Aftermarket solo seat

[diggitydogg]

I'm looking for an aftermarket solo seat that will afford me a bit more legroom on my Rocket than the stocker. It's hard to tell from pictures, but it seems that the Metcruze and Corbins may allow you to sit a bit further back. Anybody have any firsthand experiences they can share? Thanks.

[rad-lefty]

I had the metcruze fastback seat. The good news, it looked good and was well made. The bad news, the front of the seat scooped up quite a bit toward your crotch. It really locked you into the bike, giving you very little wiggle room to move around on longer trips. I actually liked it for short trips,
because I felt I was in the bike instead of on it, and could really attack corners and twisties. About 150 miles was my comfort level with it though, so I sold it last year. I now have
The Corbin Young Guns seat. Nice looking, overpriced uncomfortable piece cr*p. I can't go over 50 miles without
severe back pain. Comfort cell my a**. I know people say corbin is a love em or hate em seat. Count me in the hate them camp. Might as well ride the frame. It has convinced me to give up the cool look and I am having my stock seat redone by Russell Day-Long. That's my 2 cents.

[dougl]

On 2007-04-24 21:17, diggitydogg wrote:
I'm looking for an aftermarket solo seat that will afford me a bit more legroom on my Rocket than the stocker. It's hard to tell from pictures, but it seems that the Metcruze and Corbins may allow you to sit a bit further back. Anybody have any firsthand experiences they can share? Thanks.

I had the stock seat for only a couple of weeks before I got a Corbin dual tour. The stock seat is non-descript when it comes to support. You sit on it. With the Corbin, you sit in it.

I'm pretty sure Corbin will make a seat to your specification. You should talk to Corbin and ask them how far back they can move you.

[Nightterror]

The Corbin seat I have seems to add about an inch of room more to slide back into.

[PriorityOne]

I've got the Corbin Dual tour and love it. You can get it with both driver and passenger back rests, but I opt'ed to do away with the driver backrest which will give you about another inch or so of room. It worked out good for me.