) | | | corbin does build a great seat but they act as if their doing you a favor by taking your money
| currently on a slow Harley but will have another Triumph eventually 
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| intimidator32 | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2012 | | Posts | : | 913 | | Location | : | lexington, ky, United States |
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| | Posted : 17 May 2013 - 16:28 Post title : Re: New Seat (Re: Bodger) | | | by the way Bodger, i like your choice of flat luggage rack with the corbin seat looks top notch
| currently on a slow Harley but will have another Triumph eventually
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| fab | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,515 | | Location | : | wyong, nsw, Australia |
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| | Posted : 17 May 2013 - 22:10 Post title : Re: New Seat (Re: intimidator32) | | | I have this seat as well, I previously had both the long haul seats(single and duel) and the Corbin is the best seat by far
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Remember, soft cocks hang around all life long, hard ones come and go
ahh f**k im deep
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| FTL40 | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 13/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 1,122 | | Location | : | massachusetts, United States |
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| | Posted : 19 May 2013 - 19:08 Post title : Re: New Seat (Re: fab) | | | love my corbin, it sucks there service is terrible when there seats r nice
| 2010 tbird 1700 silver (fastest color) BC exhaust, BC airbox removal
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| Smitty | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 01/10/2012 | | Posts | : | 996 | | Location | : | Hawkesbury, NSW, Australia |
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| | Posted : 19 May 2013 - 19:58 Post title : Re: New Seat (Re: FTL40) | | | Sure does look comfy.......
Anyone establish what impact, good or bad, if any at all, with no Air Ducts ???????
| Cheers Smitty 
2013 Matt Graphite Storm, Foran Razorbacks, Hagon shocks & springs.
I don't get angry, I get even 
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| Fordster | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 16/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 365 | | Location | : | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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| | Posted : 19 May 2013 - 21:55 Post title : Re: New Seat (Re: Smitty) | | | Smitty wrote:
Sure does look comfy.......
Anyone establish what impact, good or bad, if any at all, with no Air Ducts ??????? |
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I haven't done a scientific study, but I can't tell any difference at all.
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| Bodger | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 28/02/2012 | | Posts | : | 374 | | Location | : | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 19 May 2013 - 22:06 Post title : Re: New Seat (Re: Smitty) | | | Smitty wrote:
Sure does look comfy.......
Anyone establish what impact, good or bad, if any at all, with no Air Ducts ??????? |
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Butt dyno says no difference, other than improvement in comfort 
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| fab | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,515 | | Location | : | wyong, nsw, Australia |
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| | Posted : 19 May 2013 - 22:51 Post title : Re: New Seat (Re: Bodger) | | | it hasn't slowed my bike down
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Remember, soft cocks hang around all life long, hard ones come and go
ahh f**k im deep
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| cavallaro | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 26/07/2013 | | Posts | : | 58 | | Location | : | Brazil |
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| | Posted : 10 Aug 2013 - 23:17 Post title : Re: New Seat (Re: Bodger) | | |
Bodger wrote:
Well the new seat arrived today. I'll hold off on opinions until i've put a few more miles on it, but initial impressions are good. Took the bike on a 200 mile test run (because it's a beautiful sunny day 18*C) to Inverness and back only stopped once for fuel. No problem, happy so far.
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I want to take the pillion seat and drive only with the driver's seat. It is very uncomfortable and it would be better to replace the original seat on the other. What do you suggest.
thank you
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| reggie | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 29/12/2011 | | Posts | : | 63 | | Location | : | Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
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| | Posted : 11 Aug 2013 - 12:27 Post title : Re: New Seat (Re: Smitty) | | | Hello all,
I too received the Corbin seat with backrest and glove box a couple of months ago. Have not had a chance to put much kms (or miles, depending where you are), but i do love the way it it looks. And the removable glove box is really handy and can easily fit a camera case and wallet. 
Not too happy with the backrest though. The adjustments for the tilt does not do much for lower back support, hoping to do some modifications on that.
With regards to the air vents, i did do a fair bit of research (Link ) before ordering this seat. I can vouch that i find absolutely no difference when riding.
But like most of you here, i had an absolutely HORRIBLE experience dealing with Corbin. They have absolutely NO concept of customer service. VERY VERY DISAPPOINTED! to say the least.
Ride safe
| Motorcycles were invented for a reason. The Thunderbird was created for that reason. I think everybody should have motorcycles, better still, everybody should have the Thunderbird!!!
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| Bodger | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 28/02/2012 | | Posts | : | 374 | | Location | : | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 12 Aug 2013 - 09:28 Post title : Re: New Seat (Re: cavallaro) | | | Got to admit that the Corbin seat is a huge improvement over the stock seat. I can comfortably ride 4-500mile days without any real discomfort. The Corbin backrest though is not really worth the money, it's comfortable enough once its been adjusted to the correct angle for the rider, but to get it to the correct angle requires some bending of the metal support (Not easy it is a serious bit of metal). The standard tilt adjustment built into the corbin backrest is in my opinion next to useless.
As other have mentioned, and also my personal experience, their customer service is as good as non existent,but the seat itself is damn comfortable.
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