new seat

[freak]

I forgot all about this seat, i'm glad i jumped back in this thread. Dave, those look really nice.

Do they put these on all there bikes or do customers order/ask for them. I hope they know that they are not just getting a leather seat. They are getting a really nice top of the line job with one of your seats.

Love your work thanks for sharring.

[Guest]

Hey Freak,

Thanks for the nice words. The really mean a lot to me.

They don't put them on all their bikes, mainly because I can only make 80-90 per year. Their production is more like 300 per year I believe. Every distributor is assured of getting at least some of their bikes with custom seats on them. I'm not sure of much other than that. The owner seems to like them so I keep making as many as I can.

It is good tooling practice.

Dave Theobald

[shirleyz]

Hi David,

As always, top of the line.

Shirley

[Guest]

Thanks Shirley,

It is always nice to hear from one's peers. We have a Wednesday night work night at the local Tandy store and I've been showing this father/son pair what I've discovered in a couple years of seat making. They've always listened but never brought anything in to work on until tonight. I was really shocked. This young kid....he's about 25 or so....broiught in his first seat top. It was fantastic....a real fantasy piece that took up the entire piece of leather. It was a Satan figure in front of a cityscape....with wings and such that ran all the way to the edge of the leather. He said it was a practice piece. WOW when this kid gets his confidence up....look out. He could put us all to shame for originality.

thanks again.

Dave

[freak]

only 80-90 a year. pppppffffffffffffff only pffffffffffffffff

Dave please tell me you don't have a day job as well. I would think if you can put out 52 a year making it one a week you are doing seats full time. Jeeze 80-90 sounds insane to me, now i'm really impressed , you're a machine i tell ya.

great work Dave !

[Guest]

Freak,

I'm sorry to tell you that I do have a day job also, I am a patent illustrator for the Procter & Gamble Company. It is a profession that I've been in for the last 38 years. Seats are what I do instead of television in the evening. But, to make you feel better, my son helps by doing all my leather cutting for me. That is a real time saver for me.

Dave Theobald

Edited October 18, 2007 by David

[Kevin King]

Hey Freak,

Thanks for the nice words. The really mean a lot to me.

They don't put them on all their bikes, mainly because I can only make 80-90 per year. Their production is more like 300 per year I believe. Every distributor is assured of getting at least some of their bikes with custom seats on them. I'm not sure of much other than that. The owner seems to like them so I keep making as many as I can.

It is good tooling practice.

Dave Theobald

sps makes 300 bikes a year? wow. I know they have been selling franchises and what not, but i had no idea they were doing that much. So, my next question would be, who's making the other 220 seats?

Edited October 18, 2007 by Kevin King

[Guest]

I don't know if they ever intended to put custom seats on all bikes and the 300 number was a goal that was mentioned to me....don't know how close they are coming....but they are opening a number of distributors all over the country and seem to be doing very well. Their production numbers are not something they share with the seat maker.... :biggrin: They are a great bunch of guys who gave me a chance at something I really like doing. Can't say enough nice things about them.

Dave