agmom98
Navy mom
Install date: Sept 27, 2008
Bike: 2007 FZ6
I put this seat on prior to a 700 mile day ride, to get an impression of the seat before taking the FZ6 on a longer 2600 mile weekend trip.
Background info: After about 2000 miles on the stock seat, I bought a Yamaha Comfort Gel seat, thinking that the words "comfort" and "gel" meant it would be an improvement over the stock seat. It wasn't. The stock seat had more "give" and conformed better to my backside than the Comfort Gel seat, which is hard, unyielding, and has absolutely no contouring.
Initial Corbin comfort impressions: More comfortable than the Yamaha Comfort Gel seat, much less comfortable than my Bill Mayer custom seat on the BMW. It's very firm, has no contouring.
After a long trip: The first two days were each about 500 miles, and I made several stops along the way, which got me off the bike and gave my backside some recovery time. But by the end of each day I was really squirming. The third day was an easy 250 mile day, with a couple of long breaks, so it was no problem. The fourth day was a 625 mile day, pushing hard on I-10 to get home. Gas stops were very brief: get off the bike, fuel up, get back on the bike, get back on the interstate. I wanted to ride the full 1030 miles straight through in one day to get home, but absolutely had to get off the bike for the day, after only 625 miles. Getting back on the bike the next morning to ride those last 400+ miles home was okay for the first 200 miles, but the last 200+ I was in great discomfort.
Verdict: For the total $$ I spent on both the Yamaha Comfort Gel + Corbin, I could of had a custom Bill Mayer seat (BMS) for this bike. I was trying to go "cheap" when I got the Yamaha comfort gel seat, then threw good money after bad by going with the Corbin. I've done 1500+ mile days on a Bill Mayer seat on my BMW easily, with absolutely no pain or discomfort. Lesson learned.
Bike: 2007 FZ6
I put this seat on prior to a 700 mile day ride, to get an impression of the seat before taking the FZ6 on a longer 2600 mile weekend trip.
Background info: After about 2000 miles on the stock seat, I bought a Yamaha Comfort Gel seat, thinking that the words "comfort" and "gel" meant it would be an improvement over the stock seat. It wasn't. The stock seat had more "give" and conformed better to my backside than the Comfort Gel seat, which is hard, unyielding, and has absolutely no contouring.
Initial Corbin comfort impressions: More comfortable than the Yamaha Comfort Gel seat, much less comfortable than my Bill Mayer custom seat on the BMW. It's very firm, has no contouring.
After a long trip: The first two days were each about 500 miles, and I made several stops along the way, which got me off the bike and gave my backside some recovery time. But by the end of each day I was really squirming. The third day was an easy 250 mile day, with a couple of long breaks, so it was no problem. The fourth day was a 625 mile day, pushing hard on I-10 to get home. Gas stops were very brief: get off the bike, fuel up, get back on the bike, get back on the interstate. I wanted to ride the full 1030 miles straight through in one day to get home, but absolutely had to get off the bike for the day, after only 625 miles. Getting back on the bike the next morning to ride those last 400+ miles home was okay for the first 200 miles, but the last 200+ I was in great discomfort.
Verdict: For the total $$ I spent on both the Yamaha Comfort Gel + Corbin, I could of had a custom Bill Mayer seat (BMS) for this bike. I was trying to go "cheap" when I got the Yamaha comfort gel seat, then threw good money after bad by going with the Corbin. I've done 1500+ mile days on a Bill Mayer seat on my BMW easily, with absolutely no pain or discomfort. Lesson learned.
