How to Make a Pleated Seat Cover for a Motorcycle
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
- In this video we will be recovering a motorcycle seat with a pleated vinyl fabric cover. Step by step instructions include; patterning, how to sew pleats in your vinyl fabric, how to make boxing and then how to staple the cover to the seat. After watching this video you too should be able to make your own pleated or channeled seat covers. You can find the foam with fabric backing and all the other supplies including the marine vinyl fabric from Sailrite.
Order supplies from: www.sailrite.com
How to Make a Pleated Seat Cover Chapters:
• Patterning Scrim Foam & Fabric -- 0:27 min
• Sewing Pleats -- 3:04 min
• Installing Boxing -- 5:12 min
• Topstitching -- 10:17 min
• Stapling Cover to Seat -- 11:28 min
• Materials List -- 13:20 min
MATERIALS LIST:
Fabric Backed Sew Foam - www.sailrite.com/Department/F...
Marine Vinyl Fabric from Sailrite - www.sailrite.com/Fabrics/Mari...
V-92 Polyester Thread from Sailrite - www.sailrite.com/Notions/Thre...
TOOLS LIST:
Sewing Machine, Paper, Marker, Scissors, Yard Stick
3M Super 77 Spray Adhesive - www.sailrite.com/3M-Super-77-...
Tape Measure 120 Inch - www.sailrite.com/Tape-Measure...
Sailrite® Short Nose Upholstery Staple Gun - www.sailrite.com/Sailrite-Sho...
Staples (SS) - www.sailrite.com/Sailrite-21-... - Jak na to + styl
Just used this video to make a new seat cover for my boyfriend's 1973 Yamaha 125. It came out beautifully! Instead of foam I used batting, and I used spray adhesive to add ripstop fabric to the back to prevent the stitches from pulling through. I still have enough vinyl left over to make another whole cover, and all the materials only cost about $20. Definitely an upgrade from the original seat (which was about 50% duct tape after 41 years!). Thank you!
Excellent! Glad we could help. If you have any questions regarding our many videos or products at: www.sailrite.com let us know.
Heather Perkins nice
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I'm really enjoying these new videos you're doing Eric. The production quality is very, very high. The explanations and voiceovers are excellent and the project choices have been really good for beginners/intermediates. Whenever anyone asks me for "tutorial videos" I immediately refer them to your channel. There isn't anyone else on youtube that's doing it better than you guys. Keep it up and thank you!
Thanks for the positive comments!
INCREDIBLE and very explanatory!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
+TakeThefinger Thanks for your positive comment.
Amazing! My sewing skills has only just kicked off lol. One day I will be a master sewer.
Unreal talent, I can only dream I have the sewing skills.
Great Video, I am going to cover my 5 motorcycle seats, just bought a Pfaff 1245 machine, can't wait to get started. many thanks for making your video. Cheers From NZ
You are welcome! I hope they come out great!
Thank you. The video was very informative and easy to understand. The final result looks impressive.
Glad you liked it, let us know if you have questions about any of our products or videos at www.sailrite.com we are happy to help!
Angela makes it look very easy. Excellent job
What an excellent instructional video! Good detail and clarity on the steps.
Very exhaustive and clear as a bell! Thank you!
Fantastically done video! You make it look so easy!
But I will try... VERY much looking forward to my LSV-1 sometime in the next few months!!
Well done. A very good instructional video. Clear and concise.
Great stuff! Guess who would like to recover the torn seat on his son's Yamaha 250cc Virago!
Good video all details are explained in great detail I'm excited to try this and prepared to make a few horrific seat cover trying to achieve my goal lol glad I bought a ton of extra materials
that foam looks so much better thing than just regular sponge. That was great vid. I sew but automotive upholstery are every once in a while challenges ( as needed ). I will surely use some of your tricks. Thanks
Glad we could help.
It's so easy when you have the right tools for it. I have done several seats with a sewing machine that was not designed to sew so thick materials (it was a pain) and I have done a few without any sewing machine. I have never used any glue for the foam just marked the different layers at the same locations so I could keep them aligned.
+Gábor Lipcsei Very true! Thanks for your comments.
I have made 2 two seat covers using very old foot powered seving machine.
i am teaching myself to sew (clothes). your videos are so good that they make me thirsty to learn anything (sewn or not). ...and your work is so very neat. thanks
Thanks for the positive comments. I hope your sewing projects go well.
Hi eric I live in the U.K. I am going to embark on making a seat cover for my bobber I am currently building, I use to work in a naval base in what was called a sailloft on a sewing machine so I am going to have a go you have inspired me eric many thanks , I will send you a picture when I've finished.
