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I picked the regular "Mercedes leather" type of seat at he top with Vinyl sides. I spoke with their customer rep on the phone and he recommended no welts, leather up top and vinyl on the sides for longevity. I recommend placing the order and asking them to call you before they finalize the order. The guys at Corbin were helpful. Good luck.

It is a full replacement of the stock seat. Easy to take off and put on. The only difference is the cushion which makes for a higher seating position.

Let me know how you like it. Probably going to get the Corbin myself. Ok, a few months later Here is why I went Corbon: The Sargent seat was excellent with great reviews, but it needed a ton of upfront measurements. It needed me to send my seat in and with all the shipping costs, it was pretty much to same cost as getting a Corbin. The Corbin seat is an independent seat. This means I take the Corbin seat off the bike and keep it inside the house to protect it from the elements. I keep the stock seat on the bike at all times except when I go for long rides. The seat is just amazing for long rides. The only gripe I have is that it raises my body 1.5 inches which changes the dynamic of how I grab the handle bars. I guess that is to be expected with all that cushioning beneath my butt. Recommendation, I do recommend the Corbin seat. It cost me exactly $498 and was delivered to my door 2 weeks after placing the order. below is a picture of the corbin seat on the bike. http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.php/gallery/image/63118-2013-02-16-645/ the 2012 seat does fit on the 2010 bike. I did fit checks at the Honda dealership last year.

Good luck sir. I hope that you are successful.

Thank you for the data. Ever considered putting on a BT-016 on the front with the 23 rear? It's been a while since I've done the mix and match thing but it seemed to work great 10 years ago when I was doing it. With the stickier front (I ride aggressive as well, don't commute, and rarely slab) I found the f/r wore evenly together. I've never tried that mixing and matching. I am new to the VFR world and my bike is only 18months old. However, thus far the BT23 GT is doing great and the wear is even with approx 40% of the mileage with a passenger + bags. I cannot complain except when the cops catch me on the twisties!

Not to discourage you from the PRs. I am just giving you another data point. I did a little comparison between the PR2s and 3s vs the Battlax021 and 023. The bike came with 021 and I got about 7K out of them with medium aggressiveness. I spoke with the Bridgestone rep and he recommended the 023GT spec for my bike (since the 7gen is about 600lbs). Sometimes I take my better half out for rides and tend to get a little aggressive. So far, I have 5K on them and they are great with more aggressive riding style. To me, Bridgestone cost significantly less and are doing phenomenal. I think I might get about 10K out of them.

Good luck man. I hope Honda does come through and provides at least some type of concessions.

So, yesterday I broke down and decided to order a Corbin Seat. I called them and pulled the trigger. The Gel Pad is a good idea, but, it did get hard after a long time of riding and I was back to square 1. So, new seat replacement. I was going to get Sargent and I think they make a great seat. However, I did not want to have my bike down for 3 weeks while they work on it. Also, a new replacement Seat from Corbin would cost almost the same as a rebuilt seat from Sargent when you add all the shipping and down time.

I tried a couple of things. First, I got the Sheep Skin from the Alaska Sheep Skin company. This gave me an extra 100 miles and cost $50. My wishes came true when I bought the PRO PAD Gel Pad: http://www.thepropad.com/Fabric-Seat-Pads-Prodlist.html The PRO PAD was not cheap. It cost $100 and fits perfectly when conducting aggressive maneuvers. I got the Large. Good Luck.