What seat do you prefer and does anyone have both? I would like to order my seat soon so I have it when I buy my new bike. Anyone prefer the OEM seat that came with their bike?

 

most agree,the oem seat sucks and worse !!!

 

oem plain sucked for me, bought a corbin to please the lady, we both love it. if you do a search, you will find alot of info on seats

 

iam a corbin man, never have had a issue with there saddles. little stiff at first, then forms to you. just plain awesome seat. jackyl

 

Having no previous motorcycle seat experience, I can say I am pretty pleased with my Mustang and the Mrs likes hers. Although I've heard nearly any seat can get uncomfortable if you're sitting in teh same exact position for 3+ hours.

Have to be prepared for the vintage wide look though if you go the route mine went.

 

Corbin seats are comfortable, but after dealing with them, I will NEVER buy another corbin product.

 

Donny, would you mind going into a little detail? If you would prefer to PM me that's not a problem, however, I believe most of us are adults. Well, I'm over 50 but maybe I'm not a real adult ....just yet.

 

Corbin Solo.......Not cheap.............If your a hard ***...go Corbin.......... soft and tushy go whatever your butt loven.

 

Mr K,

The trouble with HD style seats is you can't move around much. Someone else mentioned this and I think they are right. The best seat are a those that are a little hard at first. Mustang seats have worked for me.

KP

 

You don't say if you're replacing your worn out older Harley that you rode 100 miles a day or if this is your first bike or if you're somewhere in between. Personally, given the expense, unless you're in the first category, I'd wait and ride the new bike a bit before replacing the saddle. Saddles have certain characteristics that can work for you or not.

It's probably not good to get a Corbin unless you're going to ride a lot. Corbin says their saddles take about 1,500 miles to break in and if that's a lot of riding for you, then you'll probably be dissatisfied. (There are people on this site that have bikes that are multiple years old that don't have 1,500 miles on them.)If it's a couple of week's riding for you, then you may like them a lot -- they'll hold up to that riding style.

If your typical ride is half an hour of twisty back roads, you might find a saddle that isn't so wide is a better fit so you can shift your weight around. If you typical ride is an hour on the interstate, then a big-butt saddle will probably be your cup of tea. But until you have the bike (or unless you're already very experienced) you may not know what your style is going to be. When I bought my Super Glide I thought I'd be on the interstate every day. But it turns out it's just soooo nice on the back roads that I get up half an hour early so I can drive to work on routes that are at least twice the highway distance.

It would be a shame to spend $500 - $1,000 on a Corbin saddle and find out you need to buy another one.