There are some great tutorials on YouTube on different stitch types and how to do them. This foam will curl under the seat and be covered by the leather upholstery. Don't be afraid to toss a botched attempt, you'll only get better. This is the extended line that touches where the seat's hump slopes upward. Keeping a close eye on the seat cover's condition is the best way to prevent this from happening.
I was going to do a tutorial, but havent got around to doing it. Some of what you'll need Leather, Get good shit, don't cheap out here or whats the point right. Keep the rubber side down! Reattach the seat cover using a heavy-duty staple gun. Although the most expensive type of seat pad, these offer plenty of comfort and durable construction. The only thing is removing the seat cover and stapeling again. I used some sandpaper to roughen up the surface of the lower pan to give the contact something to grab on to. Since I was patching anyway, I made it as wide as the scrap material permitted, thus reinforcing the weakened area that tends to take the most wear on this type of seat.
In some cases, a motorcycle seat may be composed entirely from closed-cell foam. Various companies sell kits which enable you to mix colors for vinyl and leather repairs. A special gas is used to expand the foam during manufacturing, which is sealed within each cell as the foam cures. Once I got all of the pieces made up to form the frame I taped them in place. Lay out your pan and cover it with foam.
Rivet the leather into the steel seat base. I was curious as to the best water proofing out there. It was not nearly that wide, though heavily worn. What we do is remove the cover off of the seat and re-shape the foam to be more comfortable. With the seat mounted up, I decided to move the seat back. Positioning a patch that has to edge snugly up against a seam can be difficult because it will tend to slide around once glue is applied and because the pressure plate generally obscures vision.
It will usually be necessary to color the repaired area to get it to match the seat color. That should prevent further damage. Here's a link to my album, you'll have to kinda sort through them to make sense of them, but It'll at least help a bit to see how it's done, or how I do it anyway. The new seat and the bars I plan to build should get the riding position more how I want. When looking to glue pieces of foam together, there are a few tricks of the trade you need to know.
The cat has torn the vinyl of my husband's exercise bench. The cat just got her claw in and then drew it out. Kits are available with everything necessary to do the job. Trim off excess leather after you finish riveting. Then cut enough leather to cover the bottom of the pan. A lot of people fall into the trap of the online café racer seat, made specifically for your bike. Note: Fiberfill is also known as Dacron.
Final step is to mark and punch the holes for the fixing tabs. One section will conform to the measurements of the memory foam. Anyhow I am in charge of figuring out a new seat in our budget build. We have only managed 10 states and 3 provinces so far 5 years because we love some of these areas so much we keep going back, so adding a Territory and a new state in June will be cool. Cut out your matting and mask up any areas where resin may drip if finishing the seat pan on the bike.
A week later, a truck emerges from the garage with a whole new attitude. Taking an inclusive approach with your custom motorcycle project and focusing on making you a part of the experience. After a few passes through the slip roll I had my first piece matching the nose of the original seat. I think he used vegetable tanned leather, but I'm not sure. You need to be sure you will have enough to stretch over the foam covered pan while still leaving some extra around the edges. On Layer 2 or 3 put in the fixing bar, lightly move aside the fibres from over the tab hole with a knife or screw driver and put the bar in.
One side of the smaller section will be narrower because it conforms to the angle of the seat edge. Check out our instructions to learn how to properly measure and cut raw foam to fit your chair or couch. I have a 2010 Ninja 250R and the seat might as well be made of wood. In parallel to this I also pour my energy into the manufacture of high quality, detail oriented and above all easy to install components for your motorcycle project. I have a ton of lumps still visible on my seat, and it makes it look kind of bad.