New seat for 2005 ST1300

 Hi,

I'm looking for a replacement seat for a 2005 Honda ST1300. I have
experienced Corbin seats and a custom seat that took about 4 weeks to
complete. I've also seen ads for Sargent seats, but I have no
experience with them. It appears to me that Mustang does not make a
seat for this model.

Are there any other manufactures that I should consider? Does anyone
have a preference for one over the other and if so, why? I'm not too
keen on relinquishing my seat for ~4 weeks to have a custom seat made,
but I do intend to keep this bike for several years, so it may be
worth the extra month and ~$200.

If it matters, I'm 6'0" and 160-170 lbs.

Thanks,

Brian, in Washington
1983 Yamaha 750 Virago
2005 Honda ST1300

 
I went with a Corbin on mine and would do it again. I think that the
Sergeant is comparable, some say better. I don't think you can go wrong with
either. The Corbin is viewed as being "harder" but that's been fine with me.
I can ride for what seems forever and not get fatigued because of the seat.
Other factors, yeah. Not the seat.   ;-)

 

Agree.  I've had two each Corbins and Sargents on BMWs.  Both were good, the
Sargent maybe a tad better.

 RosemontCrest wrote:

$200 for a custom seat?  Sounds like a pretty good deal.

I've heard very good things about Russell Day-Long seats.  Plan to get
one made for my Concours for my sport-TOURING time.  www.day-long.com
But you're looking at a *minimum* of $470 for one of those.

http://greatdaytoride.com/Home_Page.php   This guy will re-shape (and, if
you like add a gel pad) for very reasonable prices.  I plan to do this
to my spare Concours seat for when I'm doing more SPORT-touring.

--
"Outback" Jon  -  KC2BNE
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2006 ZG1000A Concours "Blueline" COG# 7385 CDA# 0157

 
Perhaps I could have written that better. The Corbin and Sargent seats
are about $600; the custom seat is about $800 and I would be seatless
for about 4 weeks. So, that's what I meant by "extra month AND ~$200."


Thanks for the links.

Brian