Enginedoctor
Well-Known Member
okay to preface this inquiry, my handle is engine doctor, NOT upholstery doctor BUT i don't consider myself to be Clueless either.
1979 z50r: bought this bike when i was 14. Seat cover torn, BUT the foam was still intact enough to be re-used, SO i ordered a cover off ebay years later, maybe when i was 16 or 17. Wrapped it myself, no help from mom and dad and it looked (imo) Good. Here's 2 pics:
1978 Ct90: bought this as a package deal, cover torn, rotten because of UV rays and other misc weather. Bought a Foam AND cover from DR. ATV (who i used to like). wrapped it. not my first rodeo at this point. wrapped a bunch of jeeps seats by now, 10 years later, i'm 25 or 26... Looks like garbage. Call DR. ATV. they said 'send us pics' So i sent them the following pics. then said 'send us foam and cover'. I sent them the foam and the cover. foam and cover (same ones) come back. Apparently i'm an idiot, and having spend over $1000 with DR. ATV in the past, they were unwilling to help me, the cover was correct for my year bike (according to them) even though it didn't fit my pan, which was original <they also no longer sell this foam... coincidence?> This is what it looked like:
So, took THAT seat to an upholstery guy in salt lake. He was legit. showed him the whole deal, he says 'i can do it but it won't be cheap'... Does the seat. Makes his own cover AND foam. Looks great BUT doesn't say honda. $180. So now i paid dr. atv $100 for nothing, and an upholstery guy $180 to make it look good. Now a $280 motorcycle seat for a minibike i spent $500 for....
1972 ct70H
I don't have pics of this one, BUT the cover had a slight tear. Foam original and un-blemished. Got a new cover off ebay, installed easily. Looks good. no complaints (can you believe that??!?)
1974 st90:
Making this one NICE (or trying to) i bought a 'reproduction seat' from vietnam or thailand or one of those asian countries that isn't japan. Seat shows up, looks okay, but the pan is wrong. completely wrong. tried to adapt the foam and cover to the OE pan. Failure. Order a reproduction foam from 'joemama' off ebay... this one to be exact: Honda CT70 Seat Foam Cushion Trail Ct 70 ST90 St 90 | eBay
says in listing 'excellent quality; molded from factory honda parts' So i put it on my original pan. looks a little bulky, but MIGHT work... right??
So i order a cover from gumtwo in canada, also Ebay Cover shows up, looks good... So i start mounting it all together
No love. hit it with a hair dryer... can't stretch it enough... have someone stand on the pan while i try to stretch the cover over the now compressed foam.... still nothing
SO... finally a question: Is there ANY DECENT, RELIABLE producers of reproduction seat foam i can trust in the future? Should i hire a part time upholstery guy to make foam when i need it?
You guys have nice bikes, what do you do?
1979 z50r: bought this bike when i was 14. Seat cover torn, BUT the foam was still intact enough to be re-used, SO i ordered a cover off ebay years later, maybe when i was 16 or 17. Wrapped it myself, no help from mom and dad and it looked (imo) Good. Here's 2 pics:
1978 Ct90: bought this as a package deal, cover torn, rotten because of UV rays and other misc weather. Bought a Foam AND cover from DR. ATV (who i used to like). wrapped it. not my first rodeo at this point. wrapped a bunch of jeeps seats by now, 10 years later, i'm 25 or 26... Looks like garbage. Call DR. ATV. they said 'send us pics' So i sent them the following pics. then said 'send us foam and cover'. I sent them the foam and the cover. foam and cover (same ones) come back. Apparently i'm an idiot, and having spend over $1000 with DR. ATV in the past, they were unwilling to help me, the cover was correct for my year bike (according to them) even though it didn't fit my pan, which was original <they also no longer sell this foam... coincidence?> This is what it looked like:
So, took THAT seat to an upholstery guy in salt lake. He was legit. showed him the whole deal, he says 'i can do it but it won't be cheap'... Does the seat. Makes his own cover AND foam. Looks great BUT doesn't say honda. $180. So now i paid dr. atv $100 for nothing, and an upholstery guy $180 to make it look good. Now a $280 motorcycle seat for a minibike i spent $500 for....
1972 ct70H
I don't have pics of this one, BUT the cover had a slight tear. Foam original and un-blemished. Got a new cover off ebay, installed easily. Looks good. no complaints (can you believe that??!?)
1974 st90:
Making this one NICE (or trying to) i bought a 'reproduction seat' from vietnam or thailand or one of those asian countries that isn't japan. Seat shows up, looks okay, but the pan is wrong. completely wrong. tried to adapt the foam and cover to the OE pan. Failure. Order a reproduction foam from 'joemama' off ebay... this one to be exact: Honda CT70 Seat Foam Cushion Trail Ct 70 ST90 St 90 | eBay
says in listing 'excellent quality; molded from factory honda parts' So i put it on my original pan. looks a little bulky, but MIGHT work... right??
So i order a cover from gumtwo in canada, also Ebay Cover shows up, looks good... So i start mounting it all together
No love. hit it with a hair dryer... can't stretch it enough... have someone stand on the pan while i try to stretch the cover over the now compressed foam.... still nothing
SO... finally a question: Is there ANY DECENT, RELIABLE producers of reproduction seat foam i can trust in the future? Should i hire a part time upholstery guy to make foam when i need it?
You guys have nice bikes, what do you do?
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