Corbin Seats is well-known for producing custom motorcycle seats and accessories. Its manufacturing facilities is located in the Hollister Business Park across from the Hollister Municipal Airport. According to the Corbin Web site, it employs 100 craftspeople to handcraft a variety of products, including saddles, saddlebags, backrests, fairings and body components for street bikes, off-road bikes, and scooters. For more about the company, check out its
Web site.
This year, Corbin will hold its 4th Annual Rider Appreciation Day during the 2013 Hollister Motorcycle Rally on July 5 and 6, which will be the first biker rally sanctioned by the City of Hollister since 2009. For schedule information about Corbin's Appreciation Day, go to this
link. For information about the 2013 rally, check out this
link.
Back in the late 1990s, Mike Corbin, the company owner, invented a cute little electric car called the Sparrow, Only a few hundred were built because of the lack of technology and other problems. Today, Corbin is producing a newer version of the Sparrow. Here's a neat story about it:
Sparrow 2: The Redemption of an EV Pioneer by Jim Merithew.