Who's the banana seat recovering Guru?

[spinman]

I know about Pete @ Hyper-formance, who's the King of correct Schwinn seats..

I've got non Schwinn material I'd like to get fitted over a pan.

Thx

 

[menzorro]

I recovered one myself and it turned out pretty good. If you have enough material, you ought to try it yourself.

 

[Herman]

Give Dogdart a pm,he does custom upholstery for cars,bikes,etc.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

There is a good "How To" on recovering seats in the "How To" section, could do it yourself...

Luke.

 

[spinman]

Thx for the tips

 

[MAD BRAD]

The cover is it a petes and does it have the foam MB

 

[spinman]

I don't know if the seat I have can even be recovered. It's a mid 70s OEM Schwinn with a riveted pan. The older seats had clips you could pry apart to seperate the 2 pans.

 

[MAD BRAD]

I do leather covers im going to recover a 66 schwinn bannana seat with a petes seat kit. The newer seats you pry the area out if its the one i think it is. MB

 

[B607]

Make sure the foam is closed cell foam. Open cell foam can draw moisture. I bought a roll of closed cell foam at WalMart in the sporting goods section. It was a roll for camping that you put under your sleeping bag. I glued a layer of that on first with contact cement, then put another layer of padding on top of that. Topped it with leather. It came out nice and is comfortable to ride. Gary

 

[spinman]

looks good Gary, thanks for the pics

 

[spinman]

I went ahead and did my own recover. I had 3 seat sto work with and every one had various staged of hidden rust once the pans were taken apart. You really don't know til you rip em apart.

I used 6 layers of 1/8" closed cell foam glued together with 77 spary adhesive. I beefed up the rear bushing from OEM 1/4" ID to 5/16" ID to carry my 175 lbs. I used hot melt glue to hold the vinyl in place under the pan.

The cheetah print vinyl is a heavy indoor/outdoor textured fabric that worked great. i have extra material for a few other seats if anyone is interested, PM me for details.

 

[MAD BRAD]

Looks awesome guy nice job!!!!. MB

 

[randiddle]

I went ahead and did my own recover. I had 3 seat sto work with and every one had various staged of hidden rust once the pans were taken apart. You really don't know til you rip em apart.

I used 6 layers of 1/8" closed cell foam glued together with 77 spary adhesive. I beefed up the rear bushing from OEM 1/4" ID to 5/16" ID to carry my 175 lbs. I used hot melt glue to hold the vinyl in place under the pan.

The cheetah print vinyl is a heavy indoor/outdoor textured fabric that worked great. i have extra material for a few other seats if anyone is interested, PM me for details.
looks really good. let's see the underside.

 

[spinman]

 

[River City Speed]

That is awesome! I'm doing the same thing to my daughters AMF muscle bike. Im using faux fur though.

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[CRASH]

Member '1976singbike' (his name is Robb) over at Muscle Bike forum recovers. I have just personally seen his work and it's breathtaking. He's going to do my daughter's seat in pink and white.

 

[Rat Rod]

You do realize this is how side businesses get started don't you? :wink:

 

[B607]

Back in the day, Persons seat co. would have hired him on the spot. Nice work! Gary