Corbin pt 2

In my last post I detailed how Corbin sent me the wrong seat, claimed I had ordered the wrong one (despite my proof otherwise), made me pay to ship it back, and charged my card $35 for shipping/reprocessing whatever.

On September 18 (a month and two days after ordering my seat) I received the "correct" seat. The part number was correct anyways.

There are four distinct things wrong with this seat.

1. The seat pan doesn't have a tongue to fit under the subframe in the front to stabilize the seat. It has a cheesy L-shaped bracket that does nothing for stability. You can actually feel the front of the seat wobble. Its as though a blind man felt an OEM seat pan and described it to another man that made a mold for the fiberglass, then drilled whatever brackets they had on hand into it to fit the bolt layout.

 The OEM "tongue".

2. The seat pan is too wide. When you have your legs down at a stop its digging into your thighs. This might be fine for someone who has wide hips or a woman, but not a guy with a 32" waist.

3. There is no padding in the rear, where you actually sit as a sportbiker. With the slick nature of textile pants on leather, without padding or shaping you'll slide around. Seriously my hips were hurting after 10 minutes on this seat.

4. There is a ridge down the center of the seat. Remember the lawsuit from the owner of a BMW for the same issue? http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2012/04/man-sues-bmw-for-persistent-erection-after-bike-ride/1#.UjyU7YZJPcA

I contacted Corbin customer service and asked for a refund. Of course they have no return policy so the surly fellow on the phone named Sergio gave me an RMA. Fedex is supposed to pick up the box tomorrow and take it back to the factory. I included written and illustrated instructions on how to fix their seat.

At this rate I might have the seat I want by Christmas.