So I found a deal on a left over 2014 C14, cut the check and took her home. Went on a 100 mile ride and thought I made a HUGE mistake (not one Im willing to admit to my wife!).
I could barely move after. The stock seat, in my opinion, is the worst Ive ever sat on (soft foam bottoming out on the pan and forward cant) The noise/buffeting from the stock windshield is horrible. Amazingly, if I crouched down about 1.5"....silence, like I have never experienced on a motorcycle. You could have a conversation wearing full face helmets in that zone?!?
Seat was sent out the next day to Spencers. V stream windshield and HeliBar risers installed. I wont have the seat back for another week to see if it all makes a difference.
I really want a his bike to fit, has always been on my radar and have heard great things.
If anyone in the Chicagoland area has a seat sitting on a shelf I could borrow for a week, I would greatly appreciate it :-)
MichaelMichaelMotorcycle
when I purchased my C14, having 2 C10's in my garage, both with Corbin seats on them, and having never ridden or sat on a C14 (7-7-07)
I talked briefly with the sales guy, and explained I wanted to sit on it for a half hour... come back and tell me when a half hour elapses... I handed him my cell phone, which I set to alarm in a half hour, he smiled at me and said, no problem....
its interesting to think about, but man, when you are spending $14k, you better be aware.
during the 30 minutes, I busied myself with reaching controls, studying the feel, ergo, and operational do dads, and tried different seating and reaching functions.. I admit, sitting still on that bike, for a half hour.... without placing my feet on the floor or changing from "operator position" was a challenge, and did produce a sense of "this isn't perfectly comfortable... (I'll return to this in a moment)... but when he walked back and said, "sorry, I ran over on the time because I was on a call", and asked if it was all cool... I said let's write this up, gimme a card I can write "sold... do not touch" on, and a piece of tape...
he did, and I signed and said I'll see ya on Monday...
I did a 1100 mile round trip in 24 hours to my credit union to pick up a check for this bike, on my C10, and picked it up, and never changed a thing ergo wise to the C14...to this day.
I admit, the seat kinda sucks, my azz gets sore, but I have logged many 500-700 milendays on it, many with my wife asleep behind me..
yeah, I may make a change to my seat, but I can't pay someone else to make a seat for my butt, its gotta be a trial and ride thing, and I ain't gonna do $2k in various trials, to find one that I like. ( some folks here have easily spent that much searching to find one acceptable...)
my C10's I got lucky on, I found the C10 configuration from Corbin, perfect for me, and if it had not been for those, I never would have logged the miles I have. saying this, I don't see the Corbin C14 seat being idealnyet, as it is not in anyway similar to the C10 seats fitment and pressure points... time will tell, I wouldn't buy a seat I didn't try... and being a COG owner, and member, I can always pry a seat from someone for a "day test" at a rally...
best of luck on getting the bike to fit you, a lot has to do with you learning to fit yourself to the bike also...and 100 miles on a new bike is like wearing a pair of shoes in the store for 4 minutes. Trying a pair of pants on, and finding them tight, but thinking I'll buy em, is about the same.
ridensafe,