Corbin seats or....?

[mackdaddy]

Are Corbin seats really all that? I love buying from local vendors. KTM Twins for once has an upgrade seat that's cheaper than others (Corbin) which unfortunately makes me suspect of how good it is. What say ye, BARF? Or is there another brand you love?

 

[augustiron]

I have never liked them on any of the bikes I bought that had them.
They were wooden planks for my bony 165 lb butt

 

[augustiron]

What KTM are you shopping a seat for?

I have had good luck with seat concepts for the dirty bikes.

For the adventure twins, the KTM rally tall seat is supposed to be the best, and you can still reach the ground same as the normal seat because it is shaped differently, oddly enough

 

[dravnx]

Love my Corbins. I've owned 4. Go to Hollister and have them custom fit you. It doesn't cost extra.

 

[augustiron]

And there you go.

What else would you expect when you ask the internet for advice?

Two completely polar opposite opinions

They were also much heavier than stock seats if that matters...

 

[two wheel tramp]

I have a lot of ass and have loved my Corbins (DL1K, TransAlp, DR650). If you are not blessed in the ass department, you might find the seat concepts a bit squishier. Which KTM do you have? If you wanna come sit on my Seat Concepts I am in town the week of August 9th through 15th. I have a Seat Concepts tall on my 790 and, while I am still kind of breaking it in, I love it. I also have one on my other DR650. - the low commuter seat and a tall that is chilling in my garage.

 

[Jammer]

Russel Day Long can't be beat

 

[srcm]

Have a Corbin seat on two bikes. They are comfortable due to the wider seat area and supportive foam. At first the seat feels very hard but after a while it will break in and feel great. YMMV.

 

[ST Guy]

I had Corbin redo the seat on my 1982 Suzuki GS650G. I rode the bike down to their shop. They cut out the rider’s foam, added new foam making the seat higher. They then let me shape the foam and take it for a test ride. Then they gave it to one of their sewing people who put a new cover on. I rode home happy.

I don’t know if they still do that.

 

[ThumperX]

If you can aptly describe what you need and want Toni can build you an awesome seat. He's did a brilliant job on my ATK. You're tall, perhaps a later of gel and softening of the sharp edges?

https://www.yelp.com/biz/motorcycle-scooter-upholstery-san-francisco

 

[flying_hun]

I've had a few Corbins, and still have one on my EU Versys. They do EVENTUALLY break in, but that took at least 10K miles. Yes, they are very heavy. I have also used Seat Concepts kits on several bikes, and have been generally pleased with them. When I got home and rode my local Versys and its Seat Concepts seat just after getting home from Europe, I found that I preferred the Corbin, but only because of how it meets the tank. It makes it easy to crowd the tank, and the Seat Concepts gets in the way. It wants me to sit a couple of inches back. Like I said, it's an issue that probably doesn't impact others.

FWIW, I had a passenger complain about the piping at the edge of the pillion seating area cutting into the back of her legs. No such complaint on the Seat Concepts pillion accommodations.

 

[Rtmac]

My Corbin seat was very hard. I had it reworked at an upholstery shop and now it's very comfortable (although I haven’t taken any real long rides since having it done)

 

[GPzPop]

consider " Sadlemen" ... dreamy attached to my couch-a-saki concours 14

mostly for the harley models but maybe your bike also ?