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posted March 01, 2013 06:53 AM
Pimped my seat
Had this made by SweetAssSeats. Turnaround was super quick-and quality is amazing. Its pearl white crocodile with color matched trim and matching stitch. Took a little while to get it perfect when installing. I think it looks bad ass.
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PuckDracon
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posted March 01, 2013 08:28 AM
Thanks for this thread, looks awesome! Just ordered one.
I was on the fence about buying the ones on EBay from that guy in Jersey for $145, even had one in the cart. Saw the add for these guys but with a plain black/white schematic pic I wasn't sure on the quality but they look great.
I mentioned your S/N and this thread in my checkout comments, going with Black Ostrich A/B with Valentine Red smooth C/D with black stitching, $98.
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posted March 01, 2013 08:51 AM
What color bike is it for?
The customer service is awesome-I sent for a few swatches before I chose my colors. He ending up sending me like 20 red and white color samples so I could make a real solid color matched decision. Its much nicer picking the material when its in your hands and not just by pictures. When you get cover you will be blown away by the detail in the construction.
I felt the same way about those Ebay covers also. SweetAssSeats comes through when you want something really unique.
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posted March 01, 2013 09:20 AM
These are the color swatches I got.
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PuckDracon
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posted March 01, 2013 07:04 PM
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What color bike is it for?
The customer service is awesome-I sent for a few swatches before I chose my colors. He ending up sending me like 20 red and white color samples so I could make a real solid color matched decision. Its much nicer picking the material when its in your hands and not just by pictures. When you get cover you will be blown away by the detail in the construction.
I felt the same way about those Ebay covers also. SweetAssSeats comes through when you want something really unique.
Its for a black ZX14R that I did up with red accents. I painted the side ribs and front fender ribs red, and installed billet red rizoma grips, pazzo levers w/black adjusters, and the black->red Puig double bubble.
I'm hoping the seat cover I picked looks as good on the bike as it does in my head, lol.
I installed a LuiMoto cover on my last bike's driver and passenger seats, and am hoping a one piece seat is easier to cover since there are less edges and turns, since that was a pain in the ass. Might just pick up a generic air stapler at Harbor Frieght since the hand one kills your wrists after a while.
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posted March 01, 2013 07:17 PM
An air stapler might kick ass, I've never used one
I learned the hard way--dont get a cheap manual stapler, it wont work for $hit. Get a heavy duty Arrow or similar. Dont get an electric one either, they have no power to drive staples. The seat plastic on the 14 is super hard to staple into. For every 3 shots, you might sink 1 flush. Its not hard to do, you just need a strong stapler and patience.
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PuckDracon
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posted March 01, 2013 07:35 PM
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An air stapler might kick ass, I've never used one
I learned the hard way--dont get a cheap manual stapler, it wont work for $hit. Get a heavy duty Arrow or similar. Dont get an electric one either, they have no power to drive staples. The seat plastic on the 14 is super hard to staple into. For every 3 shots, you might sink 1 flush. Its not hard to do, you just need a strong stapler and patience.
I've got a heavy duty Arrow stapler, the kind with the lever on the opposite side instead of the palm thats supposed to be easier to pull. It worked fine at first, but after a while fatigue kicks in and its still a pain.
Looks like its nice and flush, did you need to use any spray adhesive for the low parts so there is no air gap? I'm not sure if the 12 seat is deeper then the earlier years so don't know if I should get some just in case.
Also, what was the turn around, ~10 days? I'm trying to get mine in time for a bike show on the 15th, hoping I didn't cut it too close.
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posted March 01, 2013 08:52 PM
No adhesive needed. My cover arrived really fast, like 3-4 days after ordering.
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PuckDracon
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posted March 02, 2013 06:39 AM
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No adhesive needed. My cover arrived really fast, like 3-4 days after ordering.
Awesome, thanks
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PuckDracon
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posted March 11, 2013 07:51 PM
Just to update, got mine in and its beautiful  . Very happy with the quality of the material, the stitching, and the evenness of the color. I got a cheap air stapler that works awesome and will be installing it tomorrow.
It's not too bad this time of year but the real test will be over the summer how it holds up to 9-10 hour days of being parked in the FL sun. I installed a LuiMoto cover on my last bike and it showed ZERO signs of fading after two years of daily riding...but was twice as much as this one and in all honesty this one feels just as high quality.
Thanks again for the quick review with pic's and showing it to us. Your thread is what made me pull the trigger and I am very happy so far.
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posted March 11, 2013 10:37 PM
No problem. Post pics when you are ready. I wanna see!
Where in FL are you?
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posted March 12, 2013 08:09 AM
PuckDracon, We Need Pictures ! LOL !
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PuckDracon
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posted March 12, 2013 11:04 AM
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No problem. Post pics when you are ready. I wanna see!
Where in FL are you?
I'm in Orlando.
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PuckDracon, We Need Pictures ! LOL !
I had a few errands to run today but I will have it installed and pics up sometime today .
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carabuser
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posted March 12, 2013 01:01 PM
Anyone have any picture of a custom seat for a candy plasma blue ? trying to get some ideas, and I dont have photoshop,
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posted March 12, 2013 01:48 PM
I dont, but why dont you check out the designs sweetassseats offers. Go on the site and check out their material options
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PuckDracon
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posted March 12, 2013 04:33 PM
Here are the pics, as promised!
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carabuser
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posted March 12, 2013 08:39 PM
Looks real good !
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posted March 12, 2013 09:27 PM
Seat looks awesome. Bike looks great. Nice Job!
How did you go about the smoked headlights?
And is that a 2006 E350 Sport I see behind your bike? Yours?
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PuckDracon
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posted March 13, 2013 08:24 AM
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Seat looks awesome. Bike looks great. Nice Job!
How did you go about the smoked headlights?
And is that a 2006 E350 Sport I see behind your bike? Yours?
I smoked the headlights, turns, and tails by masking them off and spraying them with Niteshades, a spray on tint. Got it at Murray's speed shop.
The car next to it isn't mine, I do have a nasty LT1 Camaro though.
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