seat recovering fiasco.....

[littledave]

rang every day last week and today, answer machine ... have phoned trading standards , they say write to 'em ! they've had it nearly 3 months , any thoughts or ideas?

Drive up and see them, i've not heard good things about him from a few people now.
Guy in York built mine, took 3 weeks, nice bit of kit too.

http://www.smartrrrs.biz/

Have a look around, i recommend him.

Elliott

i had a seat done by smartrrr's on a varadero i had some years back he did a great job bit slow but very good can't recomend him enough

[MR.E]

yeah he takes his time, think mine was 6 weeks
& i made the seat pan!!

Thanks

[livingdeadhead]

got seat back at last, changed the pattern without telling me , fortunately for the better! cover is level slight issue with the seat tank interface (see pics) give it 8 1/2 out of ten. what say you? (radio silence?)

[georgesgiralt]

Looks nice to me. Not perfect but...
It seems you miss the plastic back at the rear ?
looks like he unplugged the phone to concentrate on the  job at hand !

[livingdeadhead]

took the metal cowl off to have the seat done ! will refit soon , its 5 below where the bikes parked!

[Barry]

That looks much better. The pattern is the same as my replacement cover except I didn't get a grab strap.

[MR.E]

looks well
Come out quite nicely.

[livingdeadhead]

just noticed, the straps not between the pattern bits! oh well... i think the lesson here is , if you can diy it!

[Barry]

At least you got a strap.  My identical looking cover from Motobins came without a strap. If I can find some black vinyl with the correct pattern I might try and make one.

[livingdeadhead]

get some 1 inch nylon webbing and have an upholsterer wrap vinyl round it . you might have to melt the hole in tho with an old hot screwdriver.

[livingdeadhead]

OH GOD! the pain continues! he's put the plates on wrong ! cant get the cowl on! f%^&*^%%^G m%^&G. can someone post me a pic of seat base so i remove them and rivet them on in the right places? WILL NEVER  let some one do any upholstery for me again . especially this moron.

[montmil]

Go to the forum photo gallery. Open up my photo essay on seat recovering.

[Barry]

To get it wrong the guy has either drilled new holes (dumb) or used the ones intended for securing the cowl (not quite so dumb if he didn't have the cowl to hand).

I've just been out to look at my 79 seat which is the same model as yours.

I was hoping to take a pic for you but of course the rear cowl is in the way of the important bit so that wasn't possible.  What I can see is that your seat is definitely wrong.  On your lower pic there are two strips missing left and and right and I don't think that top strip should be where it is.  The strip at the front of the seat is also wrong and probably the mate of the rear one which as a pair are the missing two already mentioned.

Not being a professional with a photographic memory I took several pictures of the original from underneath before I did my seat.  I'm at work at the moment so I'll check if I still have them when I get home tonight.

Can't remember the login to the photo gallery but bear in mind Monte's seat is a later model.

[livingdeadhead]

you jogged my memory, dont the small strips sit under the edges of the cowl? i remember there where rivets and washers where the small ones are now , would really appreciate a pic or two ! thanks

[Barry]

I think that's correct.  Your man has used the short strips where there should have been just rivets and washers.