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Here's the latest seat. It was meant to be for my bike but I glued the back on slightly off center. I want mine to be perfect since it will be kinda like my display model in a sense. If it was mounted I don't think it'll be noticable but I'll probably be flipping mine up quite a bit to show it off.

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8oz Wicket&Craig

All Kangaroo lace

A combo of Tan, saddle tan, and med brown dye

I used antique this time and I really like it. I looked at my other seat and it looks plain without it.

I finished this with sno seal and feel a little more confident on the water resistance and it looks just as good, it buffed to a nice shine. I put the other one on my bike with the leatherbalm and got a few small waterspots on the bottom side.

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Looks great man. Nice colors. I dont think the back off centering is even noticeable.

Just remember with the sno seal, picards and others like that you gotta throw some more on every once in a while.

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Looks great man. Nice colors. I dont think the back off centering is even noticeable.

Just remember with the sno seal, picards and others like that you gotta throw some more on every once in a while.

The center really isn't that noticable, if it weren't for the extra lace it wouldn't be noticed at all. I just don't want any messups on mine, in hopes of using it to sell more. It would do it good to clean it and put the stuff on every so often anyway so I don't mind doing it over. I'll make sure to give directions to anyone that buys it. I feel it protects better than the leather balm, mainly because it's much thicker. I should save my opinions till I have used both in the real world though. They both look about the same when put on. I may order some of the pecards, I hear good things about that. I'm probably going to clean the first star seat with saddle soap and antique it then apply the sno seal or something similar. Hopefully the two small water spots go away.

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sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

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Yeah I like the sno seal or similer just for that reason, you can recondition the leather. I use it on my seat and have had it going strong for a while now and its gotten soaked many times. Its black though so doesnt show the water stains. It still looks really good though.

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Yeah I like the sno seal or similer just for that reason, you can recondition the leather. I use it on my seat and have had it going strong for a while now and its gotten soaked many times. Its black though so doesnt show the water stains. It still looks really good though.

I got the sno seal because it's about the only one I found locally. I'll try the pecards and see what it's like. It's probably more expensive but seems popular enough. Good to know it's holding up strong on yours. How often do you re-apply? I may need to pick your brain in the future here. I won on eBay a stock seat for my girlfriends shadow that I'm going to recover and probably either refoam(depending on the condition) it and add a gel insert. I figure it will be good practice on that style of seat and I can keep it a suprise since her seat won't be missing. What weight leather did you use on yours for the top and sides? All I have is 8oz so I'm sure it'll be to thick. I hate to buy two more sides though so I'm gonna have to see what I can do. This is an expensive hobby.

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I reapply about every 3 months of hard riding (thin coat) or about every 6 months or so if its just normal dry weather which we dont get alot of up here in northwest WA.

On my seat I used about 8oz on top and about 5oz on the sides. I think anything from around 4 to 6oz works pretty good for the sides since on the cruiser type seats you gotta wet form them around the padding. Ive only done my seat though and will say you will be up for a little bit of a challenge. They are alot different then the chopper style seats in alot of ways.

If you can try and get her to try out the seat before you finish covering it to make sure you get the padding right. I know it took me a few times to get mine right.

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I reapply about every 3 months of hard riding (thin coat) or about every 6 months or so if its just normal dry weather which we dont get alot of up here in northwest WA.

On my seat I used about 8oz on top and about 5oz on the sides. I think anything from around 4 to 6oz works pretty good for the sides since on the cruiser type seats you gotta wet form them around the padding. Ive only done my seat though and will say you will be up for a little bit of a challenge. They are alot different then the chopper style seats in alot of ways.

If you can try and get her to try out the seat before you finish covering it to make sure you get the padding right. I know it took me a few times to get mine right.

it certainly looks more challenging to do that style of seat. I figure more people have those though so I should learn how. I ordered another seat in the event I mess it up or it takes me a while, I also wanted to suprise her with it but I might not be able to if I have to redo the padding. I Kinda need to sell some of the other ones to buy more leather. I'm working on a new work table this weekend so nothing else is getting done, but my work area will be much bigger and sturdy and I'm putting another light up.

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I got the sno seal because it's about the only one I found locally. I'll try the pecards and see what it's like. It's probably more expensive but seems popular enough. Good to know it's holding up strong on yours. How often do you re-apply? I may need to pick your brain in the future here. I won on eBay a stock seat for my girlfriends shadow that I'm going to recover and probably either refoam(depending on the condition) it and add a gel insert. I figure it will be good practice on that style of seat and I can keep it a suprise since her seat won't be missing. What weight leather did you use on yours for the top and sides? All I have is 8oz so I'm sure it'll be to thick. I hate to buy two more sides though so I'm gonna have to see what I can do. This is an expensive hobby.

Nice looking seat Billy.

What kind of Shadow does your girlfriend have? I have a 750 Aero and my soon-to-be-wife has a 750 Spirit.

I don't know if you're interested in having some fun with it (and possibly picking up a sideline for custom Shadow seats) but I think I still have pics of the custom pan process I used for mine (the foam/leather is in process now). Either way, the nice thing about Shadow seats is the pan is ABS and the foam is dense so modifying the OEM seats to look custom is a cake walk.

Chris

Three Mutts Customs Leather - http://www.threemuttscustoms.com

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Nice looking seat Billy.

What kind of Shadow does your girlfriend have? I have a 750 Aero and my soon-to-be-wife has a 750 Spirit.

I don't know if you're interested in having some fun with it (and possibly picking up a sideline for custom Shadow seats) but I think I still have pics of the custom pan process I used for mine (the foam/leather is in process now). Either way, the nice thing about Shadow seats is the pan is ABS and the foam is dense so modifying the OEM seats to look custom is a cake walk.

She has the Aero, I ordered a seat but it hasn't came yet. It's probably going to be a month or so before I start it but Id like to see pics if you have them. I've noticed on her seat the vinyl cover is stretched over the foam so tight that it doesn't even lay on the foam it's like stretched across it.

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