Teeflem
New Member
I’m looking for an upgrade to the stock seat. Any suggestions?
Preferred seat
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I am very happy with my Sergeant seat
escapefjrtist
Searching for Dry Roads
Happy with my Laam seat. Close enough to arrange a ride-in appointment, made for a nice custom fit.
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Tenforeplay
Active Member
I described what I did to my stock seat in the intro and I'll repeat it here. I just returned from a 1 hr each way sojourn and have no complaints with this setup. My ass is 185# and 6'1" so of course your experience may be different. Coming from the bicycle world, they use a seat with the middle cut out to relieve pressure on the perineum so your ass, legs, and junk don't go numb from lack of circulation. I removed the seat, removed the cover, and cut a V notch length wise down the middle of the seat, this allows for sitting anywhere front to back. I also rounded the corners where the legs go down at a stop. The V notch also allows the foam to move around a bit and helps to soften it up. Using a long sharp cutting tool you want to be smooth if you do the edges, the cover material is thin and will show your talents. After done restaple the cover, this takes a really good power stapler, like a Makita is what I use. Elsewhere it is described how to adjust the seat so the front is higher and lower the rear and makes it more level so you don't slide forward. After all this I really see no need to change seats.
gunslinger_006
Well-Known Member
My corbin is absolute perfection.
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Tenforeplay
Active Member
That does look like a nice ass cradle.My corbin is absolute perfection.
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Longdog Cymru
Well-Known Member
I have a Touratech seat, it’s not perfect, (for me at least), but it is pretty darn good and 10 times better for me than the stock seat.
Madhatter
Well-Known Member
I have been using the same Corbin since 2014 . had it on my 12 and then moved it to my 19 . it works for me.
Silver Badger
Member
Been breaking in the new Tenere I brought home yesterday. Awesome machine. Runs and holds the road like a Kenworth and the motor sounds like an angry took box rolling down a flight of metal stairs. The engineering and design is impressive. Kept it under 70 on a 150 mile ride today and got 55 miles to the gallon. Did not expect that. But, whoever designed and developed the stock seat needs to be dragged out into the street and shot. Good grief. I'm a Corbin guy. Got over 200,000 miles on 'em over the years and they work for me. They're $500.00 but it's gotta be done because the stock seat is a disaster.
gunslinger_006
Well-Known Member
Absolutely agree on the stock seat. Its like they tried to make it as uncomfortable as possible.
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Cycledude
Well-Known Member
Bought a Corbin years ago, it worked pretty good but on rough roads it was a little too firm, but after a short break it would be comfortable again for me.
Then I bought a Russel Day Long, very comfortable but a little to tall for me, was going to sell it to Tenere Guy but he claimed to have a Corbin that wasn’t slippery he wanted me to try, well I tried it and he was right it’s not slippery so we traded, I’m really liking my new Corbin and if someone wants to buy the old Corbin it’s for sale, I also have a barely used stock Tenere seat for sale.
Then I bought a Russel Day Long, very comfortable but a little to tall for me, was going to sell it to Tenere Guy but he claimed to have a Corbin that wasn’t slippery he wanted me to try, well I tried it and he was right it’s not slippery so we traded, I’m really liking my new Corbin and if someone wants to buy the old Corbin it’s for sale, I also have a barely used stock Tenere seat for sale.
Silver Badger
Member
Will it fit a 2023?
Yup.
Cycledude
Well-Known Member
Yes both the Corbin or the stock seat I have for sale will fit any year Super Tenere.
The Corbin is $170 + shipping
The barely used stock seat is $70 + shipping.
Silver Badger
Member
Sent you a PM
Cycledude
Well-Known Member
Steve Unfortunately I was unable to get the Corbin seat pictures to post in a PM so now I will try posting them here.
Other than being to slippery there is nothing wrong with the seat, at first I thought maybe the original owner had applied something like Armoral to it so I tried washing that off a bunch of times but that didn’t change anything. The newer Corbin I got from Tenere Guy is made from a rougher looking material and isn’t slippery at all.
Other than being to slippery there is nothing wrong with the seat, at first I thought maybe the original owner had applied something like Armoral to it so I tried washing that off a bunch of times but that didn’t change anything. The newer Corbin I got from Tenere Guy is made from a rougher looking material and isn’t slippery at all.
Silver Badger
Member
I'll take it!
run touratech seats for 7 yrs now really great comfy seat
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