On 7/7/2020 5:42 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 16:18:20 -0400, Hawk wrote:

On 7/7/2020 8:49 AM, badgolferman wrote:
The seam has started to separate about 6-7 inches on my 2002 Honda
Goldwing GL1800A. I took it to an upholstery shop yesterday and the
guy suggested I use Super Glue to repair it. He said it would cost
$100+ for him to remove the vinyl cover and sew it back together plus a
week or so. The seam separation was no more than a quarter inch so I
took his advice and glued the seam back together in small increments
then filled in the gaps with more glue.

Has anyone ever had such experiences and what did you do to fix it?
Did it last?


If you plan to keep the bike, I'd do it the right way and remove the
leather to sew. The glue will eventually give in. If you don't want to
spend the money, you can actually do it yourself, but you'll need to
purchase heavy duty thread and staples to reattach the leather.
I'd definitely be trying to do it (right) myself. Remove the cover
then either find someone to properly restitch it or learn to do it
yourself. The upholstery guy would likely restitch it for you for
about $20 with it off the bike. If necessary you can glue a patch on
the back to strengthen the joint.
I have a leather shop for a customer so I could likely soft-talk one
of the guys into doing the stitching for me. Used to have another
customer with industrial sewing equipment - and 2 feirnds also have
the machines - one is pretty rough but works - the other is a nice
older machine that hasn't been used for several years - so don't know
if it is functional or not but I could borrow it if I could get it
running ...


It's possible to use a regular sewing machine for leather sewing with a
leather needle or a heavy material needle. This is what I did with the
wife's sewing machine when I was modifying my helmet. Since the tear in
the seat is small, it won't require much.