Wilsons Sandbox

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Keith Tyne wrote:

> Anyone have an idea as to which seat is wider, a Corbin KLR650 or a > Corbin DR650? In order to do any extended riding, I've learned I > need a wider rather than narrower seat. > > Same question as to the stock KLR 650 vs. DR 650, which is wider?

Having suffered through two four-hour stretches on the DR 650 seat, it felt like sitting on a freakin' knife blade. My stock KLR 650 seat feels like a plush sofa chair by comparison. I'm probably getting the "flat" Corbin seat for my KLR shortly, when my income tax refund check makes it into my bank account (sigh!), my stock seat is getting a bit battered (has a couple of holes in the vinyl that ain't getting smaller, I could patch them I suppose but this is an excuse to get a better seat . -E

> Anyone have an idea as to which seat is wider, a Corbin KLR650 or a > Corbin DR650? In order to do any extended riding, I've learned I > need a wider rather than narrower seat.

Keith, my Corbin flat is 13" at the middle. I have no idea what the other saddle measurements are, but sooner or later someone will come along who knows the DR size and you'll be all set! (Grin) Mark --------------------------------------- KLR650 Motorcycle Website: http://klr6500.tripod.com/

On Friday 30 April 2004 08:57, Mark wrote:

> Keith, my Corbin flat is 13" at the middle. I have no idea what the other > saddle measurements are, but sooner or later someone will come along who > knows the DR size and you'll be all set! (Grin)

The DR650 Corbin is 12" at the widest, tapering down to 8" just before the upturn at the tank.

In a message dated 2004-04-29 9:33:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time, bigfatgreenbike@... writes:

> Yeah, I like my WP shock too. Too f*&king bad I didn't abandon the > "cheaper" options a lot sooner, and just buy the WP shock right off the > bat. Between the Progressive 420, a spare stock shock, and assorted > springs, fluid, and other crap I easily spent what a WP shock costs. The > problem was I never was able to adequately communicate what sort of > riding I do to people I asked advice from, and so I never got advice > that really suited my situation. > > Someone told me, at the beginning, "just buy a really, really good shock > and don't waste your time" but I don't remember who it was. > > -- > Devon > Brooklyn, NY > >

Consider you got off cheap. I put a 'just as good as a GM crate' 350 in my auld pick-em-up truck. Two years and three warranty replacements later I put a real GM crate in her and it even wound up costing about $800 less than the just as good as POS Napa rebuilds. I might of got the KLR shock replacement right on the first try but I sure messed up on my truck engine, but I've discovered a Summit Racing outlet up on Sparks and my truck is feeling much better even if my wallet is much lighter. Pat G'ville, Nv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]