• Home
  • Blog
  • Shop
  • About
  • Contact
  • Facebook
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Shop
  • About
  • Contact
  • Facebook

Blog Post

Motorcycle seat upholstery

16 Apr 2020
0 Comment
Vedran Relja
Build Log

I was asked to do a simple upholstery on a custom fabricated motorcycle seat.

Doing upholstery and custom stitch pattern on a bike seat for me starts with measuring and putting down visual lines for possible cutting options.

The first decision concerns the desired width and length. 

Trying to figure out the best radius.

Cutting curvatures to size.

Straight lines are more easily cut.

Manually pinning the stitch edge, in order to minimize the need for material stretching.

Everything pinned in desired curvature.

Completing the missing lines.

A rough cut.

After a rough cut, a nice spline was drawn and I also added a second folding line.

Two materials being pinned before the stitching begins.

Stitching is kinda straight forward.

First, all pieces are sewn together.

This is how it looks when the first part of the stitching process is done.

The second part is the double stitch.

I am using a single needle machine, so I first run one stitch and then the other parallel one.

The next phase is mounting the leather to the seat.

A bit of stretch and stapling in place.

Cutting the excess material.

Bit more stapling.

A finished product.

Parallel stitch is never 100% parallel when when working with a single needle, but it’s close enough.

A detail of three pieces connecting.

Front detail where the seat leans to a gas tank.

Curvature that follows the seat lines.

Rear end.

Upside down – a detail.

Here are few photos of the finished seat installed on a motorcycle.

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for more stuff :)

Also, if you like the content we’re making, you can help us push the project and support us at
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/craftomoto 

Kofi banner

Share

  • google-share

Search

Categories

  • Build Log
  • Design Thing
  • Ford Capri Build Log
  • Misc
  • Movie Night
  • Old Stuff
  • People&Cars
  • Rollin'&Strollin'
  • Swingship Enterprise
Place your ad here
Place your ad here
AeroMagic
Miromax
OnAir
Solvis
Elly Prizeman
Janakis Lindyhopoulos

Archive

  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • November 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
© Craftomoto 2015.
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.