BobWitte
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I have decided to replace my expensive custom Corbin low profile seat. I'm likely going with an even more expensive Russell Day-Long conversion of the OEM seat pan I just bought via eBay. It kinda breaks my heart to lose my nicely matched snake skin seat. It goes so great with my blue metal flake paint. I'm quite satisfied with how my part of the seat has "broken in" with the 1200+ miles I've done since the initial install in Sept 2016.
Just the other day, I had a long talk with my wife Karen about why she won't ride with me on the CTX. She says, that it boils down to the almost immediate discomfort she feels on the back seat. This was true of my first Corbin (the high profile) as well as the current low profile. Oddly, it was not evident on my last trike, the 1982 Honda Silver Wing (GL500i). And I now know why. It is apparent to me that our favorite of the two seats I had for that ride turns out to be a Russell Day-Long. I didn't know it at the time, but the Velour inserts and the stitching pattern used on the seat confirmed that it was an early Day-Long seat. I got it off ebay as a Gold Wing 1100 seat and adapted it to the Silver Wing. Karen & I both loved it.
I talked to Russell's today and production can't be sooner than the end of May. I'm awaiting a call back from Seth Laam to get their production schedule and will decide from there. Even though more expensive, I'm hoping Russell wins out on the schedule race -- I really like the idea of a fabric seat material.
Okay, enough FaceBook "selfie" style blathering, here's my question for the few of you that might have either a Day-Long or Laam seat job on your ride(s), did you have the passenger seat "re-done" for comfort and were your expectations met in doing so? Of course, I've read every post there is on these seats, but almost all the reviews are on the rider's comfort, not the passenger's. It is far more important for my wife to be comfy than it is for me to be so. Your input evaluating the passenger's seat will be greatly appreciated!!
Just the other day, I had a long talk with my wife Karen about why she won't ride with me on the CTX. She says, that it boils down to the almost immediate discomfort she feels on the back seat. This was true of my first Corbin (the high profile) as well as the current low profile. Oddly, it was not evident on my last trike, the 1982 Honda Silver Wing (GL500i). And I now know why. It is apparent to me that our favorite of the two seats I had for that ride turns out to be a Russell Day-Long. I didn't know it at the time, but the Velour inserts and the stitching pattern used on the seat confirmed that it was an early Day-Long seat. I got it off ebay as a Gold Wing 1100 seat and adapted it to the Silver Wing. Karen & I both loved it.
I talked to Russell's today and production can't be sooner than the end of May. I'm awaiting a call back from Seth Laam to get their production schedule and will decide from there. Even though more expensive, I'm hoping Russell wins out on the schedule race -- I really like the idea of a fabric seat material.
Okay, enough FaceBook "selfie" style blathering, here's my question for the few of you that might have either a Day-Long or Laam seat job on your ride(s), did you have the passenger seat "re-done" for comfort and were your expectations met in doing so? Of course, I've read every post there is on these seats, but almost all the reviews are on the rider's comfort, not the passenger's. It is far more important for my wife to be comfy than it is for me to be so. Your input evaluating the passenger's seat will be greatly appreciated!!