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Posted by Croosh on April 20, 2008, 10:06 pm
> wrote:
>
> Have you been to the Corbin website? They make arguably the best
> replacement seats in the business. You might get some ideas from
> there. Vinyl wouldn't be good imho, it would crack from sun exposure.
> Corbin uses some leather and leather-like materials which don't crack
> or fade, and are waterproof to boot.
>
>
>
> >Hello,
> >I am in process of redoing my Shadow Spirit 750 seat. The stock one is
> >VERY uncomfortable.
> >I decided to try a DIY approach first, since the seat is a gonner any
> >way.
> >I am going to raise it up about an 1" or so and use firm rebond foam
> >to make the seat firmer/more supportive, with soft foam and then
> >neoprene on top.
> >The questions I have are:
> >1) Are the viscoellastic polymer gel pads (ProPad etc) worth the hype?
> >(One for my sear would set me $70-80 back)
> >2) Is leather better for the seat (compared to vinyl)?
>
> >Thanks in advance
> >Yuriy- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
John,
I have, and Corbin (or Mustang) is my plan "B", in case the DIY
approach fails.
I like Corbin better, but I have read somewhere that the model for my
bike will move me forward about 1", and that's exactly oppisite to
what I'm trying to achieve. Mustang (I had a chance to try their
"regal" model) is much softer, but I'm not sure that soft =3D more
comfy.
The reason I decided to do the foam work myself is to move my position
little to the back (I'm 5' 11", so Shadow is little bit too short for
my legs...) Plus, having a chance to shape the seat to my "posterior"/
sitting position, I should be able to get a more comfortable seat.
In addition, I was going to install a gel pad (not available from
either Corbin or Mustnag, AFAIK), but wasn't sure if they are really
as good as the manufacturers want you to believe...
Thank you
Yuriy
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