Costs to Upholster a seat?

JohnB1953 · Mar 26, 2015

Ok gang I am looking for a little input on the prices for upholstering a motorcycle seat around the country. The reason why is that I have a small shop here in North Dakota and do a few seats mostly for friends and family. I have been out of the business full time for 25 years as I worked for the Prison system running their upholstery shop doing office style seating. I am amazed at some of the prices I have had people tell me they were given. Granted mine is more hobby based and my costs are lower but there should be a reasonable middle of the road price. Any input you have will be helpful. Thanks JohnB

wilcoy02 · Mar 26, 2015

I had an Amish man redo my seat. It was for gl1100 and had the back rest post thru the seat.
He added a little foam to the very front of the seat. I took off the cloth and used vinyl for the seat.

He had it done in about 4 days. Charged me $75.00 here in central Ohio.

Tom_Charlton · Mar 26, 2015

You can purchase replacement seat covers for $69 and up on the Internet.

brianinpa · Mar 26, 2015

Here is how I did mine for $54.

https://classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=9455

slabghost · Mar 27, 2015

Honestly if I needed a seat recovered and could find a professional looking job at around $100 I'd be very interested. At this point though all my seats are good. I've done one myself and it was decent but not all that great.