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Old 24 Jul 2010
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Sheepskin seat cover?
Any thoughts as to the best way to secure a sheepskin to a seat (DRZ in this case) without modifying the seat?
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Hi Steve, i sewed some inch wide elastic bridgeing across the bottom of the skin from one side to the other, and this just loops under the seat underside making it easily removable.
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Elastic is the best.

Just buy some 1" elastic, sew 2 ends together to make a loop and run it under the seat.

Keeps the sheepskin in place but makes it easy to remove. Looping the elastic under the seat means the loops cant be pinched either. Not that anyone would...


I didnt use anything to hold my large sheepskin on my XT in SA. I stood up for some potholes in Patagonia and the thing blew off.. lol

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Keep it Simple - I have one on my Africa Twin - just one bungee from Engine bar to Engine bar - very simple and it works... and it quick to remove when the heavens open.... Regards Nigel
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Keep it Simple - I have one on my Africa Twin - just one bungee from Engine bar to Engine bar - very simple and it works... and it quick to remove when the heavens open.... Regards Nigel
That's what holds my Airhawk in place: a single bungie. The Airhawk started life with the usual (i.e., factory-installed) wee little scrawny elastics designed to loop under the seat, but these blew out within a couple of weeks. The bungie has served me well for a hundred thousand kilometers.
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I bought a £12 sheepskin seat cover from lambland on ebay. I used the bradawl blade on my swiss army knife to make some small holes in the leather then tied some elastic (about 5mm wide) through the holes. I just slide it onto the seat.

Big improvement in comfort over the stock plank on my Xchallenge, recently tested riding to the HUMM and back.
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Do they really make that much difference to comfort ??
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yes! (or at least on my GS!)
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yes ! definitely it dose, specially on a KTM bench, gives you all day comfort.
warms in the cold, cools down in the heat, dries quick in the wet by standing on the pegs for a mile or less...
just great, never ride without a sheep skin any more on long howling journeys.
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Got one on the Strom, my mates take the pee out it and find it funny when i retire to my tent with it, but it really does work as Spooky says.
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Got one on the Strom, my mates take the pee out it and find it funny when i retire to my tent with it, but it really does work as Spooky says.

Retiring to your tent with it, that is just kinky so no wonder they take the P.

Actually they do make a good camp pillow as well.
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Thats really baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad !
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How does sheep skin hold up to the dirt, rain, and other abuse on the road?

Does it get funky and smelly? Do you all clean them on a regular basis? How about things like, I don't know - fleas or bedbugs?
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How does sheep skin hold up to the dirt, rain, and other abuse on the road?

Does it get funky and smelly? Do you all clean them on a regular basis? How about things like, I don't know - fleas or bedbugs?
Well, they stink when they get wet, they get dirty but i've yet to have a flea infestation.. There's nothing in there for them to eat/drink. It's not there to look pretty... Don't worry about it.

You can clean them in a bucket of warm (not hot) water and laundry soap if they get really rotten.

Just try and keep them out of the rain. If they get wet, dry them in the air NOT in the dryer (it will ruin the leather)
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Tried one and now fitting one to the 404 as the seat on that is a razor...
Anyone tried Synthetic??
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