Bike Seat Retrim

Our good friends at Guildford Harley-Davidson contacted d:class once again for another custom bike seat retrim. At the time of writing this, we have completed another cover and are creating one more, but sadly we cannot show you until we get the green light to do so.

For this seat, we were tasked with creating a simple yet stylish design with a mixture of materials. The use of black nappa leather and black Alcantara was specified by the customer. To connect the seat and bike together, we chose a thread that was as similar as possible to the green vinyl stickers and framework of the bicycle.

The first step is to plan the design of the cover by mocking up potential stitch lines on the original cover. Next is to draw out the design onto the material and cut out. Once all patterned pieces are stitched together, it is just a matter of fitting the cover over the foam and installing it.