Hot Ass or Cold Fart... Corbin ?

[CB Schmaltz]

I tried searching but didnt see any threads about heated vs non heated corbin seats.
I am getting one from my great girlfriend.
BUT I cannt figure which way to go.
I live up by Mt Hood in Oregon. Never notice my seat being cold.
Dont have heated grips, but have thought about them.
Just looking for some pro and con feed back, before corbin builds it.
aloha

[Bert]

I had a heated seat on my 2006 Goldwing and, frankly, it didn't do much for me, including the three days I rode in 25-35 degree temperatures on US395 & US97 three years ago. Heated grips were much much more important. So, when I rode down to Hollister from Portland a couple of weeks ago to have an seat installed I told Corbin to skip the heat. 


Love the seat, I did a couple of 170 mile non-stop legs on the way back, an impossibility on the stock seat.  By the way, it's worth doing the ride-in fitting if at all possible if you're north of 200 lbs, their 'standard' fit was a bit confining.

[Flathead]

If you do ride in colder temps and money isn't an issue then I would get it, old motto, better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

Love mine

[The Pope]

If you do ride in colder temps and money isn't an issue then I would get it, old motto, better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

Love mine

+1

[jimmymac]

Yep, love my heated seat too. It feels great on a crisp morning ride. I love my heated grips as well. Highly recommend both.

[galaxieman]

Baldwin saddle here, but heated front and rear, so I thought I should pipe in... totally worth it.  My wife and I have a significant disparity in 'personal temperature comfort level', and having the dual-level controls front and rear was a big help.  Of course by the time I turn the seat on at all, it's already colder outside than what she's comfortable riding in with the seat cranked... but it's nice to have the heat option for both.  Plus, on mornings where I leave the house and realize I probably should have worn something just a bit warmer... cranking up the seat and heated grips is really nice.  Also, the heated grips are nice when it rains unexpectedly and you don't have waterproof gloves on...

[PH14]

I ride mine all Winter in Pittsburgh and didn't get the heated seat. I'm sure it would be nice, but it isn't an issue. There are colder parts that would benefit more I'm sure. Any heat though adds to your comfort level when it's cold though so a heated seat can be very nice.

[Gumby]

I love my heated seat, don't use it often but it is well worth the money.

[ZG]

Yep, love my heated seat too. It feels great on a crisp morning ride. I love my heated grips as well. Highly recommend both.

+1...

[Stasch]

If it were me, I'ld take that money and put it towards a heated jacket liner instead.  They are wonderful to have and can be used on any bike. 

Before I had the jacket liner, I often felt the need for one and wished I had one. 

I have never felt the need for a seat heater - but maybe my butt is just well insulated.

[Pokey]

Alaska Leather sheep skin pad.

[wally_games]

I've got the Corbin, front is heated while the back is not. (Have enough trouble getting my wife on it at all and she's way too cold natured to ride when a heated seat might be necessary.)

Love my stock heated grips also. They come in very handy in all kinds of situations.

The Corbin heated seat is definitely nice on a cool/cold morning. My only gripe about the Corbin's heat is that it's either all the way on or all the way off. It REALLY needs variable control like the stock heated grips. Even on a cold morning, that seat will catch your butt on fire!

[OregonLAN]

Hey, I live in Sandy; we should go ridding sometime...

As for your question, unless you have the disposable income (like ZG), heated seats really aren't worth the extra expense. I had a heated Mustang seat on my last bike and I rarely used or appreciated it for the ~$500.00 extra it cost to have installed. Heated grips are a much better investment, but I would argue that heated gear trumps all when it comes to cold weather ridding.

[OregonLAN]

If it were me, I'ld take that money and put it towards a heated jacket liner instead.  They are wonderful to have and can be used on any bike. 

Before I had the jacket liner, I often felt the need for one and wished I had one. 

I have never felt the need for a seat heater - but maybe my butt is just well insulated.

I agree 100%. Buy a heated jacket and glove liners set first...

[Smokeyzx]

I have grips, seat, jacket liner and pants all heated and ride all year in NE Ohio. All of that seems like overkill until your passenger confiscates the jacket liner, at that point the heated seat is a priceless option. 

If money is not a problem, get the heated seat.
If you have to choose, get the jacket liner first.

The grips, seat and jacket keep me warm down to about 30 degrees. The pants are needed below 30 for a decent ride.

There is nothing like the looks you get when it's in the low 20's.

[PH14]

I have grips, seat, jacket liner and pants all heated and ride all year in NE Ohio. All of that seems like overkill until your passenger confiscates the jacket liner, at that point the heated seat is a priceless option. 

If money is not a problem, get the heated seat.
If you have to choose, get the jacket liner first.

The grips, seat and jacket keep me warm down to about 30 degrees. The pants are needed below 30 for a decent ride.

There is nothing like the looks you get when it's in the low 20's.

It's interesting how different people dress for different conditions. 30 degrees seems like nothing to me. I can ride with my Joe Rocket Atomic jacket with its liner and nothing but a regular shirt underneath until it hits about 25. That's for general around town errand running. I also use a pair of AGV Telluride pants. With just the rain liner it is comfortable for me in the 30's and slightly below. With the quilted liner and the rain liner I have yet to be uncomfortable into the teens. I doubt I would feel a heated seat through those pants with both liners. Once it gets colder I put a base layer on like an Under Armour shirt and another layer. Then I'm toasty.

I would agree that the best way to introduce heat into your body would be through a jacket liner or vest. I do want heated gloves at some point, I just keep putting off buying them. I have really wanted the ones with the battery as well as hard wired option but they are pricey with the batteries.

I never really thought it was getting cold until it dipped into the 20's. I guess I'm just used to it.

I often came out of places at night to this. A heated seat could knock the frost off quickly.

[Mal]

If it were me, I'ld take that money and put it towards a heated jacket liner instead.  They are wonderful to have and can be used on any bike. 

Before I had the jacket liner, I often felt the need for one and wished I had one. 

I have never felt the need for a seat heater - but maybe my butt is just well insulated.

+1

Far more bang for your buck... besides with as much heat as this bike puts out, aren't all of our seats heated? 

[Smokeyzx]

You're right PH.

I bought the Connie mid October of last year, bought the heated seat right away and got the jacket liner in late February. I did ride and was OK with just the seat and grips... That is until I rode with the jacket liner. All I can say is that it's like being wrapped up in a warm heated blanket while your riding. It's pretty awesome and I kick myself for waiting until the motorcycle show in Cleveland to buy it. You're not that far away, you can try it whenever you want.

Warning*** My friend tried it and had the Gerbing hard wired into his Victory Hammer in no time.

The seat is still nice. When it's 40s to 50 I still pop on the grips and seat. It just takes the edge off.

[Smokeyzx]

I often came out of places at night to this. A heated seat could knock the frost off quickly.

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Sadly, it wouldn't even be good as a defroster. My heated seat seems to take forever to warm up, but when it does! Hot as hell.

[ZG]

Hey, I live in Sandy; we should go ridding sometime...

As for your question, unless you have the disposable income (like ZG), heated seats really aren't worth the extra expense. I had a heated Mustang seat on my last bike and I rarely used or appreciated it for the ~$500.00 extra it cost to have installed. Heated grips are a much better investment, but I would argue that heated gear trumps all when it comes to cold weather ridding.

   I'm not sure if that was a jab or a compliment OL... 
 
Oh well, either way I vote yes for the heated seat, I never new how much I'd like it until I got it, kinda like heated grips, seemed to have a dozen bikes without heated grips until I got em for my VFR, now I have to have em...