The ebay purchase had the original stitching and help with the lines of the bike.
The seat cover was carefully removed and was used again to recover my Suzuki GS500 seat.
I bought an electric stapler especially for this job and some stainless staples.
The seat was placed on the cover all upside down, placed on a stool and press down with a clamp pressing down from the shed roof. This compressed the foam a bit making the pulling and stapling of the cover a bit easier. A few staples in strategic places and the clamp was released and then the cover was fully stapled all the way around.
1st pictures shows the original plain cover that came with the bike.
2nd picture shows the loose cover on top of the foam seat.
Nice line of stainless staples which will not rust.........ever.
Another underside shot.
A new seat stay was made from 5mm stainless bar replacing the rusty old one.
The hinges were rubbed down and given a coat of zinc anti-corrosion paint.
Finally the top side in all its glory,.
Only problem was while being stored in the shed rolled up, I was using my hand grinder and didn't notice a few sparks drifting its way. Hence the couple of small off colour patches on the back seat.
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