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??? For those who have added the Elka Shocks and Custom Seats
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Fonz
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Elkas, love the ride, and they make a big difference
KCPete
New member
Seat & shocks
I've done both (Corbin seat and Elkas) and I think the order would depend on how you're ryding the most. I got the seat first, and followed up with the Elkas a couple weeks before Spyderfest last April. I was actually commuting 110 miles one way to a job for a couple months, and the heated seat was great on a few 25 degree mornings!!:yikes: My commute was all interstate, and after I got the Elkas, I couldn't believe the difference in stability and handling...especially when getting buffeted behind a semi at 80 mph.
So, IMHO, if you do a lot of twisties more than highway, get the shocks and invest in a butt pad (AlaskaLeather.com) until you can swing the seat....if comfort is more important, and 'performance' handling can wait...set your factory shocks up to 5 and order the seat! Even with the Corbin, we picked up the butt pads from Alaskan Leather, just to give some extra ventilation if nothing else...and we love 'em!
Good Luck!
Pete
I've done both (Corbin seat and Elkas) and I think the order would depend on how you're ryding the most. I got the seat first, and followed up with the Elkas a couple weeks before Spyderfest last April. I was actually commuting 110 miles one way to a job for a couple months, and the heated seat was great on a few 25 degree mornings!!:yikes: My commute was all interstate, and after I got the Elkas, I couldn't believe the difference in stability and handling...especially when getting buffeted behind a semi at 80 mph.
So, IMHO, if you do a lot of twisties more than highway, get the shocks and invest in a butt pad (AlaskaLeather.com) until you can swing the seat....if comfort is more important, and 'performance' handling can wait...set your factory shocks up to 5 and order the seat! Even with the Corbin, we picked up the butt pads from Alaskan Leather, just to give some extra ventilation if nothing else...and we love 'em!
Good Luck!
Pete
Ride Master
New member
Get the seat
If your Huevos Hurt, Get the seat and adjust your factory shocks to #5...........they are set at #3 from the factory....setting is adjustable from 1 to 5
This will help a lot until you can order the elka's. In the meantime you can start breaking in your seat. Sorry elka, it's a no brainer when the Huevos are concerned.
If your Huevos are ok...Get the elka's your twisties were never so fun.
Ride Master
If your Huevos Hurt, Get the seat and adjust your factory shocks to #5...........they are set at #3 from the factory....setting is adjustable from 1 to 5
This will help a lot until you can order the elka's. In the meantime you can start breaking in your seat. Sorry elka, it's a no brainer when the Huevos are concerned.
If your Huevos are ok...Get the elka's your twisties were never so fun.
Ride Master
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murphybrown
New member
Corbin first...then Elkas
Corbin...butt didn't hurt but got dang tired of having to unload my dry bag to fuel up with stock seat when traveling long distances....several months later at Spyderfest got the Elkas. Absolutely love both...:yes:
Corbin...butt didn't hurt but got dang tired of having to unload my dry bag to fuel up with stock seat when traveling long distances....several months later at Spyderfest got the Elkas. Absolutely love both...:yes:
Thanks all for your replies, just to provide some additional info as I think about what you replied. The Huevos/Butt can get sore but I am a little use to that from years of riding although it gets harder with age. Thank goodness no kids in my future.
The instability of steering at 65+ is a little unsettling. At times can be a lot unsettling and the mind wants to slow it way down because of trust. We are windy here in NC so add speed, wind, 18 wheelers and twisty at 70 can be a lil scary. I had my shocks set to 4 the min I bought the bike cause of this forum and it made a difference on curvy roads but thinking it may not be enough for highway. With all that said, What would you do?
Thanks for all your great help
Joe
The instability of steering at 65+ is a little unsettling. At times can be a lot unsettling and the mind wants to slow it way down because of trust. We are windy here in NC so add speed, wind, 18 wheelers and twisty at 70 can be a lil scary. I had my shocks set to 4 the min I bought the bike cause of this forum and it made a difference on curvy roads but thinking it may not be enough for highway. With all that said, What would you do?
Thanks for all your great help
Joe
soaring hawk
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Elkas
Elkas, a no brainier safety and a great handling bike before comfort!:cheers:
Elkas, a no brainier safety and a great handling bike before comfort!:cheers:
SteveMac
MOgang Member & Monster Member,
Elkas. Especially if you have unsettling feeling at 65+ mph as you described. See sponsor http://www.spyderelkadirect.com
bo9roadking
New member
I have the Kontour Seat and Elkas. I love both, but I'd go with the Elkas first. You can always make temporary adjustments with your seat situation through periodic stops to stretch the legs or purchase some beads, a cushion, or a sheepskin cover to make due for a while.
It is hard to "fix" the uneasy feeling you get when you take a corner hard and the spyder feels like it is wallowing through or you get passed by an 18 wheeler or hit with a gust of wind and the spyder feels like it is not going to hold the line even with the shocks at their highest setting.
It is hard to "fix" the uneasy feeling you get when you take a corner hard and the spyder feels like it is wallowing through or you get passed by an 18 wheeler or hit with a gust of wind and the spyder feels like it is not going to hold the line even with the shocks at their highest setting.
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bluestratos
New member
What year is your ride? If it is 2011 or newer you will not see that dramatic of improvement from the Elkas (basic model). Now that I have had the Elkas for a while I have to say I am actually disapointed in them a bit. Hopefully a performance sway bar will come out by Baja Ron soon, that will make the real deference in corning I am looking for.
Bob Denman
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Arr MiHardies
New member
Id have to disagree. Went from stock shocks on my 11 to Elkas. World of difference. Maybe not as huge as it would have been from the crummy shocks on the '10, but still a big difference in handling.
Littlebadwolf
New member
Hands down Elkas...After driving in the Adirondacks after having them installed there and then over 800 miles home....absolutely no question...It was a pleasure flying past the semi's without the buffering.
Dragonrider
New member
I have Works shocks, saved enough over the Elkas to buy the driver backrest for my Corbin seat.
currin20fan
GOS member (Girls On Spyders)
Elka's/Corbin
I have the 2011 limited. I went with the Elka's first after much reading and talking. Since I am in the flat lands, it made a huge difference in the handling and on the interstates. I was beginning to think I had made a big mistake buying the spyder until I put the Elka's on. In the mean time, I borrowed an Airhawk from a friend. Then a few months later and a couple conversations with Lamont, I bought the Corbin with colored stitching and the Lamonster Cut. Now, I ride on comfort and not scared of that interstate. Life is good! Oh, and I still use an Airhawk on long trips. Keeps me dry..
I have the 2011 limited. I went with the Elka's first after much reading and talking. Since I am in the flat lands, it made a huge difference in the handling and on the interstates. I was beginning to think I had made a big mistake buying the spyder until I put the Elka's on. In the mean time, I borrowed an Airhawk from a friend. Then a few months later and a couple conversations with Lamont, I bought the Corbin with colored stitching and the Lamonster Cut. Now, I ride on comfort and not scared of that interstate. Life is good! Oh, and I still use an Airhawk on long trips. Keeps me dry..
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