Regards, Kevin Norley , Plymouth, U.K.
Kevin,
Excellent! I can't wait to see the photos. Send them to eric@sailrite.com
Excellent demo, thank you. Very Profesional 👍
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for this very nicely put video. I want to do a DIY and fix my very old 86 civic seats. I'm learning leather stitch, yeap from youtube university, and your video was crucial to learn about the 1/8 inch seam measure - THANK YOU
Semper Fi
You are welcome!
This little video if first rate. Thanks!
I love that sewing machine,will get one,i am in the boat canvas industry....
I sewed one by hand after watching this. Took a weekend and the result was pretty good. A sewing machine would have been much faster a easier. for about 40$ though I have a good seat cover and I learned a new trick. Thanks for the video and formula
Excellent!
Great video, very well explained.
Very great video! Thinking about doing this to my seat
Thank you. Very detailed. Hopefully I can follow this.
You can do it. Let us know if you have any questions along the way.
Thanks!!! Great job !!
Thank you very much for making this video
another great video. wonderful job. And yes, I had a few Tomos mopeds, and I did recognize the seat. Good job Aimlessmoto, keen eye
Thanks!
Fantastic work. Thank you !!
Glad you liked it!
great video ,,, looks so easy when you watch some one else go round the corners
Thx for the lesson, sensei!
nice tutorial, thank you so much!
Beautiful
Looks good. Don't forget with a pneumatic stapler you'll also need a compressor. There are also Electric ones that should have similar results.
Thank you for sharing this great info!
Your welcome!
Muito bom. Gostei muito. Vou fazer pra minha bicicleta motorizada.
I've watched many of your videos and used many of the techniques. Great job. I have an upholstery shop in Alberta Canada and have bought several of your products as well.
Let me tell you of an easier way to join boxing thats dead accurate and much easier.
first lay one end down and mark where the center line is that you want your seam . add your seam allowance and cut it off. Then simply lay the other side of the boxing over the first end double your seam allowance ,which in this case would be one inch and cut it off.The trick here is when you lay over, eyeballing an inch is chancy , however if you tick a mark at a half inch (which is naturally what you're looking at as seam) and then another tick a half inch away from that you'll have the perfect one inch. Do this top and bottom and with out a ruler or straight edge you'll cut and sew a perfectly centered seam every time.
Excellent! We will try this in an upcoming video. Thanks for the tip!!!!
Truly an excellent video
Thanks!!!
your videos are awsome.
thank you for sharing
You are welcome!
Nice tutorial!
Im 7 years late but awesome video- im getting ready to try my first seat recover thanks
Nice and useful, Thanks
Excellent tutorial
Thanks!
Beautiful....
Amazing quality, thats the first time I know those types of seats are called pleated seats
You learn something new every day! Now you can impress your friends with your knowledge of pleated seats.
Great Video !!
Great job
Wow looks great!!!!!!!
Glad you like it!
nice one...
Thank you!
Tx Pal! Very usefull.
Very very good job
Thank you for vdo.
You are welcome! Glad you liked it.
Thank you very good video. Best regards Göran.
Thank you too
Very good work very ilustrativo súper profesional congratulations 🏈🃏😁🏉⚽👍
Great video!
Thanks!!!
nice job
fantastic. going to try it!
Great! Let us know how it comes out. If you have questions, just ask. You will find a lot of great products for this and other projects at www.sailrite.com
muito bom . Bem trabalhado.
The seat looks like it is from a Tomos moped, not motorcycle. Super excited to try out this technique. Thanks for the video!
We found this seat in someones garage, so it may be from a Tomos Moped, who knows. It was useful for this video.
tank you... ferry clear !
Thank you for the very well done and informative video.
Great !
Glad you liked it.
Skills!!!
Nice video!!!!
nice nice gonna use this on my old honda mt5
I've made seat covers for my Honda GoldWing. The only problem with imitating the original one is the stitching. The saddle will act like a sponge in the rain because of the tiny stitch holes and you know how it feels when sitting on a wet sponge.
great vid
Thanks! As always let us know if you have questions about the process or the supplies from Sailrite.
merci pour la demo très bien
Je vous en prie!
Wow! Very comprehensive Video presentation! Thanks for Sharing! I’m proud to be a subscriber! Have A Super Week!.....Gus
How is the best way to re-install the new finished cover on a steel seat pan with robots as opposed to staples? is there a method to do to get it even and stretched tight?
great video!
Thanks!!!
