mickey,

You can take your seat pan to a local upholstry shop and have the seat modified.



Previous discussion regarding custom seats: http://www.silverwing600.com/silver-wing-accessories-modifications-f5/custom-saddles-saddle-modifications-t78.htm

Dale,

Great looking seats. Remind me of those shown on the Russell Cycle Products website.

Jeff,

I will moving to Sacramento in about 2 weeks. I start my new position June 1. I am looking forward to being able to ride into the foothils and up into the Sierras, and also to the coast; a lot more places to ride than NE Missouri; I know this from having lived in Davis for three years and then in Stockton for another three years. I will have to become an expert at riding 2-up as I believe my wife would rather ride behind me on the S'Wing than alone on her Reflex. Do you know what happened to the Between Two Rivers Scooter Club site? If not I may drop Brad an email and ask what happened (the Reflex is Brad's old Reflex).

Hope we can get together in the future for riding.

John

Those of you with Corbin seats, did this change your seat height? I'm of course looking to lower my seat height by about an inch, though I'd be happy with a half inch at this point.
The guy who did my husband's seat (Kawasaki Concours) has regretfully quit doing mods on any scooter seats. He claims we have "unrealistic expectations".

When I win the lottery I'm going to start a motorcycle company where you can custom order your frame size, your engine size, your seat height, your handlebar reach, etc., etc., etc. Short people like riding too! (Do you think it would help my chances if I actually buy a lottery ticket first?)

I have 2000 miles on my Corbin so far. Not on a Silverwing, since I traded it in for a Triumph Thunderbird in April.

It's stiff. It does break in after a thousand miles or so, but remains pretty stiff.

I wouldn't call it the "best" or the "worst". I suppose it depends on what you want from it. It's a good choice for long rides, which I do every day, but not the best for a quick spin around the block.

I plan to add an AirHawk or a sheepskin to give me that extra bit of "cushy."

The Corbin is a very good saddle, but bear in mind it's not a "custom" saddle, nor is it sold as such. It'll keep more bottoms happy than a stock seat, but can't possibly satisfy everybody. It's very well made, that's for sure.

Emo62, Just a note...To make your new Corbin Saddle allot easyer to install, install 4 threaded studs into the seat mounting holes (like the stock seat). Use a little loctite to hold them in. Much better!

mickey, The first Corbin I owned was installed on a rigid frame 54 HD KH in 1972. I think it was one of the first seats they made. The Corbin saddle on my swing has been installed now for 9,000 miles and I'm very happy with it. Sooooooo...nice on this old bikers back side.

One more thing mickey....You should try to read through and understand what your reading.

I now have a little over 2000 miles on my new Corbin seat, and I have to agree with DennisB... It has made a huge improvement in ride comfort for me. I recently did a 450 mile day, and was able to do so with no more discomfort than any other M/C seat that I have ever experienced. Since fuel stops come every 150 miles or so, just a few minutes off the scoot at these stops do the trick. I can get back on and ride till the next stop. I could have easily gone a lot further from a comfort standpoint.

Expensive... Yes.

Ability to ride all day... Priceless!

"One more thing mickey....You should try to read through and understand what your reading."

You lost me.

[quote="DennisB"]Emo62, Just a note...To make your new Corbin Saddle allot easyer to install, install 4 threaded studs into the seat mounting holes (like the stock seat). Use a little loctite to hold them in. Much better!

Thanks Dennis

Hey Max,

I'm sure Max knows all this stuff, but for the rest of you that are new to turning a wrench....

Been a while since I installed the saddle. I know the stock Honda seat has metric threaded studs, coming out of the seat and I'm not sure about the Corbin bolts. I think they were American Standard, but it has been to long now...I'm just not sure.

For those of you that want to determine the stud length needed:

To determine the length of the studs needed, just add the length of one of the supplied Corbin bolts and the length of one of the metric studs coming out of the Honda seat.

You can make your own threaded studs by cutting off bolts and running the proper size thread die over the cut area to clean the threads up. Install the cut end of the stud into the seat. Do a dry run on the threaded studs first to be sure they work OK.

Don't forget to get 4 nuts, lock washers at the hardware store. ACE is a good place to get the threaded studs or bolts to cut down.

Sorry this is so long....

Hi Everyone!

New member here and I just picked up an '08 SWing ABS this weekend. It came with the Corbin saddle (which we loved the looks of...), but my wife and I are less than thrilled with the functionality of it. To reiterate some gripes: The latch is too short and it's rock hard. Also, the way Corbin set up the slope, the passenger seat actually slopes forward so my wife is constantly slipping/sliding forward.
I'll be replacing this seat with a stock one at a minimum asap. Your posts above were a nice sanity check for me though - thanks.

I'll be picking up a Givi windshield and backrest as well.

Interesting. I guess the grass is always greener.... I was thinking of going from stock to Corbin. I feel my stock seat is humped rather then flat. I called corbin. They have a store in Ormond Beach fl. I can sit on one there before buying it for 5 hundred bucks. I do not ride double. If you want a comforable seat sit on a Berman 400

Like most things bike, it's all in the eye of the beholder. When I bought a Yamaha FJR 1300 new in 2006, the motorcycle mags said it was the most comfortable tourer in production. Well, that guy's backside must have been a different shape to mine. It was, for me, the most uncomfortable bike I've ever ridden, bar NONE!!!
The Swing, with a stock seat, is about as good as it gets for me, on a par with my Goldwing 1800, when I had it. Sure, I have to move around a bit, but still good for 600 miles.

Ian