Corbin seat arrived today

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I ordered my Corbin on August 12th, finally arrived today. Due to my own fault when ordering on-line at their website, I accidentally did not change the "welt" field to "no welts" so i'm a little disappointed that it has black welts or "piping", but I think i'll live. It's a pretty good looking seat, not as sleek as the stock one, but definitely way more comfy. I hated that stock seat! I recall reading all the mag articles last winter and they all raved about how comfortable it was, but not for me. I slid forward all the time and my butt would go numb after about 30 minutes on it. I do kind of miss the "Honda" along the back of the seat though!

Installing it - I have read how others said they had to sit on the passenger seat to get the latch to catch. No way could I get mine to latch! I'm 180 pounds and was on my knees on it bouncing and it wouldn't latch. so I removed the two bolts that hold the catch bracket to the seat and I put thin washers under the catch and reinstalled the bolts. now it installs and latches just like the stock seat.

I only have about 10 miles on it so far, but I can tell the comfort level is much better. Now the new problem is that I need risers! The most comfortable spot on the seat is if you plant your butt all the way back so the step to the passenger pad is against your lower back. very comfy sitting there. But the bars are too far away now! I'm 5'11" so pretty average height. Time to order up some risers and get the bars into a better position. Bottom line, I give the Corbin a thumbs up.