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[Reg]

Hi folks, I'm rather delighted with myself! A tear in Tinkers seat has been getting worse with the passage of time, and buying a new seat is a bit pricey. I looked into re-covering the seat, but realized it was probably a bit too skilled for a DIY job. So, whilst dutifully following my nearest and dearest around the drapery dept. of a large local store I spied a pair of leather elbow patches, as worn by scholarly pipe smokers way back when. I stuck one over the rip with UHU contact adhesive, more in hope than with any real confidence, thinking I couldn't make it look much worse. However,you have to look hard to see the repair,which cost less than a fiver for glue and patches. (I'd send a pic but haven't fathomed how to get them from phone to new computer yet.) (That could be a winter project.)

[papasmurf]

Getting a motorcycle seat recovered professionally does not cost much money.

[Reg]

That's a surprise, I imagined it would be quite expensive. In the meantime, I've still got the other patch to get my fivers worth out of.

[papasmurf]

Reg bear in mind they have all the kit to do the job. Somewhere between £25 and £50.

I got my own design of seat base professionally upholstered for £25.

[Reg]

Blimey papa, that is cheap. Don't know why, but I have this vision of elves happily working away covering motorbike seats in some fairy tale woodland workshop! (Going to take my pills now.)

[papasmurf]

Reg you CAN pay a lot to get a motorcycle recovered, tooled leather and artwork but a basic recover because of a split here and there is cheap.

[Scalyback]

Tornado's seat Says 'ENFIELD' on the back of it...






Would it be cheap to have it changed to 'TORNADO' ?