Lamonster
SpyderLovers Founder
Seats are one of those things that are very personal. I've had stock seats that fit me fine and I've had seats I changed out just for the look and I hated riding on them. I've known Mike Corbin for a few years now and through the years have had many of his products. One of the first mods on my RS was a seat, trunk and bags from Corbin. They really give the Spyder a cool look and I love the storage of the bags.
When I got my first RT I saw Mike at his store in Daytona and he said I should stop by the factory and try out one of his new seats for the RT. He just had the pans made and I would have one of the first Corbin RT seats that had been made. The only problem was his factory was in Hollister CA and I would have to ride out there to have it custom fitted to my needs. That wasn't really a problem seeing I was looking for a good ride anyway and that trip would turn out to be just over 9,000 miles.
I was able to ride a bit on the stock Corbin before they put the cover on and that's when I had them dish out the seat like I did on my RS. It was more like a tractor seat and really held you in place. That mod has since been called "The Lamonster Cut" and I think he has sold more RT seats with the "Lamonster Cut" than he has the stock cut. You can read all about that here.
http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?18780-My-visit-to-Corbin-for-a-RT-saddle
To make this RTW perfect it was going to have to have another Corbin seat on it. I spend a lot of long days in the saddle and with the Corbin I can do 700-1000 mile days with no butt issues, to me this is a must for touring and I really like the custom look it gives the RT.
I was pretty much done with my mods and on day 13 my seat showed up. It was a little late so I decided to tackle it the next day.
Now I'm not one for reading instructions much so I just started taking off what I knew had to come off. I'm not saying this is how you should do it but it's how I did it.
First thing I removed was the stock backrest. There are three bolts in the trunk that hold it on. There is a top cap on the backrest that needs to be removed too.
You're going to want to remove the ram that holds the seat up before doing the next step. There are two bolts at the rear of the seat that need to be remove. You want to make sure you don't drop the nuts or the sleeve in the black hole when removing the seat.
Then you want to remove the switch for the passenger sensor.
Now you're ready to bolt on the new Corbin.
The first thing I do is remove the locking pin. I see no reason to have it there seeing you have a unlocked fuel door now and getting that pin to line up and work right can give you unnecessary fits.
Next you want to put the passenger switch back in and bolt up the seat and backrest. You won't be reusing the ram on this seat. There's not much to the install but the look and feel of the seat is great. The fuel door and driver back rest are a big plus too. :doorag:
When I got my first RT I saw Mike at his store in Daytona and he said I should stop by the factory and try out one of his new seats for the RT. He just had the pans made and I would have one of the first Corbin RT seats that had been made. The only problem was his factory was in Hollister CA and I would have to ride out there to have it custom fitted to my needs. That wasn't really a problem seeing I was looking for a good ride anyway and that trip would turn out to be just over 9,000 miles.
I was able to ride a bit on the stock Corbin before they put the cover on and that's when I had them dish out the seat like I did on my RS. It was more like a tractor seat and really held you in place. That mod has since been called "The Lamonster Cut" and I think he has sold more RT seats with the "Lamonster Cut" than he has the stock cut. You can read all about that here.
http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?18780-My-visit-to-Corbin-for-a-RT-saddle
To make this RTW perfect it was going to have to have another Corbin seat on it. I spend a lot of long days in the saddle and with the Corbin I can do 700-1000 mile days with no butt issues, to me this is a must for touring and I really like the custom look it gives the RT.
I was pretty much done with my mods and on day 13 my seat showed up. It was a little late so I decided to tackle it the next day.
Now I'm not one for reading instructions much so I just started taking off what I knew had to come off. I'm not saying this is how you should do it but it's how I did it.
First thing I removed was the stock backrest. There are three bolts in the trunk that hold it on. There is a top cap on the backrest that needs to be removed too.
You're going to want to remove the ram that holds the seat up before doing the next step. There are two bolts at the rear of the seat that need to be remove. You want to make sure you don't drop the nuts or the sleeve in the black hole when removing the seat.
Then you want to remove the switch for the passenger sensor.
Now you're ready to bolt on the new Corbin.
The first thing I do is remove the locking pin. I see no reason to have it there seeing you have a unlocked fuel door now and getting that pin to line up and work right can give you unnecessary fits.
Next you want to put the passenger switch back in and bolt up the seat and backrest. You won't be reusing the ram on this seat. There's not much to the install but the look and feel of the seat is great. The fuel door and driver back rest are a big plus too. :doorag:
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