Are there aftermarket Seats for 2nd Generation VFR's

I have just recently joined the forum and have an 86 VFR 750 and was wondering.........

I see Corbin and Sargent seats ouyt the wazoo for the 90 and up bikes, but is there anything available for us stalwarts riding the "antiques"?

any info would be much appreciated.

Arnie

 

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You can always get custom saddles from one the Mayer brothers. Or you can have your seat refurbished with new foam and/or cover by Sargents.

 

Keep an eye on eBay...every once in a while one pops up.

 

I re-foamed the seat for mine myself.... its not that hard, and if the cover is in good shape you can reuse it. Mine turned out to be really comfortable, but not so much for bigger people (I used a lot less foam to lower the height).

 

arnie, what year bike do you have? I know Corbin did make a seat for my '87 700, but they are probably very hard to come by.

 

I would call corbin they are usually very nice about making a once discontinued seat. You may have to wait about 2-3 weeks but usually they will not give you a hard time.

 

I talked with Corbin earlier today. They'll do a on-off "ride-in" seat. You show up with bike and old seat, they replace the foam and cover, using the old seat pan.

I'm currently wondering how well they're navy leather will look on the RWB VFR (instead of the navy to royal stock seat).

~$300

 

i spoke with a guy at corbin and he said that they dont offer any seats any longer for the 86 or 87. but he called me back and said that he had spoke to a upostrey shop they use and he could supply the foam and supplys and corbin factory mesurements and spects and have the upostrey shop do the work in about two to three hours and they are north of oxnard,ca. for the same price of a new seat for a newer VFR ? this is what i am going to do ? if you want i will dig his last email up and post it ? PM me if this helps

 

I talked with them, and they said they can do it as a drive-in, just make an appt and show up on the bike and they'll make the seat on the spot, custom to the bike/seat.

The factory is up in Hollister, CA.

 

woody, this must be the same thing i was talking about it sounds the same

 

I think so.

The key difference from a normal seat from them is that they don't have a new seat-pan, but instead have to put it on your current seat pan.

 

would anyone down in that area be willing to get two seats made? I want a corbin, but keep missing out on the deals I find on CL and ebay by MINUTES.

I might just get chuck to make a one seat rear tail and keep it at that.

 

for the pre-1990 bikes, Corbin wants the bike+seat+rider at the factory to do it. From reading about others who've gone this route, it's clearly the route to go, as they'll custom-fit the seat to you and the bike on the spot.

Now I need to decide if the seat or new handlebars will give me the bigger improvement in comfort.

 

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Can't get a new seat anymore,

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Larry