Monday, April 16, 2018

Run Red Run: Day 3, The Happy Accident


So in making the tail thicker than the front, it ended up creating a fantastically organic shape that really blended in beautifully with the shape of the frame and tank.  Really couldn't have been any luckier given that it was totally unintentional.

The chocolate brown already looked good, so I was eager to get the black/white back on.

I did tape down the foam this time, just to really make sure to preserve the shape and so nothing would shift.

Having to redo the cover several times over also helped nail down the technique.  I would pull the fabric down tight over the prong, mark it with the red sharpie, then use the X-acto to create the smallest hole possible.

Slightly nerve-wracking doing it on the white leather, but it all came out swimmingly on the first try.

Actually mounted on the bike, the seat looks almost perfect.  And the gamble with the two-tone black/white paid off nicely, I think.














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