Corbin Sucks

I saw a set of their beetle bags a few weeks ago and was shocked when the guy told me what he paid for them. They looked and felt like cheap crap to me.
 
Obviously each seat is designed differently. The Solo seat for my R3T has a keyed release as opposed to the stock seat which is bolted on. A big plus for the Corbin.

As to the stitching and water retention, I live in Arizona, we get about 3 days of rain a year, so not an issue. Having owned Corbin seats in the past, I was aware of the potential for the seat to be a bit higher than stock. For me that's also a plus.

I've not owned any of their painted parts so I can't speak to the quality of those items. I've heard numerous complaints about Corbin's service over the years. I guess I've just been lucky in that the seats I've ordered have fit fine and had no quality issues, thus I haven't had a need to test the aftermarket support.

 
I saw a set of their beetle bags a few weeks ago and was shocked when the guy told me what he paid for them. They looked and felt like cheap crap to me.

They look good from afar is about as much praise I can give them. Its a shame, wouldn't take much to make them great.

Picture of the day they were installed and then one month later with bubble in paint. Corbin seat still not received at this point, it had only been 6 months since ordering.
 

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To be fair, I can't tell much from your pics except for possibly a bubble on the front of the right side bag. But, the lids on the ones I saw (on a Road Liner Midnight) didn't line up correctly. The latches were loose even though the hardware bolts were tight. The bags just screamed cheap crap. I've seen a few sets of these bags over the years and I don't ever recall looking at any of the past examples and thinking "what a POS" so maybe there's something to the new management theory.
 

Picture was more to demonstrate that they are pretty. You really do have to get up close and try them out for yourself to see what crap they are. When I get the new ones, maybe I'll bite the bullet and pay someone to put some extra clear coat on and find some better hardware and a way to make them more watertight.
 
Is this quality issue a recent development with the seats? I have the Young Guns fake aligator leather and love the thing. The stitching is tight and it's well made, It actually sits a little lower than stock and has a great high back that holds you in the saddle well. It was a little getting used to with the firmness of it, but they were right ... "firmer is better". The seat is much more comfy on the ars than the stock or gel seats, in fact I have a gel solo and pillion for sale.
I haven't tried any of their other products because they are WAY overpriced. $1500 for saddle bags??? come on now, they better have a tent and A/C in there for that kind of money. And their "alien" looking fly screen might be somewhat functional, but thats priced out of the ball park as well
 
They sure looked good new though,
so send em to me.
I'll take them cheesy POS off your hands.
They'll fit right in with the rest of my rat bike theme I've got going.
Take $100.00 apiece for em and shipping?
You might as well throw that crappy seat in the box too,
get rid of it and the hassle.