BMW R2, seat cover renew in leather, hand made

Begonnen von dequincey, 30 Mai 2020, 17:58:09

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dequincey

Hi


so my old bmw r2 seat was not that old, probably was renewed using fake leather

it looked good but it had some defects so i needed a replacement

you can buy these replacements at around 140 euro, fake leather again, and not the right shape

i wanted something more original

it has been around one month of work to have this completed, no previous experience with leather,....

hope you like it

please comment


here it is my old seat:





if once a man indulges himself in m.

dequincey


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dequincey

#1
old seat

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dequincey

#2
fail....
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dequincey

#3
so i need to disassemble and make the templates and so on




























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dequincey

#4

preparing the templates














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dequincey

#5

now i need to learn how to sew,....not easy...
































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#6
more















































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#7

and...done

































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Risky

 :respekt:
Fantastic craftsmanship

Looks very good
Bedenke: Wo immer du hin gehst, da bist du dann auch

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Heiko

Great!  :respekt: By the way: You live in Bilbao?


Heiko
Ariel motorcycles... upon which the sun never sets.

dequincey

Zitat von: Risky am 30 Mai 2020, 18:24:54
:respekt:
Fantastic craftsmanship

Looks very good

thank you very much, not concours, but better than what i had before, and "i did it with my hands" !!!
if once a man indulges himself in m.

dequincey

Zitat von: Heiko am 30 Mai 2020, 18:55:56
Great!  :respekt: By the way: You live in Bilbao?


Heiko

yes, BIO stands for Bilbao
thank you for your comment
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Herculestom

Very well done! You can be very proud on this piece of work made in Pays Basque with your own hands. To be honest I wouldn't dare to tackle something like this. Thanks for sharing it with us.
umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu

Risky

And again, I lie it very much.

I just opened it to see the comments and thought again: WOW 🤩
Bedenke: Wo immer du hin gehst, da bist du dann auch

R 25/3  1954    Citroën AMI 6  1964    Ducati Multistrada PP  2013

Heiko

Zitat von: dequincey am 30 Mai 2020, 19:10:06
yes, BIO stands for Bilbao
thank you for your comment

Very nice city. My wife and me stayed there two times within the last two years and it was not our last trip to Bilbo.
Ariel motorcycles... upon which the sun never sets.

dequincey

Zitat von: Herculestom am 30 Mai 2020, 19:13:58
Very well done! You can be very proud on this piece of work made in Pays Basque with your own hands. To be honest I wouldn't dare to tackle something like this. Thanks for sharing it with us.

thank you for your kind response
if once a man indulges himself in m.

dequincey

Zitat von: Heiko am 30 Mai 2020, 19:37:13
Very nice city. My wife and me stayed there two times within the last two years and it was not our last trip to Bilbo.

happy to know that you liked it, regards
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OldsCool!

 :applaus: :respekt:
Very well done, documented and shared  :)
Ich bin auf dem Dorf aufgewachsen. Ich wurde nicht erzogen, ich habe ÜBERLEBT!

dequincey

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dequincey

#19
here is an addition as to the materials used

i was very worried trying to find the proper materials, leather was easy, twine or cord was easy too, even the waxed version, but what about the horse hair that makes the cushion of the seat:

post pictures

obviously you can reuse the material that was there , but i wanted to find something new and fresh

thought about felt, foam,...none of them seemed a perfect solution, and then i found these guys:

Martin Fahy  +44 (0)1522 685974   https://heritagecomponents.co.uk

and they had this material: ruberished hair:   

https://heritagecomponents.co.uk/upholstery-accessories/hair-fibre/rubberised-hair-coir-sheet-selection.html


that is the one that you can see in my picture, and the one that i used. (the brown one is the old stuff, green on the right is the new material)

despite being thick i considered that it was not stiff enough, so i doubled it, it is easy to work with it, if can be sewn and glued.



just in case:  i wonder if anyone has a source of an alternative better material


thank you


regards

:attacke:





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Risky

would you mind showing Pictures of the whole bike?
The blue Petrol tank looks nice...
Bedenke: Wo immer du hin gehst, da bist du dann auch

R 25/3  1954    Citroën AMI 6  1964    Ducati Multistrada PP  2013

Heiko

Zitat von: Risky am 02 Juni 2020, 15:25:20
would you mind showing Pictures of the whole bike?
The blue Petrol tank looks nice...

Original on all(?) series R2, R3, R4.
Ariel motorcycles... upon which the sun never sets.

rolf

#22
except R3....and the others only for the first serie

nebenbei....viel Aufwand um unter Garantie einen nassen Popo zu bekommen....nach dem Regen

Risky

Glaubst du echt, dass es in Bilbao überhaupt jemals regnet und dann das Moped draussen steht?
Bedenke: Wo immer du hin gehst, da bist du dann auch

R 25/3  1954    Citroën AMI 6  1964    Ducati Multistrada PP  2013

rolf


dequincey

Zitat von: Risky am 02 Juni 2020, 16:13:32
Glaubst du echt, dass es in Bilbao überhaupt jemals regnet und dann das Moped draussen steht?
Zitat von: rolf am 02 Juni 2020, 15:47:05
except R3....and the others only for the first serie

nebenbei....viel Aufwand um unter Garantie einen nassen Popo zu bekommen....nach dem Regen

Wenn es regnet, kommen nur die Schnecken heraus
:-)
if once a man indulges himself in m.

dequincey

Zitat von: Risky am 02 Juni 2020, 15:25:20
would you mind showing Pictures of the whole bike?
The blue Petrol tank looks nice...

yes, here,





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