So for the year or so sense I've owned my used Corbin seat, I've been unable to go longer than about 150 miles or so with out serious rear end complications. Confused and depressed, I reached a stage where I was unwilling to undertake longer rides due to my posterior's complaints. I began to think to myself:

“Why does my butt hurt? This is supposed to be a better seat”!

“I know it’s hard, but isn’t it supposed to be”.

“Maybe I haven’t broken it in yet, I’ll wait some more”.

I put 3000 miles on the Corbin, and no change in comfort.

Then on a 150 mile day with my Dad (who was perfectly comfortable on his stock Connie seat). It dawned on me:

I’m 6’1”. This seat is not setup for me!

Because my legs were so long, putting my feet on the pegs caused my inner leg to rise off the seat, thus making all my weight sit squarely on the rear portion of my butt, on the so called “butt bone”.

Using the power of microsoft paint, I will attempt to illustrate this:

Immediate action was required. I put the call into Corbin. I summoned Otherone77 from the Z1k forum to ride shotgun (he also wanted to adjust his recently acquired seat). And we were off. Blasting down 680 and 101 at 7am, we arrived at our destination in Hollister. The holy grail of motorcycle butt happiness. We rolled into the shop and met with Gus and his crew of wizards.

Some pics of us in the shop:

And some pics of us in front of the world famous wizards' cafe:

And a bonus: We got a real life look at the MT-01 Yamaha bike that'll probably never get here because we're not worthy. I sat on it for a bit and said "i'll take two!"

The verdict on my seat was in!

Gus said, "man, this thing is too hard!"

I said, "Really? i thought it was supposed to be hard!"

"it's supposed to be firm, but not hard" how long had this been sitting unused?"

Then the truth was finally discovered. And thus the used buyer beware comment: A Corbin seat, not ridden on, and sitting on a shelf unused and unloved will harden over time and thus become the wooden plank of a butt killer that mine was. Old foam was removed, and new foam added. I had Gus add more height and width in the front as the original cover allowed. (a new cover would have cost more than a new seat), and thus why I highly reccomend buying a corbin new and custom fit at the factory, as I will always do in the future.

Some pics of us in the shop, you can walk around and see it all!

Me on my newly reconditioned foam. So so nice! And a pic of my glorious test ride return! Notice the older, yellow foam (hard as brick) below the newer, white foam (nice and soft)

All in all, a great experience. I cannot stress the value of having someone to custom fit your saddle to you. If you live anywhere near the factory, you have to come it for this service. It's very worthwhile! The guys at Corbin are first class in my opinion. And as a bonus, they custom fit for free and give you a rework within 1 year! I had to pay $130 for this service. So, in other words: the cost of my used saddle and the cost of the rework added together = the cost of a new saddle.

And as a bonus, the front counter guy gave me a bottle of saddle cream!

And the proof was in the pudding. After riding the 90 miles to Corbin on the brick. I then put on another 200 miles that day. The most I have ever done in a day. Corbin rules!

I would have never guessed that seat foam would harden over time. I could understand it hardening over like 10-15 years but normal shelf life??? Whowouldathunkit. Thanks for the interesting story & pics.

I would have never guessed that seat foam would harden over time.

I also thought that was odd, as Gus explained once built the foam needs to be broken in or it will harden. I had my Z1000 seat smoothed out a bit; I was encountering a problem opposite of Patrick’s.

Hey, Patrick I got the heated grips installed, easy I used a relay a fuse and a 2-position toggle switch. I think I may get a heat-Troller, which allows for more adjustability. If you want I would be glad to help you with your install, I am not saying you are not capable it is just I have already done it once. I look forward to our next cold ride.

Kewl seeing inside the factory.

I didn't know that Corbin foam would harder so quickly. Thanks for that information. Just makes me glad I used Sargent and had them do a custom job for me in the first place...

I always have my foam customized when ordered. (Add a little, take a little away.) With that said both of my seats have broken in nicely. Its odd that the foam would harden like that.

That's a cool story. I want to go to the Corbin factory now.

Yes that info will be helpful to whole lot of Corbin seated riders

My butt get sore after about 100kms, however I like to take a stop around then anyway.

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