Thanks a lot
Are there any special needles or feet attachments that you need for your sewing machine in order to do the quilting.
The Sailrite Ultrafeed sewing machines do not have a drop down feed dog and the upper walking foot does must always come in contact with the feed dog, so it is not a good machine for quilting, sorry.
Beautiful, thank you so much for sharing all this. I have an old (1923) Singer sewing machine that pulls much heavier fabric than my new(ish) Neff, it's amazing what that old tractor can do. I'll give it a try with vinyl, the seat of my new motorbike got a nasty tear and I'll take the chance to completely re-do the seat (I didn't like it anyway!). Cafe-racer, here I'm coming!
Question: what is the best thread that can be used with a home sewing machine for stitching vinyl? The thicker needle I have is a 110 for leather.
Make sure the thread is sun rated black crown is amazing thread
good job ... -i like this
Great! Thanks for the positive comment.
This was GREAT!
I have a question.
Have you seen a stapler that would work in tight spaces, with no more than 2" height to work with?
I've run across this situation twice recently when rebuilding large boat seats with recessed cushions.
There's no convenient way to staple down the "pulls" which keep the vinyl taut.
When I get out to the edge there's no more room for our Senco stapler.
Will this one work: www.sailrite.com/EZE-TC-08-Long-Nose-Staple-Gun
Thanks for this. Silly question...do you use any special kind of thread?
For this type of project we used a V-92 Polyester thread.
What a deep voice
Nice
Thanks
Very nice
+izet bytyqi We are glad you liked it. Let us know if you have questions.
This guy's voice reminds me so much of Brian Posehn.
Nice machine. I'd love to have one that size as my Silverton boat needs some new eisenglass up top. And nice job on the seat cover. Is it possible to do this on a simple home quality machine?
Hi Mr Walter, I don't think regular sewing machines have the torque to punch through some seams where you stack up to 8 layers of thick materials. I have sewn through thick denim with a replica of the singer farmer's sewing machine, which is technically a home sewing machine. Be careful while trying to sew rubbery materials on machines that don't have a walking foot since the presser foot is fixed, the rubber gets stuck on it while the feed dogs under move your bottom piece.
Hey, no problem. All you need to do a cover like in this video (with the same quality stitch and to not possibly break your machine), is a ($2000+) heavy-duty, fully commercial sewing machine with a walking foot, like the one shown in the video, and be trained on it enough not to ruin your materials. Simple.
Angela's sewing is great. How long has she been sewing seat covers? Thank you
She has been sewing for years and continues to do so now.
I have a yammy 400 and now I will fix it myself
An excellent video and well explained, can a normal household sewing machine be used for this type of work ? with a heavy duty needle, regards Doc Cox
In some cases a home sewing machine may work. Vinyl fabric can be difficult to feed in a non walking foot sewing machine since they are tacking and sometimes stick to the presser foot. Sometimes a roller presser foot can help for those who do not have a walking foot. I like to test a home sewing machines by getting some blue jean denim and trying to sew 4 to 5 layers of denim. If it can do that chances are it may work, if not I would not even attempt to sew projects like this. Using a heavy duty needle does not improve a home sewing machines ability to sew, it only allows a heavier thread to be sewn through thicker fabric assemblies.
Thank you for your reply, regards Doc Cox
can this be done with a regular sewing machine?
Yes, it can be done with a home sewing machine, as long as it is a heavy duty home sewing machine.
Are there any videos of you guys using the 1/4 foam? I'd like to see what it looks like when sewn. Thanks!
Not yet for making pleats, sorry.
It's all good. Thanks for the reply!
Should have removed old cover first. Bad edges will cut through the new cover.
!!! best****
Thanks!!!
PU gel pad which can be inserted into your motorcycle seat for comfort sitting.
What does it cost for a sailrite polo shirt with ultrafeed LZS-1, below the sailrite logo?!? XL SHORT SLEEVE?
It took me the ENTIRE video, but I finally realize that seat is off a Tomos moped. Hah.
Yep, your guessed it.
i have two tomos targas so i sat there like no yeah then i went out to the garage and check now I'm here
Is this vinyl that you sell?
I am assuming that using thinner foam behind the pleating makes the pleats not look so tall and round?
The thinner foam "Polyurethane Foam With Fabric Backing" is what gives the top vinyl fabric the pleated look. Without sewing into the foam the fabric would only show stitch lines and not the rounded pleats.
Great vid. Do you ship overseas?
Yes, we do.
Good informative video..good commentary...too many video's on here with no commentary...PITA..