I haven't had time to update my show display booth in a couple years. I plan on one day having a pair of buckes on a stand out front--same seat, but each done up differently to show varying styles -- along with some other full-size pieces. The last couple shows I've happened to have a custom bench seat in the shop when I've gone out, so I lug that into the van and take it along. There's only so much space in a Honda van. Onnne of these days I'll have a pull-behind trailer with dropsides to it. Just pull in, drop the front and pull out the sides and presto, instant display.

But for now, I have a couple cheapass boat seats (the fold down individual seats) that have a custom cover on it, and an ATV seat in perf and brushed aluminum vinyl, and the aforementioned project seat when there's one in the shop, along with all my samples, books and photo album. But I wanted to add something to it, and had a Kawasaki KZ440 seat sitting around.

I'd scavenged the seat off a junk bike to put on my Suzuki GS 750. I sold that bike this spring, but the seat has hung around. And I had some scrap skin material and some faux Ostrich. Hmmmmm.


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I got the curved sides of the Ostrich inserts to lay down pretty nice. I wasn't about to sew on an applique for a demonstration seat. That's great if you're shaving cost and belching it out on short order. But not to show that "this is what we can do in the shop." Bike seats are good for the display because it lets visitors pick it up and examine the work up close to check the detail.

This is the first time I've tried 138 thread for the top stitching. It really looks nice and full and adds to the seam. I've got to get more colors.