New seat? Seat cover?? Duct tape??

[micallen]

I just bought an 81 CB 750 Custom.  The seat has 3 or 4 signifagant tears in it.  It doesn't affect sitting (no foam chunks missing or anything).  But, of course, it's ugly.  I can't see spending $250-$275 on a new seat.  What does everyone else do?  Let someone re-cover it?  If so, how much is that??  Get a cover from JC Whitney and do it myself?  Get some good black duct tape and live with that for a while???

[genesound]

Most upholstery shops can recover motorcycle seats for under $100.

Call a few out of the Yellow Pages and you'll probably find somebody ready to make a quick $50 to $75.

[micallen]

Thanks, I'll check that out.

[Re-run]

Yup recover but do it soon. The longer the foam is open, the faster it crumbles AND water gets in and sits on the pan and rusts it out.