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Hi I am looking for advice and suggestions on refurbishing a TY250A seat. I wish to reuse the fibreglass seat base. I have not seen new seats for sale any where, only a few seat covers. Are seats available here, USA, UK? I am looking at this point in time to manufacture an internal seat base from plate alloy shaped to match the fibrglass seat base, something I can drill and tap the mounting holes into, and then get the upholsterer to foam and cover it. Seems practical is there an easier way?

If you have the foam, just take this and the seat base along to someone used to doing motorcycle seats and ask them to recover it. Shouldnt be a problem for someone who knows what they are doing.

Thanks FM350 but I need to fabricate a seat base (internal) that gets bolted to the fibreglass seat base, and re foam and cover the base plate that I am thinking of manufacturing??????? I'm still not sure.

Tim I will bring something out on the weekend that I'm sure you will be interested in

I went and got this from the shed so I wouldn't forget it

Looks Interesting.

anyone got any ideas on making the pattern on the seat vinyl, maybe a branding iron made from some small threaded rod?

One of mine has the pattern simply stitched through the vinyl .......... looks surprisingly good.

Alastair Farquhar

Make a grid pattern from heavy wire, and attach it to the bum of your trousers. Heat it to a dull glow with an oxy torch and then sit neatly on the seat for a few seconds before standing again, all the while being careful not to squirm and ruin the effect. This leaves a nice pattern on the seats of both the bike and rider.

I must admit I haven't used this method on mine yet. It might conflict with the existing lines effect of all the gaffer tape. (on the bike, not the rider.)

The perfectionist seat cover replica makers do use a heated grid of metal strips, very accurately fitted together so that the bottom surfaces form a flat face. In the case of replicating the pattern on TY seat covers, the metal strips have the required pattern cut into the surface. The grid is heated very evenly and then accurately pressed against the vinyl. A cover made this way ends up looking just like the original but is very $$$ in labour. The economical seat covers are decorated with stitching that looks right unless you get close. I just bought a new stitched-pattern cover for a TY250D seat for about $22, and I reckon that is great value. Plain seat covers, custom made at the local auto upholsterers are about $80.