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    20 dollar seat recovering

    I recovered my seat today cost me a lil under 20 bucks and a few hours of my time,i bought a piece of vinyl from the fabric store it was 14.99 and theres enough of it to do 2 seats 1 can of spray adheasive and a small box of self tapping screws and washers from home depot.

    Since the tabs on the bottom of my seat were shot i used the screws to secure it down but the spray adheasive holds it really strong to. i also shaved down the foam in the front cause im a short guy lol and reshaped it with a sanding disc on a drill

    Im no seat upolster but i have recovered alot of atv seats with this method and it holds up good,u can also see my progess on the bike thus far,the tank is in stages of being wetsanded i just put it on to see how the seat looked

    seat before


    after

    #2
    Nice job! The bike is looking good, too!!
    85 GS1150E May '06 BOM
    79 GS1000S Wes Cooley Beast





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      #3
      Looks good to me too!
      And on the seventh day,after resting from all that he had done,God went for a ride on his GS!
      Upon seeing that it was good, he went out again on his ZX14! But just a little bit faster!

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        #4
        Thrifty is good! Nice work man

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          #5
          I used a cheap grill cover to cover my seat once. It was real durable vinyl with a thick padding on the inside so it worked nice.

          Backyard mechanics at it's best. Nice looking machine!
          Currently bikeless
          '81 GS 1100EX - "Peace, by superior fire power."
          '06 FZ1000 - "What we are dealing with here, is a COMPLETE lack of respect for the law."

          I ride, therefore I am.... constantly buying new tires.

          "Tell me what kind of an accident you are going to have, and I will tell you which helmet to wear." - Harry Hurt

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            #6
            looks good

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              #7
              Bikes coming along,i had it running for about 15 secs today lol

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                #8
                second that motion

                Upon inspiration from this post I also redid my seat. The fun part is I started with a stepped seat, chopped it flat with a bread knife, and added some extra padding befor using vinyl to recover it.
                Last edited by spchips; 06-26-2006, 04:51 PM.
                Yamaha fz1 2007

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                  #9
                  That is a nice job mate and a nice looking bike.

                  Cheers Brenno

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