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Quick question, I'm considering getting the corbin however, I've read several other post that talk about the corbin moving riders forward a bit from the stock seat set up. At 6'2" forward a bit would mean knees under my chin, at least in my case, and that doesn't sound very comfortable. Any other tall riders get a corbin and have the back of the seat somehow altered, to allow for a bit more distance between arms and bars and feet and pegs?

I'm 6' even. I did not notice any change in position fore/aft with my Corbin vs. OEM.

I am 6'-3" and the Corbin seat was such an improvement over the stock seat, I can't remember if it moved me forward or not. The bottom line is that the Corbin seat with the adjustable backrest is awesome. Keep in mind that it will take a while to break in, they are VERY firm. Once the seat is broken in (at least 1,000 miles) you will love it. I can go the limit of the fuel onboard without stopping and have ridden 8 hours in a day without a problem. I would have to sit on a stock speedmaster to be sure, but the ergonomics did not seem to change at all with the seat.

I heard you can ask them to move the seating position back as far as possible, but they can't accomodate a backrest if they do that... Just a rhumor I heard, might want to call em up yourself. Now modifying the rear seat to accomodate a further back seat, THAT would be cool. Call em!! I've e-mailed them before and gotten a quick and very friendly response.

I am 6'2" with a 35" inseam so if you are any thing like me you need as much leg room as possible. Having said that I will take the 1-2" fwd the corbin moves you for the comfort.

I can't ride for 8 hrs in the saddle on any bike about a hundred and I need to stretch. With the stocker I could go no further than 50 miles or an hour which ever came first.

Luckily at 125mi I have to gas up. Just about the right stoping distance.

The corbin will move you up 1-2" noticible but not teribble and the back rest will make you forget about the push forward especially if you ride with out a shield.


Ride Safe, and Comfortable:

EddieC,

I bought a Corbin last year. I am 6'5" and needed legroom. I told them my measurements and said the stock saddle had my tailbone up against the cantle. Comfort? I was getting buttburn on the stocker after 45 minutes. That's history, however I also added some engine guards from Ma's w/footpegs and that has made riding much more comfortable, although it wasn't that uncomfortable before. I reversed the (engine guard) footpeg clamps to face forward and that added at least another 3" or so of legroom. Everyone, including Corbin said to expect a break-in period, but the seat felt great out of the box. Of course I have a boney cowboy butt. If the seat moved me forward, I can't tell. It does feel like I'm more part of the bike.

I went with a brown smooth leather seat and black side panels, threw in some fringe (on the solo seat only) to appease the old Indian crowd. Just got in the matching p-pad and a tall (#225) backrest with inlayed red flames. Now I need to talk to a local guy with one of those high pressure water jet metal cutters about fashioning the aluminum plate into a matching flame pattern for the backrest.