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| RosemontCrest... |
 Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 6:29 pm |
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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 |
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| Jeff Mayner... |
| Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:23 pm |
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"RosemontCrest" <rosemontcrest at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:5baee5ca-b7a6-46d6-a697-2335389f192b at (no spam) u38g2000pro.googlegroups.com...
Quote: 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.  |
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| RosemontCrest... |
| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:45 pm |
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On Aug 3, 2:47 pm, Outback Jon <team... at (no spam) ver.no.sp.am.izon.net> wrote:
Quote: RosemontCrest wrote:
worth the extra month and ~$200.
$200 for a custom seat? Sounds like a pretty good deal.
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."
Quote: 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.
Thanks for the links.
Brian |
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| RosemontCrest... |
| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:52 pm |
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On Aug 2, 9:29 pm, RosemontCrest <rosemontcr... at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:
Quote: Hi,
I'm looking for a replacement seat for a 2005 Honda ST1300.
Thanks for the input so far; keep it coming!
Brian |
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| Martin Walker... |
| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 7:01 pm |
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"RosemontCrest" wrote in message
Quote: 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'm one of the lucky ones that likes the stock ST1300 seat just fine, but
lots of people on http://www.st-owners.com/ have good things to say about
seat mods done by this guy: http://greatdaytoride.com/Home_Page.php
Stock seats show up on eBay often for cheap, so you could have one modified
and not lose any riding time. |
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