CORBIN touring seat for roadster

[Paul Jacobs]

Paul this is the way I used a Standard seat pin so my seat still works as it did original, this setup works just fine, I have the Corbin bracket which you can have for cost of postage if you decide to go ahead but I will tell they do not line up properly and are a waste of time

Hi Henzo

Was that bracket on your original seat or did you manufacture it?

 

[HansO]

made it myself, made a cardboard template to get approximate size then cut it out of 3mm Stainless Steel plate but you could use any 3mm reasonably stiff steel or alloy I just happen to have some S/Steel from another project and bent it to suit the contours and bends, used a bit of bluetac to locate the catch-pin which I insert in the receiver then put seat in place released the seat via the key and the drew the out line. I got the seat pin out my stock seat, also I made the bolt holes a little oversize to allow for adjustment and the catch pin is riveted to plate I found I need to dig a little out the seat pan with dremel where the rivets came thru the plate

 

[Paul Jacobs]

Thanks

made it myself, made a cardboard template to get approximate size then cut it out of 3mm Stainless Steel plate but you could use any 3mm reasonably stiff steel or alloy I just happen to have some S/Steel from another project and bent it to suit the contours and bends, used a bit of bluetac to locate the catch-pin which I insert in the receiver then put seat in place released the seat via the key and the drew the out line. I got the seat pin out my stock seat, also I made the bolt holes a little oversize to allow for adjustment and the catch pin is riveted to plate I found I need to dig a little out the seat pan with dremel where the rivets came thru the plate

Thanks for all that information I'll get right in to it this weekend

 

[cr0ft]

I wonder why they won't sell you a bracket. Seems like a silly policy to me to be a *****to second-hand owners. It makes non-owners more likely to think they're dicks and never become owners at all or do business with them...

 

[HansO]

Thanks

Thanks for all that information I'll get right in to it this weekend

Shame You live up in Cyclone country, if I lived a little closer I could come over or vice versa (I have All the tools needed) and help by making a template of mine and use my plasma cutter to get rough outline cut, the only change I made since that photo is to trim a bit more off the sections where the bolts go thru to better clear the rear mudguard and due to the electrical connectors (you can see in picture) for the heated seat function rubbing on the same guard I have some Neoprene stuck down under there

 

[Paul Jacobs]

Hi Croft, I agree, whilst I think most on this sight would agree Corbin make a great product I percieve there customer service to be arrogant. Gone are the days when you piss off a potential customer they will tell five of there friends, now this post will go before thousands, potentially. This attitude must eminate from the top of the business and will be the cause of there eventual downfall. I saw a similar state of arrogance at Kodak in the eighties, get a copycat business with good customer service and they will be dead in the water, and I for one will not be sorry.

 

[Paul Jacobs]

Hi Henzo, a bit slack not willing to ride a mere 1200k's to help me out with this! I will be out there with my Weetbix box to make a template then using my plasma cutter, heavly descised as a junior hacksaw.I will make my bracket Blue Peter style with the help of sticky back plastic.(ask a Pom).
I'd like to thank you all for your help with this project, I will post my effort if not too embarrassing.

 

[Paul Jacobs]

Hi Henzo, a bit slack not willing to ride a mere 1200k's to help me out with this! I will be out there with my Weetbix box to make a template then using my plasma cutter, heavly descised as a junior hacksaw.I will make my bracket Blue Peter style with the help of sticky back plastic.(ask a Pom).
I'd like to thank you all for your help with this project, I will post my effort if not too embarrassing. I did it with a new spigot and washer from Triumph $20 used Blu Tack on the base if the pin worked a treat with a small 2mm rubber gasket under the spigot base. Thanks for the help will be testing tomorrow

 

[1olbull]

Hi Croft, I agree, whilst I think most on this sight would agree Corbin make a great product I percieve there customer service to be arrogant. Gone are the days when you piss off a potential customer they will tell five of there friends, now this post will go before thousands, potentially. This attitude must eminate from the top of the business and will be the cause of there eventual downfall. I saw a similar state of arrogance at Kodak in the eighties, get a copycat business with good customer service and they will be dead in the water, and I for one will not be sorry.

Were I you, I'd write a letter to Mike Corbin.
He's a good guy and I'd bet this crap would be ironed out post haste!

 

[Super D.]

Guys, buy a stock seat pin with rubber washer. Install the pin in the lock, now put o piece of glazing compound( or other sticky clay) on top of the installed pin. Put the seat in place, sit on the seat. Your new pin is now stuck to the seat pan. Put key in the seat lock and turn, carefully remove seat, if you are lucky all the clay has squeezed out. Mark where the mounting holes are,drill and install pin to seat pan using Pop rivets and u are done. You may find that all the clay has flattens, in which case you will need a shim of that thickness, between the pin and pan. The seat pan actually has a perch where the pin will go, like it was made to use the stock pin, but Corbin in all their wisdom decided to use the most butt ugly method, imho. My bracket was black . I can't even imagine how a yellow bracket would look.

Thank you sir for the tip! I used 2 sided tape folded over three times. Then I cut out a spacer that was the same size, and riveted together. It works like a champ!