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G'Day, Here's a pic of my very first real attempt at re-upholstering a seat for a vintage motor cycle that I did sometime last year . It was for 1981 Honda. The restoration of the bike took 5 years. This thing called ' life ' gets in the way sometimes I guess. I have done the odd small upholstery job here & there, but nothing like this. The leather is an automotive upholstery leather, with fabric backed upholstery foam. The seat has a plastic molded base. I did say to the customer that I have no real experience in this type of work, but he was happy for me to give a go anyway, what a gentleman eh? ....and he wanted it pleated....yikes !!! My elderly Father was an upholsterer by trade in his early days , but I wanted to do this on my own ( on the quiet, and without him knowing) because has a habit of ' taking over' ...and he never shuts up with " back in my day " stories, I would spat the dummy and the job would have taken twice as long So when I finally showed him the finished product he was thoroughly impressed , .....and surprised . My sincere apologies for the poor images, so zooming in could be messy . The client came to see me at my market stall this arvo, and all I had on me was my ol' flip top mobile phone and not my camera . And naturally, the customer was very happy with how it looked. I but I thought it ( the seat) looked quite good on his nice ' new ' bike But I'm sure he said the bike was going to be light blue last year. O'h well, blokes prerogative, he can change his mind any time he wants ...with his wifes permission HS