New seat and new signals

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 4:09 pm

I received my new Corbin gunfighter seat this weekend and it totally changed the feel of riding this bike. When I say new, it's new to me. But by all evidence, the seat was never used. I bought it for $180 shipped from a PA Craigslist post, on a tip from a member here. It came in the original box and didn't have a scratch on it. I'm super pleased with it. I had to wrestle with it a little to get the holes to line up with the rear fairing and everything though.

It sits quite a bit lower than the OEM seat, but with the super bike style handlebars I have, it has reduced the fatigue on my arms and elbows. With the original seat, my elbows were locked when riding in a normal upright position. It would force me to lean down in a crouched position in order to drop my elbows and get some relief. The other thing I notice is the bucket like shape of the seat puts less strain on the inner thighs. It feels so much better. But I have heard some complaints from my girlfriend that she can't ride on the back.

I also installed some reproduction signals on the bike over the holiday. They were a pain in the ass. Made by K&S I believe, they had to be modified in order to fit on the brackets I got. The rubber is of awful quality, crumbly and full of air bubbles. I found this out because I had to carve out some of the rubber to fit them. I cut the rear brackets down by 1.5" or so, because the original ones are so long. I drilled and re-tapped them. In the end, I made it all work and had a great ride the day after Christmas.

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 5:38 am

It's not surprising that your GF isn't comfortable on that seat, it's really a solo saddle. What you need for two up riding is the Gunfighter and Lady version.

Chico

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 1:28 pm

Which is what I wanted. But this one came along and I couldn't pass it up. She'll just have to get her own bike. Twisted Evil

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 4:14 pm

Looks great. Big difference. Also a fan of the shortened signals. I did something similar before I ultimately switched to cbr ones. Much better looking and I didn't walk into it anymore.
eric.

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 7:01 pm

sachelrhymes wrote:

Looks great. Big difference. Also a fan of the shortened signals. I did something similar before I ultimately switched to cbr ones. Much better looking and I didn't walk into it anymore.
eric.

The signals took a bit of getting used to, being so large. But I feel a whole hell of a lot safer then I did with non-working ones. And that seat shape complements them well IMO.