Brit + Gladius + Philippines

[davpag1]

Hi UK Riders.

I'm a Brit living in the Philippines and ride a 2010 Gladius seemingly a frowned upon machine on this site but I thought I would show you mine with a few upgrades and my latest of a new seat design.

While at a workshop in the middle of March I met a Yamaha Fino rider who had a very nice seat in two colours and buttoned. I enquired if stock and was told it was made by a guy in Liloan, just outside Cebu City. I got approximate location and a few days later off I went with a copy of the seat I found on the internet and wanted for my own Gladius, whose seat is hellish for any long journey and a nightmare when a passenger is onboard.

So I found Joseph (Boboy) whose shop is very small and somewhat difficult to spot off the main highway and beach.

After showing him my picture and bike. We discussed the process and price. This included new motorcycle foams, reshaping, leather (3 colours), sewing and labour. I left him a deposit for buying the leather and finally returned yesterday for it to be worked on.

The whole process took around 3.5 hours and he did everything by hand and foot pedal sewing machine. He used a hacksaw blade, wood saw, smelly glue, nylon string, wire and even a banana Q bamboo stick.

See the process he took in the photos below. I'm sure you all will be impressed with the final result. If you want to know the full price for this labour intensive job just scroll to the end.


A few of the upgrades on my Gladius.


Stripping the seat.


Adding and shaping new foam.


Cutting leather and sewing together.


Putting it together.


The Old and the New.

On a final note the total cost from the seat including leather, foams and labour by hand was the huge amount of less than £16 and £3 of that was the tip!

Tks... Ride Safe

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Hiya, welcome.

Nice looking seat.
Keep promising myself I'll get mine done but it would cost me a little more than £16.

I wish i could get my cb500 seat redone for that..bum is numb after a few hours of riding..have considered a removable gel padding but they arent that cheap although at least you can move them bike to bike.

[Bibio]

tell that man to double his prices and put up his contact details for the org. even with shipping its going to work out cheep. or go and have a word with him and become a middle man for the org.