recovered seats

Posts: 173 Join date: 2010-05-01 Location: massey

just to throw it out there, my old man runs an upolhstery business here from home, 36+ years experience so if anyone wants some seats recovered i can hook up a cash job.
just done mine, nothing flash, just glued down a piece of vinyl over steel haha, but if anyone wants something a little more complex give him a call , 416 6144 just say ben said to give him a ring about a cash job on a bike.

Subject: Re: recovered seats Mon Jun 07, 2010 11:19 pm

That's cool. We need a good local ulpholsterer. Cam is doing some very cool tooled leather seats as well.

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Subject: Re: recovered seats Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:19 pm

yeah Ben I'd like to find out what sorta budget I'd need if I custom make a cafe race style seat, for him to cover it. It would have a long shape, rounded at the end & I guess would need patterns made from it & some sewing etc. I would shape it outta closed cell foam. bout 600mm long & 260mm wide

Posts: 173 Join date: 2010-05-01 Location: massey

Yep, whats the base made of? as you need to staple it down, i have a steel seat and my cover is glued down, but to look nice it would be cool to wrap it around and staple it down, you could spend around $200 for a custom made cover, drop down and check out some sample colors, vinyl or leather? give us a ring 416 6144, ask for my old man brett, were just by west gate.

Posts: 512 Join date: 2010-04-28 Location: Aussie somewhere

Is that you exhaust plan too Brett? be real careful changing the shape and length of the exhaust on 2 smokers, if you get it wrong you will lose all power

Subject: Re: recovered seats Sun Aug 01, 2010 7:00 pm

Slaytanica wrote:

Is that you exhaust plan too Brett? be real careful changing the shape and length of the exhaust on 2 smokers, if you get it wrong you will lose all power

yeah Shaun Im gonna try chucking a retro muffler on there. A couple of other people mentioned the same thing that you've just said. I asked a guy at the KTL workshop bout it. He said with the more modern jap 2 strokes it's really important, but with an old 197cc villiers copy he thought it wouldn't make much difference.
I dunno much bout the concept - is it something to do with the gases having some room to expand? Is having back pressure quite important?
Hey Ben thanks for the details, I think it's gonna be real simple now - a rectangular slab of closed cell foam - as Im thinkin I'll use one of the invercargill guy's glass csm seat bases/humps, and just plonk a 30mm foam pad on the base.

Posts: 512 Join date: 2010-04-28 Location: Aussie somewhere

Yeah expansion and back pressure are a part of it. if you have a short system you get more HP at higher rpm, a longer system gives more torque. but like you say it is an old engine and might not have a big impact but ya never know

Subject: Re: recovered seats Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:08 am

Slaytanica wrote:

Yeah expansion and back pressure are a part of it. if you have a short system you get more HP at higher rpm, a longer system gives more torque. but like you say it is an old engine and might not have a big impact but ya never know

will know next week when the pipe arrives Smile

Posts: 173 Join date: 2010-05-01 Location: massey

ok if you wanna drop by with it when your finished im sure we'll pull something off much cheaper

my seat was a cup of coffee, i didnt even have to pay for it i just made it