Replacing a motorcycle seat cover?

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Maico 440, that's an oldie but a goodie! My brother had one and I had a Greeves 360, we switched bikes all the time, the Maico had more grunt but the Greeves handled better, such fond memories 8Q.

I've redone a few old seats, they came out okay but I've found that the pros do a much better job, so taking it to an upholstery shop or an auto-detailing shop that does their own in-house work would be my suggestion.
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Replacing a motorcycle seat cover?
I'm replacing the seat cover on my vintage race bike, a 1980 Maico 440. The seat cover did not come with any instructions.

What type of glue to you use to secure the new seat cover to the base?

One site I went on advised using 1/8" staples. I checked my local hardware stores and......Show more

Any upholstery shop or Car stereo guy would likely have the 1/8" staples, Thats where i got mine done. A friend of mine runs an auto body/car stereo store and seems to believe they are the only way to go for the fact that longer ones run the chance of piercing through to the foam in the thinner area's of the seat and also won't always go all the way into the hard plastic and you have to pull them out and retry several times leaving yourself with a mess of holes. Someone who does interior work on cars such as stereos, or seats would likely do a great job....Show more

When shaving down the foam on my Kx125's seat, I just used regular sized staples to put the cover back on. It looks and functions just fine. Even though it's advised that you use 1/8", I don't think it would hurt to use bigger ones....Show more