Too hot for leathers- my custom seat cover - SV650.org

rowdy · 10-08-12, 12:59 PM

My old seat had a couple of tiny tears in it, and I managed to bag a brand new one off of the bay for a whole £5.
With my old seat sitting redundant in the garage and an old suede coat kicking around I thought I'd have a crack at recovering the seat.

So, to start, take one suede jacket and a pair of scissors

Add a staple gun, as the piece of suede I was using had a seam on it, I turned the seat upside down and started at the back of the seat in the middle, to get the seam central. I then worked my way backwards from the sides, starting just about central, pulling it tight to stop it sagging as much as possible.

Having roughly stapled the all the way around the back and sides of the seat I then trimmed up the excess material and redid any dodgy staples that hadn't gone in properly.

I then worked around the front of the seat, trimming the corners as I went. You have to keep pulling the material tight at the edges and spreading the material with the other hand to keep all wrinkles and sagging out of the material. The front is a little tricky as the material will be very tight around it but it was all good and didn't take long at all to do in the end.

Have to excuse the pictures, taken on my phone and it has uploaded them all the wrong way round and can't for the life of me get them to copy and paste onto here once I've corrected them

And fitted to the bike (you'll have to turn your head to the side)

Hopefully uploaded now!

flymo · 10-08-12, 01:05 PM

cant see any pics

rowdy · 10-08-12, 01:12 PM

Anyone see them?
just looked on my phone and they aren't there, but they show on my laptop.

10-08-12, 01:16 PM

Nope me neither

rowdy · 10-08-12, 01:22 PM

Anyone know what I might have done wrong?
I took the pics on phone and emailed them to my email address, then moved them to the pictures folder on the laptop. When I try and copy and paste them onto here from the pictures folder it won't let me but it let me copy and paste them from the email that I sent myself.

I am not the best with computers

10-08-12, 01:28 PM

Upload to http://tinypic.com/ and use the links it gives you. The src you have set the images to in in your live mail account, that is why you can see them on your laptop.

EDIT: Use the resize option if they are massive.

rowdy · 10-08-12, 01:29 PM

Thanks, I've got a photobucket account will try through that.

rowdy · 10-08-12, 02:04 PM

Right, hopefully you can see them now

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rictus01 · 10-08-12, 02:08 PM

that should soak up water nicely....

flymo · 10-08-12, 02:12 PM

nice job

10-08-12, 12:59 PM	#1
rowdy Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 612	Too hot for leathers- my custom seat cover My old seat had a couple of tiny tears in it, and I managed to bag a brand new one off of the bay for a whole £5. With my old seat sitting redundant in the garage and an old suede coat kicking around I thought I'd have a crack at recovering the seat. So, to start, take one suede jacket and a pair of scissors Add a staple gun, as the piece of suede I was using had a seam on it, I turned the seat upside down and started at the back of the seat in the middle, to get the seam central. I then worked my way backwards from the sides, starting just about central, pulling it tight to stop it sagging as much as possible. Having roughly stapled the all the way around the back and sides of the seat I then trimmed up the excess material and redid any dodgy staples that hadn't gone in properly. I then worked around the front of the seat, trimming the corners as I went. You have to keep pulling the material tight at the edges and spreading the material with the other hand to keep all wrinkles and sagging out of the material. The front is a little tricky as the material will be very tight around it but it was all good and didn't take long at all to do in the end. Have to excuse the pictures, taken on my phone and it has uploaded them all the wrong way round and can't for the life of me get them to copy and paste onto here once I've corrected them And fitted to the bike (you'll have to turn your head to the side) Hopefully uploaded now! __________________ Silver pointy sk3, tail tidy, single seat cowl, fairing lowers, smoke double bubble screen, carbon hugger and front mudguard, full race M4 system, K&N filter, GSXR1000K2 forks, wheel and discs, GSXR750 calipers, HEL braided lines, TL1000s clip-ons, Gilles rearsets, Chinese cnc levers, led indies. Last edited by rowdy; 10-08-12 at 02:03 PM.

10-08-12, 01:05 PM	#2
flymo Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North West Posts: 3,124	Re: Too hot for leathers- my custom seat cover cant see any pics

10-08-12, 01:12 PM	#3
rowdy Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 612	Re: Too hot for leathers- my custom seat cover Anyone see them? just looked on my phone and they aren't there, but they show on my laptop. __________________ Silver pointy sk3, tail tidy, single seat cowl, fairing lowers, smoke double bubble screen, carbon hugger and front mudguard, full race M4 system, K&N filter, GSXR1000K2 forks, wheel and discs, GSXR750 calipers, HEL braided lines, TL1000s clip-ons, Gilles rearsets, Chinese cnc levers, led indies.

10-08-12, 01:16 PM	#4
Elliott Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Too hot for leathers- my custom seat cover Nope me neither

10-08-12, 01:22 PM	#5
rowdy Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 612	Re: Too hot for leathers- my custom seat cover Anyone know what I might have done wrong? I took the pics on phone and emailed them to my email address, then moved them to the pictures folder on the laptop. When I try and copy and paste them onto here from the pictures folder it won't let me but it let me copy and paste them from the email that I sent myself. I am not the best with computers __________________ Silver pointy sk3, tail tidy, single seat cowl, fairing lowers, smoke double bubble screen, carbon hugger and front mudguard, full race M4 system, K&N filter, GSXR1000K2 forks, wheel and discs, GSXR750 calipers, HEL braided lines, TL1000s clip-ons, Gilles rearsets, Chinese cnc levers, led indies.

10-08-12, 01:28 PM	#6
punkyp Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Too hot for leathers- my custom seat cover Upload to http://tinypic.com/ and use the links it gives you. The src you have set the images to in in your live mail account, that is why you can see them on your laptop. EDIT: Use the resize option if they are massive. Last edited by punkyp; 10-08-12 at 01:29 PM.

10-08-12, 01:29 PM	#7
rowdy Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 612	Re: Too hot for leathers- my custom seat cover Thanks, I've got a photobucket account will try through that. __________________ Silver pointy sk3, tail tidy, single seat cowl, fairing lowers, smoke double bubble screen, carbon hugger and front mudguard, full race M4 system, K&N filter, GSXR1000K2 forks, wheel and discs, GSXR750 calipers, HEL braided lines, TL1000s clip-ons, Gilles rearsets, Chinese cnc levers, led indies.

10-08-12, 02:04 PM	#8
rowdy Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 612	Re: Too hot for leathers- my custom seat cover Right, hopefully you can see them now . __________________ Silver pointy sk3, tail tidy, single seat cowl, fairing lowers, smoke double bubble screen, carbon hugger and front mudguard, full race M4 system, K&N filter, GSXR1000K2 forks, wheel and discs, GSXR750 calipers, HEL braided lines, TL1000s clip-ons, Gilles rearsets, Chinese cnc levers, led indies.

10-08-12, 02:08 PM	#9
rictus01 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South London Posts: 9,799	Re: Too hot for leathers- my custom seat cover that should soak up water nicely.... __________________ Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a Ride!

10-08-12, 02:12 PM	#10
flymo Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North West Posts: 3,124	Re: Too hot for leathers- my custom seat cover nice job

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