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MADMAX22

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  1. Thats a great idea. Hadnt thought of the neoprene, good call. Thanks
  2. Thanks for the advice on the foams and Ill do some more research on them. If anything some nice high density foam will be better then what comes stock so even if I jsut do that then it will be much nicer. That seat looks good and comfy, I may use the leather I got for playing around with then when I get a little more comfortable with my abilitys Ill take a look into finding some more exotic and tougher leathers.
  3. Hey guys jsut starting to get into this stuff and will be trying some other things first to get started but the whole goal was to redo my motorcycle seat and that is why I am now ending up with another hobby it looks like. Anyways just a couple questions, I am going to be dyeing the leather grey so I got some black and white dye (fiebings) since I was told that you can mix them to obtain the grey you want. ALso I got some super shene (eco flo) to seal the leather with once Im done. Now I realized that the ecoflo isnt a oil based or whatever but since its the sealer and wont be mixed with the dye persay will this be a issue. What do you guys use to seal up your motorcycle seats? The leather I got is some 4/5oz veggie tan, it seems pretty flexible but the lady at tandys said it would allow some tooling and still be a good strong leather that I could dye to whatever color I wanted. What kind of leather do you guys use on your seats (generally)? Thanks for the info Ill be back after work to check up on what you guys suggest. Oh and heres a pic of my bike, the reason I wanted to redo the seat in the first place was the stocker isnt that comfy for long cruises and I was planning on using some high density foam with a thin layer of memeory foam and if I can find one a gel insert for the center seat area.
  4. Very nice seat you have going on. Congrats.
  5. Thanks and will do, gotta learn how to do it first. Ive been reading alot of stuff lately and trying to absorb as much as possible. Cant wait to get started actually doing something.
  6. Hellow all, well in the grand idea of deciding to replace the foam and add a gel insurt into my bikes seat I decided it would be cool to redo the leather as well with something custom. That turned into a trip down to tandy's leather in tacoma WA and well I ended up getting some leather, some die, seal stuff, and one of the "pro leatherworker tool kit". I dont know if thats a decent kit to start out with but it looked ok. Well that started the snowball effect so now Ive been looking around for how to info and that brouht me here. Looks like some good info and some good links and pics. Ofcourse now the girlfriend is allready contracting me to make things for her lol.
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