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seat cover for a ST1100 - pattern??
« on: January 29, 2015, 10:58:00 AM »
I am wanting to make a seat cover for my ST11 and was wondering if anyone has done their own?

If you have do you have a pattern that I could use? It is for the standard seat for the 1999 ST11.

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Re: seat cover for a ST1100 - pattern??
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2015, 02:15:14 PM »
I watched a professional seat cover maker prepare a pattern for my Yamaha XJR with it's non-standard seat.

He worked with a big sheet of clear plastic, pinning it on and around the bare seat.  He folded and marked the pleats in the plastic with a texta, and did the same on the plastic around the seat edge.    He cut out the pattern and traced around the edges onto the back of a sheepskin.  It was a prefect fit. 

He made it look VERY easy.
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Re: seat cover for a ST1100 - pattern??
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2015, 02:28:25 PM »
I watched a professional seat cover maker prepare a pattern for my Yamaha XJR with it's non-standard seat.

He worked with a big sheet of clear plastic, pinning it on and around the bare seat.  He folded and marked the pleats in the plastic with a texta, and did the same on the plastic around the seat edge.    He cut out the pattern and traced around the edges onto the back of a sheepskin.  It was a prefect fit. 

He made it look VERY easy.

Now that's "thinking smarter not harder", I'll try and remember that trick.
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Re: seat cover for a ST1100 - pattern??
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2015, 11:24:33 PM »

He made it look VERY easy.

thats what comes with knowing stuff and doing stuff and being skilled

Wish i could implant a skills chip into my skull

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