So like a lot of people the pillion seat on FZ1 is getting scuffed up when I get on/off the bike and when my backpack/s slide across etc. After trying failing to find 'anyone' who who did a full cover for the pillion seat, I thought how hard can it be to try and make my own.
So with a 50x150m sheet from The Grange and 2m of elasticated cord from a locale sew-n-stitch shop I made my own, and for a first try I think I did pretty well. The spacing on the 'stitching' of the cord is about 25mm, and then once the cover was on the seat, I did a shoe-lace pattern on the circumference to minimise bunching on the concave/convex curves and corners of the seat, I used a criss-cross shoe-lace pattern etc.
Fitting the seat back n the bike is a snug fit, but I am expecting it will bed in over time. And the beauty of using anti-slip mesh, I can carry a all smaller items on the back with just bungees should the need arise knowing they wont move around on the back etc.
So with a 50x150m sheet from The Grange and 2m of elasticated cord from a locale sew-n-stitch shop I made my own, and for a first try I think I did pretty well. The spacing on the 'stitching' of the cord is about 25mm, and then once the cover was on the seat, I did a shoe-lace pattern on the circumference to minimise bunching on the concave/convex curves and corners of the seat, I used a criss-cross shoe-lace pattern etc.
Fitting the seat back n the bike is a snug fit, but I am expecting it will bed in over time. And the beauty of using anti-slip mesh, I can carry a all smaller items on the back with just bungees should the need arise knowing they wont move around on the back etc.