What load ofOriginally Posted by Bruce B
that comment is!!! Everyone knows if we all liked the same ice cream flavour it would be chocolate.
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Great job of proving the point. But shouldn't it really be chocolate chip cookie dough?What load of
I don't find the stock seat to be uncomfortable, but its not the most plush seat I've ever sat on either. If the Corbin Seat feels as good as it looks, I know I'll be a happy customer!
Let it be known and let it be written, this is the best bike I've ever owned, and I ain't shittin!
They sell a lot of seats and have many repeat customers. I'm pretty confident you will love your new seat!!!
Beagle
I like the looks of the Corbin, but waiting to see what Ultimate comes up with....looking forward to your ride report...best of luck...
Already typed out a very long response...once...for this thread...but the power went out at Russell seats, and went out for the entire small town of Lake Shasta, just when I was almost done with that last post.
So...I will wait until I get home and then type out a whole new post on this subject.
I will say that Corbin seats LOOK great.
Okay, I will take a chance on life, and hope the power does not go out again, while I type this long response.
Still sitting at Russell seats in Shasta Lake city, California, waiting for them to finish my new seat. Went out for a walk, ate lunch, now back to the office supplied computer they have set up for customers.
What I did say, before I was interrupted by the power outage is:
If the seat you have on your bike...and this is meant for everyone...not just BlackBetty...if the seat on your bike works really well for you, and you like it...then that is all that is important, because it is YOUR bike, and YOUR money paid for it, so it does not matter what my opinion or anyone else's opinion is about your seat. Every BODY and every BUTT has a different sitting position, and if a particular seat works for you, that is all that counts in the long run. If a Corbin seat works for you, or an Ultimate seat works for you...then that is the best seat for you.
And personally, I think that the Corbin seats are the BEST LOOKING seats made.
I have long said that a Russell Day-Long saddle is the ugliest seat ever made for a motorcycle...they just happen to be the most comfortable seat made for me...and for the vast majority of the serious IronButt Association riders. When we sit on them, we don't care what they look like.
Now, as for the heated seat issue...whew...I am very much against having a heated seat on any motorcycle, and here is why:
The last place you would ever want to add heat is in the contact pressure points of your gluteal area. There is already pressure at the boney contact points that you are sitting on, and pressure creates heat. It is important for a cold rider to add warmth to places like...their hands, their thoracic area, their feet, and lastly to their legs. Preferably in that order, but we don't always have that choice to do it in that order. You want to add warmth to places that have control actions on the bike, i.e., the hands and feet, so that they can continue to work the hand controls and the foot controls of the bike. You also want to add warmth to the thoracic area...the chest and back, so that blood flows to the head, and outer extremities.
And, lastly to the legs, thighs, and calves.
BUTT...not to the BUTT. The fastest way to get a tired butt is by adding heat to it. Any medical doctor can explain this, as the contact pressure points do NOT want to be heated. And example would be that when I ride in cold weather...cold enough that I have all my Gerbing heated clothing turned on, and up...so that my hands are warm, my feet are warm, my chest and back and neck are warm, and my thighs and calves are warm...I have also checked and found that my butt is warm, simply because I am sitting on it, and by extension of the rest of the body having warmth applied to it.
On a warm or hot day, one of the problems is getting the butt too hot. The rider squirms around trying to relieve the monkey-butt syndrome, and that is where the anti-monkey-butt powder comes in at, which is a talc that also has calamine powder in it. Some riders will use GoldBond powder for this issue. All because the butt got hot from sitting on the bike...in hot weather.
Several motorcycle manufacturers have come out with heated seats over the past 10 years, or more, and that is to offer the customer a choice...because it became popular. During the past 5 + years a lot of the Honda and HD riders have admitted that they do not use the heated seats on their bikes, as it does not serve the rider as they thought it would. The BMW riders will never admit to anything wrong with their bikes, so no sense in asking them.
Many of the aftermarket makers are now offering heated seats...as an option...and to make more money. That does NOT mean it is a good thing. I tested heated seats for Travelcade back in 1997, and of the 3 riders doing a coast to coast ride in March from San Diego to Daytona, all three of us gave it a thumbs down, as we all agreed that it was not smart to heat the pressure points where the butt contacts the seat.
Now...having said that...those are MY opinions. And if anyone disagrees, then so be it. If your heated seat works for you, then great. That is good. I want the best for all the riders out there.
However, my experience over the past 1.8 million miles, and my professional opinion as an educated rider with 2 Ph.D's, and an MD. tells me that I will never have a heated seat on a motorcycle of mine.
Funny, but short ending...as I was first typing this out...before the power went out...another rider was here at Russell seats to get an adjustment to his seat...his HEATED seat for his Goldwing 1500. He overheard me making comments about the heated seats, asked me WHY I thought that, and he confessed that he does not use his heated portion of the seat anymore, as he found that what I was saying is true.
Now, let's all go outside and ride, and enjoy ourselves.
Let's start the argument: The one flavor would be CHOCOLATE! No doubt about it!
-Tim
2009 BMW R1200RT
2013 Honda F6B HR Signature Series (born 7/17/13; sold 6/25/16)
2011 AB Trailer
2005 Honda GL1800 Portland Gray Metallic (Gone), 2005 Honda VTX 1300R (Gone), 2004 Honda Shadow Aero 750 (Gone)
Darksider #858: Kumho Ecsta 195/55/16 with Dynabeads/Dunlop E3
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Mint Chocolate chip.Let's start the argument: The one flavor would be CHOCOLATE! No doubt about it!
Well your WRONG, I dont care what anyone says Vanilla is the only flavor neededLet's start the argument: The one flavor would be CHOCOLATE! No doubt about it!
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