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Farmingstock
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PostPosted: 15:41 - 04 Nov 2018    Post subject: Seat cover replacement Reply with quote

Can anyone recommend anywhere to get a replacement seat cover from?

It’s for an NSR125 JC20, I can refit myself but don’t just want to get some fabric and make a mess!!

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Wonko The Sane
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PostPosted: 18:07 - 05 Nov 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got a replacement cover for my ZZR on ebay
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PostPosted: 22:36 - 05 Nov 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, eBay or get an upholsterer to do it (although this will be at least as much as a new cover, it may be a better job!).
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Suntan Sid
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PostPosted: 10:12 - 06 Nov 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is this the seat?:-

https://img01-olxpl.akamaized.net/img-olxpl/699870133_1_644x461_honda-nsr-125-jc-20-przeworsk_rev003.jpg

If the seat cover is one piece, with no seams, I'd still be tempted to have a go myself, the material for the cover will be relatively cheap, you should get enough to make 2 covers for well under £20.
If the seat base is plastic, all you'll need is a staple gun and some patience.
Even if the cover is made up of more than one piece, (assuming you've got the original), you can make a pattern and find someone local to stitch the pieces together.
I've recovered a few seats, the material is really cheap, it's worth having a go yourself!
If I was doing the seat pictured, I'd start on the sides, by the step in the middle, and finish at either end.

To add to that, I bought a pattern seat cover not so long ago, it didn't fit, turns out it was for a different model, despite what the ad said.
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Riejufixing
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PostPosted: 11:21 - 06 Nov 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

I took a seat to an upholsterer to get it re-covered.

Observations:

o - The foam underneath the vinyl cover has a lot to do with the perfection of the finished seat. This chap filled in some tears in the foam with "something" and added a 1/2" piece of foam of some sort on top, continuing it around and under the edge of the plastic.

o - You can get various grades of vinyl. The "domestic" sort is not as good as upholstery stuff, which feels a little harder and is a little thicker.

o - The plastic of older seats may shatter when staples are fired into it. Warming them might help but....


Quite an interesting chap to talk to. Price, however, was only just cheaper than a new seat (£40, new one £44.10 plus postage).

I covered the pillion seat myself, though, using spray glue on the underneath edges of the plastic seat base to hold the stretched vinyl to the underside of the seat while stretching on the cover, before stapling it. As the pillion seat is basically a small oblong, this was OK (USE SHORT STAPLES!!!! Smile ).

Edit: Note: when the seat cover splits and water gets in, it trickles out when you sit on it, a nasty trap for the unwary who are going out. In winter, it freezes into an uncomfortable block.
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kramdra
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PostPosted: 23:32 - 06 Nov 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you dont have an air stapler, doing it by hand it can be a pain as the staples wont go through tough plastic. Sharpen them on a bench grinder and it becomes easy.

Good vinyl is not expensive and will look better than OE. Possibly the best cheap cosmetic upgrade you can do on an old bike.
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