Zipping different brands together...

[Kate]

I have a Belstaff jacket and Rukka pants, funnily enough they don't zip together. Any ideas how/where I can get this sorted?

This wasn't much of a problem until the ride home after the Soho meet last week, not pleasant.

[coombest]

I have a Belstaff jacket and Rukka pants, funnily enough they don't zip together. Any ideas how/where I can get this sorted?

This wasn't much of a problem until the ride home after the Soho meet last week, not pleasant.

Head for your nearest branch of C&H Fabrics, or somewhere like that and take the offending zip(s) with you. You will be able to buy a new zip to attach to your trousers or jacket.

Alternatively, you could speak nicely to a leather repair place or shoe shop (they have the tools to undertake really heavy duty stitching). Perhaps even a horse saddelry type of place would be able to do it!

I have been so lucky to have bought trousers with both sides of the zip in and am mean enough to ask my Mum to attach the second part to my jacket (which came with no zip!)! :lol:

cordura stuff shouldn't be too bad though, even if it is fairly tough!

[diamond]

Didn't you get the other half of the zip attached to either item when you got them. My last two jackets had that so you could just sew the other piece into your trousers and hey voila your sorted :D

[Ceri JC]

I'm assuming these are fabric rather than leather ones?

If so, could you buy a zip (local sewing shop will have them) cut out the old zips and then sew the seperate halves of the new one onto each bit of clothing? Looking at the size/strength of the joins on the zips on my gear, it looks like it's more to stop the jacket riding up as a matter of comfort (keep the draft out) rather than to hold them together in a crash. I know some race leathers are 2 piece, but the zips on those go all the way round, rather than just 8 inches at the back.

I might need to do this myself shortly, so post here if you try it and it works :)

[Kate]

Yep, these are fabric, not leather and yep its a comfort thing. E.D. - I didn't get the other side of the zip unfortunately. :(

I need somewhere to actually do this as my sewing skills are 0. The only thing I'm really good at is ripping holes in clothes.

Hmm, I wonder if a dry cleaners that do alterations would be able to do something?

[Viney]

Yep, these are fabric, not leather and yep its a comfort thing. E.D. - I didn't get the other side of the zip unfortunately. :(

I need somewhere to actually do this as my sewing skills are 0. The only thing I'm really good at is ripping holes in clothes.

Hmm, I wonder if a dry cleaners that do alterations would be able to do something?

Dry cleaners wont do bike clothing. I tried a couple last year. They need to go to somewhere that deals with heavy stitching. I take it that both items are full zip or is it the half/full zip syndrome. Pop in to Infinitys in Purley and see if they have any recomendations as well.

[Itching 2 go]

Yep, these are fabric, not leather and yep its a comfort thing. E.D. - I didn't get the other side of the zip unfortunately. :(

I need somewhere to actually do this as my sewing skills are 0. The only thing I'm really good at is ripping holes in clothes.

Hmm, I wonder if a dry cleaners that do alterations would be able to do something?

Dry cleaners wont do bike clothing. I tried a couple last year. They need to go to somewhere that deals with heavy stitching. I take it that both items are full zip or is it the half/full zip syndrome. Pop in to Infinitys in Purley and see if they have any recomendations as well.Or on saturday the Ducati shop on purley way is having a lady come in to sort my leather jacket and I believe she also does cordura!

[Mogs]

My jacket and my leather trousers came with the two sides of boths zips.

If you don't intend to use them for racing, just to be warm, then sew the two alternate zips together to make an adapter.

[Kate]

I feel a trip to the Ducati shop and Infinity is on the cards for tomorrow. :D

[Baldyman]

Yep, these are fabric, not leather and yep its a comfort thing. E.D. - I didn't get the other side of the zip unfortunately. :(

I need somewhere to actually do this as my sewing skills are 0. The only thing I'm really good at is ripping holes in clothes.

Hmm, I wonder if a dry cleaners that do alterations would be able to do something?

Dry cleaners wont do bike clothing. I tried a couple last year. They need to go to somewhere that deals with heavy stitching. I take it that both items are full zip or is it the half/full zip syndrome. Pop in to Infinitys in Purley and see if they have any recomendations as well.Or on saturday the Ducati shop on purley way is having a lady come in to sort my leather jacket and I believe she also does cordura!

Coooh, that's posh, having a lady "who does"
or am I showing my age with this phrase :oops:

[Flamin_Squirrel]

Yes.

Shes doing my leather jacket atm 8)