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Corbin SeatI'm lucky enough to live close enough to the Corbin factory to make it easy to go there to have a custom seat made. I had one on my last bike and loved it, so I got one for the SV too. I'm short, so it was supposed to help lower the bike a bit. It is lower, but it's also wider, so there's not a lot of overall gain in terms of getting my feet flatter on the ground. But it's still a cool seat. I also had them build it forward for me, so I'm no longer floating around somewhere in front of where butts are supposed to fit into the seat.
We left immediately from Corbin to ride to Portland, OR via 101 and a number of backroads. Although it was a great trip, I strongly advise against using a long trip to break in a Corbin seat. It takes about 1000-1500 miles for the (quite firm) foam to properly mold to your butt, and I think that's probably better done as shorter rides, where you're not in the saddle for more than a couple of hours. A ten-hour day (or longer) on a seat that's not yet broken in is not the happiest tactile experience. Once it breaks in, though, it kicks ass (in a good way).
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