motorcycle seat repair

I've tried super glue for various things at least 8 times and never gotten it to work for anything. It doesn't even stick to my fingers. So I'm not the one to judge how to use superglue.

I have a pair of leather Hush Puppies with soles that are plastic of some kind. The soles started separating from the uppers, and I got Loctite Shoe Glue, which I found with google and seemed to be intended for my problem. It says on the lable: Rubber, leather, vinyl, canvas.

Didn't want to tear it apart further so that led to a problem getting the glue everywhere that had separated. Leaving an area unglued puts a lot of stress on the adjacent area. I let the shoes "dry" for a day and wore them and they held together but were coming apart some in places I had not glued and some that I had. I have to glue them again knowing now how to do a better job, maybe a tool, maybe a knife blade,l to get the glue in the small places.

There are also tape type approaches. For the Corbin leather saddle on my DR650 I went completely redneck and used black Gorilla tape.

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.

I have a hand stitcher that sews a heavy thread through things like leather. No glue will approach the strength of thread.

I'm not so sure I'd call it "speedy" but it'll definitely do the trick.

I have one sitting on my desk ... I use waxed nylon thread that I got to sew carpet seams way back when I did flooring installs for a living . I have another one but have no idea where it's gotten off to . Probably put in a box somewhere "I wouldn't forget where I put it" .

I've got a spool of waxed thread I think I bought during the Reagan administration. 30 yards fixes a lot of packs, belts, straps, and so forth.

On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 20:47:28 -0500, Snag posted for all of us to digest...

You have one of those too? My box should be the size of a living room but I still can't find it...