Seat Shaving

[LiN Mae]

Has anyone had their seat shaved with either of these 2 auto upholstery shops? Any good? Fair price? Or if you can recommend any others, that would be cool too (except Angelo's, don't think I can wait that long for a seat shave....) Thanks!

Jim's Auto Upholstery (near FBC)
NBI Upholstery (on Midway Drive)

[kc1717]

do it yourself, its rediculously easy.

hell, just keep buying me beers while i work and ill do it for free.


havent heard any thing about the shops sorry.

its really easy though, just pull the staples, reshape it, then recover and staple.

[LiN Mae]

Yeah, I was told that it was fairly easy, the thing is, I'm not sure if I'm talented enough to get the curve of the seat right. I don't want to mess it up and have to order another stock seat. I think I'd rather shell out the $25 and have a better job done than what I could have done.

[kc1717]

Originally posted by LiN Mae
Yeah, I was told that it was fairly easy, the thing is, I'm not sure if I'm talented enough to get the curve of the seat right. I don't want to mess it up and have to order another stock seat. I think I'd rather shell out the $25 and have a better job done than what I could have done.

to eash his own. i know i personally work on my bike with more care and concern than anyone out there, and i have the confidence that i wont mess up.

hope you find a place, but dont be so scared to tackle new jobs, it builds charachter

[Arnold_R1]

Originally posted by LiN Mae
Yeah, I was told that it was fairly easy, the thing is, I'm not sure if I'm talented enough to get the curve of the seat right. I don't want to mess it up and have to order another stock seat. I think I'd rather shell out the $25 and have a better job done than what I could have done.

PM Sentinel --->ED He has his seat shaved!

[LiN Mae]

Thanks Arnold, I'll do that!

[zee]

I wanna redo my 04' R1 seat so that it is higher in the front. The R1 seat droops lower in the front and raises in the back. It makes my groin slide back to the front, when I want an inch or more space between the tank and me. I was thinking about going to UFO and making a new seat with more material in the front. Do they have the materials/leather to do this there?

[Shortee]

2 words:

staple-gun
turkey shaver

but 25 bucks is a really good deal! the former has worked for my midget-asss in the past :-p

[Sentinel]

Check your PM

[LiN Mae]

All right guys, I dropped my bike off at Jim's Auto upholstery shop this morning and should be getting it back around 2 or this afternoon. I'll be posting pics. =)

[ducky900]

Well...how did it come out??? Was it a good job??

[LiN Mae]

Some guy named Bill at Jim's auto upholstery shaved the seat for me and he did a really good job! Here are some pics.

[LiN Mae]

and a view from the top:

[DucMonzter750]

Looks Good!

[zee]

Wow, that is nice and clean.

[ducky900]

That looks real good..he did a nice job..

[Sentinel]

Originally posted by LiN Mae
Some guy named Bill at Jim's auto upholstery shaved the seat for me and he did a really good job!

Looks great, how much did it cost?

Can you flat foot now?

[LiN Mae]

Originally posted by Sentinel
Looks great, how much did it cost?

Can you flat foot now?

cost me $25, which isn't too bad i guess. He did a pretty good job. Unfortunately, I still can't flat foot it, but I definitely have better footing now. Gotta love those short stubby legs... heh.

[Shortee]

wow, quite impressive....i may be needing a referral there in the future!!

looks nice ;) hey i got a short reach as well, hence the name....but we learn to live w/ our shortcomings (no pun intended)

looks good girlie!!

[PTNGINA]

this might be a stupid ?? but ill ask anyways, do u shaved the top part of the seat..where your ass sits..

[LiN Mae]

The guy shaved off the sides and the top of the seat.

[PTNGINA]

Originally posted by LiN Mae
The guy shaved off the sides and the top of the seat.

did they shave the foam or the platic part of the seat.
thanks

[LiN Mae]

Basically what they do is they take off the the black covering and then shave off the foam, sides and top, and then fit the covering back on the newly shaved seat. They just staple the covering to the bottom of the seat. You can probably do it yourself, but I just wasn't willing to risk screwing up my seat. Are you thinking of getting your seat shaved as well?

[PTNGINA]

ya, im thinking of getting it shaved. im only 5 foot 5 or so and when i wear my sidi boots i can barely touch the ground. but when i wear nikes, its ok. but when they shave the foam, how comfy are the seats now since it has less cushion. thanks