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    81 GS650L Seat Cover Lock Eyelet

    Kind of an odd question, but I ordered a new seat cover from B&H Specialties. The cover arrived and looks good, but there is no eyelet in the back end of the cover for access to the seat lock. The original is a 1" eyelet crimped into the seat cover.

    Any suggestions for finding such an eyelet and leather punch? B&H has not been responsive to my messages concerning the lack of the key hole.

    Thanks,
    Dave
    Blog of my motorcycle projects - http://twowheeljunkie.wordpress.com/
    1981 Suzuki GS650L - Project Bike - Sold
    2013 Suzuki SFV650 - Sold
    2016 Ducati Multistrada 1200 Touring

    #2
    Bummer that the vendor is ignoring you. I would press them harder. Try to get to in touch with the owner of the company. Most business owners want to do right by their customers.

    If that fails and you're otherwise satisfied with the cover, a grommet kit for tarps would be my first guess: http://www.harborfreight.com/103-pie...kit-30037.html

    The above is for 1/2" grommets but there must be kits out there somewhere for other sizes.
    Charles
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      #3
      It is about 1" ID for the existing grommet.
      Blog of my motorcycle projects - http://twowheeljunkie.wordpress.com/
      1981 Suzuki GS650L - Project Bike - Sold
      2013 Suzuki SFV650 - Sold
      2016 Ducati Multistrada 1200 Touring

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        #4
        Originally posted by eil View Post
        but there must be kits out there somewhere for other sizes.
        ..............................................
        Charles
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        1979 Suzuki GS850G

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          #5
          Don't expect to ever hear back from B&H. They have your money, you have a seat cover, and that's the absolute end of it as far as they're concerned. They have an almost charming old-world resistance to giving a crap.


          These look like they might work, and don't seem to require a setting tool:
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            #6
            Thanks for the Amazon link. That item seems to have potential.

            I was getting closer too once I learned the sizing nomenclature for the grommets with #8 equal to 1" ID.

            Here is the one that I thought best so far: https://goldstartool.com/Extra_Large..._-10_sets.html

            The concern on these ones was if they are metal intended for indoor use, how long will they last.
            Blog of my motorcycle projects - http://twowheeljunkie.wordpress.com/
            1981 Suzuki GS650L - Project Bike - Sold
            2013 Suzuki SFV650 - Sold
            2016 Ducati Multistrada 1200 Touring

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              #7
              While it took me a year to get back around to this seat cover, I wanted to close the loop on the grommet issue. I did obtain the curtain rod grommets as linked above by bwringer. They worked well.

              Grommet.jpg
              Blog of my motorcycle projects - http://twowheeljunkie.wordpress.com/
              1981 Suzuki GS650L - Project Bike - Sold
              2013 Suzuki SFV650 - Sold
              2016 Ducati Multistrada 1200 Touring

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                #8
                I ordered a seat cover from Pitreplica through Amazon. They have an incredible assortment of covers that they replicate including the Suzuki logo embossed in the cover and the grommets are included. For next time ....

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