Just won a kawasaki corbin on Ebay

Have just noticed Corbin's website no longer shows any Z1 seat (1973-1975).

oldkaws4ever wrote:

Thank you locozuna, luck i will need for sure. But im a poor boy i guess in the sense that i dont have the 400 and some odd bucks to drop on a new corbin, so i can really get creative when it comes to mounting.

Me either! Like I said I'm a cheapskate. I got this one for $40 about a year ago at this time. It had a cigarette burn right in the middle of the saddle. I have no idea how that happened but all it took was a $9 vinyl patch kit and you have to look REAL good to see the patch which is less than the size of a dime. I also won a set of hinges and rubbers about the same time so now I have the Corbin, the stock king/queen and a flat seat like a Z1 standard that I can interchange in seconds. Can't take credit for them all tho. Bro got the King/queen and straight seat and set ups before I got the Corbin.
Now is the time I usually get some deals on e-bay until New Years. I think everyone is busy with family stuff and traveling and don't pay attention to the auctions. No deals yet this year but I'm watchin'! Happy Holidays!

Yup this is the time of the year for deals on e-bay for sure. Hopefully i will find some more deals in the upcomming days.

Old Man Rock wrote:

It looks identical to the ebay seat other than leather colors...

Ninja 900 seems to be the winner!

The seat looks a little different at the tank to me. One is more round and has a different slant at the rear. Just my opinion:unsure:

Locozuna wrote:

Here's a pic of my Corbin Gunfighter on my 76'900 ltd. It has the peanut tank and fits great. Yours sure looks like it's for the deep tank models where it hugs the tank. The bottom looks nothing like mine either. Can't see the hinge or rubber stops positions. Looks like you are in for some fabbing. But the seats are great. GLuck!

Hopefully it will hug the bottom of the big Z1 tank nice.

Patton wrote:

Have just noticed Corbin's website no longer shows any Z1 seat (1973-1975).

It's weird, but if you click the 76-80 link, it shows 73-80. Not sure why, but I think they fit all 73-80 900 and 1000 A models except 79 and 80 A models.

Here's the page:

www.corbin.com/kawasaki/73kz.shtml

Wonder if you could have take the Corbin Cover and pad off that pan and put it on the pan thats on your Bike now?

Hmmmmmmmmm, not a bad idea. I think i can modify the pan to get it to fit my bike.

well i got the seat today, and it will take some work to make it fit but i think i can make it work. I will try and take a few pics of it on the bike tommorow so maby somebody can chime in on how to make it work.

Here it is mounted on the bike, the is a pretty big gap in the back, so i will have to cut the pan and refiberglass the pan so it will clear the rear fender mount and sit flush on the frame. Thank god im not planning on taking riders on this..........well maby if she is really cute i will.....lol:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :blush: Here is a pic of it on the bike temporarly.

You should try removing the cover and skin and try to put it on the kz pan. Just to see if it may be less work,
. In the pic it looks like it would be easy?? I did that with my zrx11 seat to kz pan conversion.

Well i decided to get dirty today and modify the unknown corbin seat. So i broke out my grinder and went to town, what a mess i made, i was covered in fiberglass dust. Anyway i just rough cut the back half of the pan to clear the rear fender mount, since it was so cold i didnt see if it actuall clears the rear fender mount but i think i will be ok there. Now i have to make the foam flat ( any ideas on how to acomplish that)? Then im going to re-fiberglass the area i cut up. So here are some rough pics of the seat.