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Old 09-14-05, 04:30 PM
benVFR benVFR is offline
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Gixer Gel Seat -don't bother


I have a used Corbin I bought for the VFR...

Try before you buy... Corbins leather finish is next to useless if you wear Cordura pants. It is like sitting on ice, you cannot stay in place under hard acceleration & braking.

They had NO idea WTF I was talking about when I called and asked if there was anything I could do to make the seat more grippy. "Wow is your bike really fast?" I'm talking like 1/2 throttle acceleration in any gear and I'd slide all the way to the back of the seat unless I was pressing my legs against the tank really hard. It made it quite hard to hang off, etc.. and I can only imagine how nasty it would be on a really fast bike.

The SV Gel seat I tried was just like the GSXR seat... it would also get really really hot in the sun, especially after it had absorbed some water.
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