CrossBones Seat Pan Replacement
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CrossBones Seat Pan Replacement
Finally finished this project. Been working on this since Thanksgiving. Too many hours to even count. The inspiration came from White Guy's cover. Started w/ a side of veg tan leather and went to work seeing where I could go from there. The wife suggested working w/ wet leather to get a fitted look and shape that will hold. I was a little reluctant to let the leather set on the bike for several days drying. So i covered the frame in that seran cling wrap. I shaped it around the ECM and fram rails. The ECM created a nice box shape - it begged for some carving and stamping. I'm most please w/ how the tank strap came out. I added the buffalo nickel to match my swing arm bag. The guys at Tandy Leather were a big help answering my questions and getting me the right tools. I'm happy w/ the results. It's raining here and I was having trouble getting a decent wide angle w/ the seat on inside my cramped garage. I'll send a few more pics when the weather breaks.
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Excellent job! What kind of treament did you give the edges(braided stitching, plain?) How thick is it and what kind did you go with? It's 6 degress here, I wonder how well leather "freeze dries"?
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CrossBones Seat Pan Replacement
The sun came out so I took some pictures outside so you can see what it looks like with the seat on (3" springs). I added a pic w/ the plastic cover for comparison - this one was when i tried the 2" springs.
Budmeister,
I used 6oz leather. It's pretty thick. Stuff normally used for knife sheaths. It's one piece except on top of the tank strap - I stitched on the decorative piece in the middle. I beveled the edges and used a edge slicker and some tragacanth gum (i think thats what it's called) to give it an edge like a belt would have. The lacing is a straight slit buckstitch. The straight slits make the diamond design when it's laced. It's mostly decorative but it did give the edges some more rigidity and also gave me a way to anchor it down to the frame w/ zip ties.
Budmeister,
I used 6oz leather. It's pretty thick. Stuff normally used for knife sheaths. It's one piece except on top of the tank strap - I stitched on the decorative piece in the middle. I beveled the edges and used a edge slicker and some tragacanth gum (i think thats what it's called) to give it an edge like a belt would have. The lacing is a straight slit buckstitch. The straight slits make the diamond design when it's laced. It's mostly decorative but it did give the edges some more rigidity and also gave me a way to anchor it down to the frame w/ zip ties.
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