I'm feeling a bit like Goldilocks, and curious about seat options. My bike came with a later-model (~2002-2005) Corbin, which looks really nice, but is as hard as a wooden church pew. It's honestly not bad for a couple hours, but starts getting old after that. I picked up a mint-condition stock 94-up seat, which I recently tried out, but it's as soft as a soggy marshmallow, and I feel like I'm sinking into mush. The seats on all my past bikes (and current 600) are somewhere in between, and that's really what I'd like. I have an early (probably 1990-ish) Corbin for my ZX600-C, and that's really more my liking. It's firm, but not as stiff as a board.
What are some middle-ground seat options? Are the older Corbins softer, more like the one I have for my 600? They definitely changed the shape at some point, as the one that came with my Connie has a rider's butt cup that's 2" longer than stock with a relatively flat pillion, vs photos I've seen of older ones that appear to match the shape of the 94-up OEM seat more (except for the soft foam, the 94-up Kawasaki seat sure looks like a rip-off of the older Corbins, including the one for my 600).
I really only do one multi-day long-distance trip a year, so I don't need ultimate RDL kind of comfort, but some kind of middle ground between squashy and rock-hard would be nice. Should I look for an older Corbin? What are the Sargents like?
BTW, I did just buy a nice Alaska Leather sheepskin that fits the rider cup of my Corbin beautifully, but I haven't had a chance to ride it yet.
PS, I haven't weighed them, but the Corbin has got to add something like 5-10lbs to the bike. The OEM seat feels like a feather in comparison.
What are some middle-ground seat options? Are the older Corbins softer, more like the one I have for my 600? They definitely changed the shape at some point, as the one that came with my Connie has a rider's butt cup that's 2" longer than stock with a relatively flat pillion, vs photos I've seen of older ones that appear to match the shape of the 94-up OEM seat more (except for the soft foam, the 94-up Kawasaki seat sure looks like a rip-off of the older Corbins, including the one for my 600).
I really only do one multi-day long-distance trip a year, so I don't need ultimate RDL kind of comfort, but some kind of middle ground between squashy and rock-hard would be nice. Should I look for an older Corbin? What are the Sargents like?
BTW, I did just buy a nice Alaska Leather sheepskin that fits the rider cup of my Corbin beautifully, but I haven't had a chance to ride it yet.
PS, I haven't weighed them, but the Corbin has got to add something like 5-10lbs to the bike. The OEM seat feels like a feather in comparison.