Any more shots you can share?

 

Ok, here are some photos. Remember, I have not actually ridden with it yet, so cannot comment no who well it works. Mine also has a few customized features, and I'll cover those in the full review in a few days.

















This is a ONE-piece seat. It slips into the stock tongue receptacle at the rear of the fuel tank, and bolts into the stock rear bolt hole. It does NOT separate.

And here is the electrical harness, which I'll need some help with. Since I use a Harley electric vest, I'll want to put a standard "HD accessory" male electric heated clothing plug exactly like the one on the heated gloves or heated pants, onto the "bare wire" end of this harness, so that I can connect the seat to the vest, and turn them off and on with the vest on-off switch:





Anyone that can help me figure out what Harley part number "extension cord" to buy, that I could cut one end off of, splice the seat harness to, and plug into the vest?

Jim G

 

It also looks like it pushes you forward ALOT.

 

You are very observant. The seat is NOT the "standard" way Corbin makes it. I requested that it come with the following changes (beyond the electric heat):

- rider (driver) pushed one inch forward

- No provision for the backrest that these will normally accept (I dislike backrests, and didn't want the slot in my seat because I'll never use a backrest)

- "Stealth" stitching in place of standard stitching that normally comes with the standard quilted pattern which I really disliked

- "Baby alligator" embossing versus the standard quilted pattern which I really disliked

- "Asphalt" vinyl sides on the seat. I figured the texture goes really, really well with my "Hard Candy Chrome Flake" paint.

I needed that one inch push forward. The stock Breakout seat was just a bit too big a reach to the bars for me - ok for 30 mile rides but not 100 mile rides. I had tried an HD "Reach" seat, and that felt great for reach to the bars and pegs, but I wanted a bit more padding that the Reach seat provided. I had a gel insert put into the Reach seat, and it made a big difference, but I still wanted a bit more comfort.

I also needed that much larger, plusher, and flat versus rearward slanted passenger seat. My wife said we needed that "or else . . . "

The electric heat is a total extravagance, but since it only added about $100 to the cost, and the seat was already at $580 plus shipping, I figured it'd be stupid to leave off the electric heat. $718 shipped.

Assuming this Corbin seat works out, I'll sell both my standard stock seat and the HD Reach seat in a few days, so someone else can use each as a base for a customized seat. For MY wife, there was no way that the size of that stock passenger seat was going to work!

Jim G

 

NSR: It only LOOKS like it pushed you more than one inch forward. It's the height and steepness of the built-in "lower backrest" that makes it look that way, It's really only one inch in actual SITTING position.

Jim G

 

I'll be honest, that one looks much better than the last Corbin I saw for this bike. Still way to bulky for me, but I can understand the function. As for the plug question, there are a few ways we can try to figure this out. Either find another plug on your bike that is the same, or post a pic of the plug and we can try to find it that way.

 

The top connector in this photo is the one I need to patch to the 2 wires in the Corbin harness that currently have the ring terminals on them:





Here is a view of the male and female pins in these connectors:




I need the connector on the LEFT.

Jim G

 

Well I've only had my Breakout about 2 weeks and already started the mods

Before



After

 

I'm sorry Jim, I don't have a clue about those.

 

24V: I THINK Harley offers "converters" that convert this typeof connector to the type typically found on battery chargers. I'll try to find one of those with a male end, cut the "battery charger end off of it, and splice that to the red and black wires on the seat harness. Then, I should be able to connect the seat harness to the vest harness.

I'll need to check the amp draw on the vest. The seat pulls a max of 3 amps. I have the Daymaker headlight, which draws less current than the stock Breakout headlight, so that gives me some amps to work with, plus I know you can run at least the vest alone or the seat alone on a stock bike, so the question becomes how much extra capacity is there before you start drawing down the battery while cruising. I'll need to research that a bit.

What I like about the electric vest and electric seat is that they consume no extra space when touring. Instead of keeping the "liner" in the leather jacket, I normally wear the vest under the jacket, but without the electricity being on, when I just need a layer under the leather jacket). But, when it gets cold, I just flip on the electric heat and change a cold morning ride into a pretty pleasant one!

Jim G