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Old 03-25-2007, 02:54 AM
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hey everyone im curious how hard is it to reupholster my seat . i have a 98 cbr 600 F3. (bannana seat) and id rather do it myself if i can because to get professionaly redone is like $120, and i cant fin da good used condition 97/98 seat. is it just like doing a car seat (fabric, hog rings etc).. i wanted to see if anyone has done this before i rip into my bike .. thanks in advance !
 
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i am doing the seat for my bike tonight and thats pretty funny i just went to Jo-ann fabric tonight and bought 3 yds of black vinyl to do my seat. it was 11.00... the place i went to said 45.00 to do it... i am going to spray glue it over the foam then pull it tight and use a air stapler to secure it to the seat frame(stapler 19.99 harbor frieght..the spray glue is to keep it tight against the foam..
 
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so is it looking as easy as it sounds?
 
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well i am sitting on my couch and havent had the energy todo it yet.. so yeah its looking easy..real easy..
but i have done my 4 wheeler and dirt bike seats before and its not that bad...
 
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good **** , i might have to do it this week. because lemme tell yea nothing worse then trying to holla @ a cute girl with your rear seat all tore up ! lmao
 
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yeah i hear ya. or spending over 1000.00 on your bike in the off season to make it look show quality and having a ripped up seat! i am probably going to do it in the morning buti will put up pics and lessons learned
 
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thanks ill look forward to it .. good luck hope it goes well for you
 
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It isnt hard. I didmy RR's and granted they are smallers seats, but same idea. I did a write up on those a while back.
 
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https://cbrforum.com/m_212719/tm.htm..... did you use a regular staple gun or a air one?
 
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I...screwed with the banana seat yesterday on my F2...did not really have enough time after installing the Scorp and FE kit, but this is exactly what I am looking to do. Make a banana seat not even remotely resemble a...well banana.

I never thought of or knew about car upholstry...(wtf are Hog Rings?)

Can someone who does a banana seat to something like this...post how they did it?

I thought of cutting the seat pan in half...but...well...





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