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Wow, thank all of you for the info! I just ordered that book for lacing and stitching. Gorec & Pzarkov thanks for the pics. Those are amazing seats and the pictures will be a HUGE help when completing my project. John D - I don't understand what you mean when you say you don't use rivets on the outside of the leather?! I do not have a staple gun strong enough to get through leather AND into the OEM pan. So I will most definitely be using pop rivets and I planned on just placing them evenly along the border edge of the leather on the underside of the pan, right through the leather, is this not advisable? and Dave - You would recommend 7/8oz leather all the way around the seat? I think the easiest approach to this would be to make multiple "sections" (kind of like the seat Pzarkov posted) and then lace them all together. You would use 7/8 for every piece? Also, if I am not tooling...I should still go with 7/8oz? Thanks Thank you, thank you, thank you

Thanks for the info. I was even thinking of maybe just using upholstery leather, because it seems that is what's on there now. My logic is then I could use the OEM plastic without the need to replace it with metal. I'm going to gather as much info as possible and then just figure it out as I go I guess.

Hello all, I have been reading all these topics for awhile and will soon begin my first attempt at reupholstering a motorcycle seat. I just have a couple of questions that did not seem to be covered in the other threads that I looked at. What type of leather do you use? I was planning on using some lightweight tooling leather like Hermann Oak 2/3oz. Would there be a better option you would suggest? There will not be any tooling on the seat, the customer requests a black leather center piece with white lacing connecting it to a black leather border. The base of the seat is plastic (it is a Suzuki Boulevard seat) and the current covering is stapled to the plastic. As I saw in the other topic threads, the most highly recommended process for attaching the leather to the base would be pop rivets with a washer to ensure the leather seat does not rip when stretching. Would this work with that thick plastic base? One more thing, does anyone have a link to any threads or sites providing a detailed tutorial in various stitching patters? I will be using white kangaroo lace to connect the 2 pieces together, but still do not know how I will keep the lace white while dying the leather black. I will have to dye it before lacing it together, even though that is not the method most advanced seat builders have used in their walk through topic posts. Thanks for any advice! I am excited to get any info y'all can provide.