home job sliders

[glice]

Hi Guys, first post.
I've been riding for a while now and just bought a 1 piece leather suit to save my ass if the worst happens.
the suit I bought doesnt have much plastic where you need it and i dont think it is going to last very long.
Does anyone know how I could do a bit of a home job to attatch some sliders.
I was thinking just sew some velcro on, it wouldent look that nice but it might work.
any ideas will be apreciated.
thanks.

[Yanosh]

I've seen sew-on sliders working ok, but the worrying thing is it sounds like the suit itself isn't going to last long??

I know someone who had a decent set of touring leathers and had the velcro sewn on - works fine, but wasn't that cheap, so in my opinion, if you're on a budget, keep your eyes on trademe and get something decent secondhand with sliders already on...

Hope that helps

[HungusMaximist]

You know, you can get pretty far with a D.I.Y. job on the knee sliders.

Some of the sitching I've seen on sliders are pretty shoddy but then again I wouldn't know because I've never tried sewing my own knee sliders.

Give it a go bro and perhaps you could try attaching a piece of metal too?

[bert_is_evil]

I reckon you should be able to just take it to a shop that does leather repair and get them to sew on some velcro - doesn't really matter how it looks 'cos it'll be covered up by the slider. You'll find sewing leather quite difficult to do yourself - you need a special leather needle which peirces the leather, an industrial machine just to have the omph to get through the layers, and a special presser foot, a normal one will just grip the leather on top and as a result the feed dogs will tear away underneath instead of feeding the fabric through like they're designed to do.

[glice]

I've seen sew-on sliders working ok, but the worrying thing is it sounds like the suit itself isn't going to last long??

the suit is a good shift one, just no sliders

sounds like a good idea to go to a leather repair shop, does anyone know of any good shops in the auckland or northshore area?

[The Pastor]

go to the warehouse and buy some knee pads skaters use. just put them on after the leathers. they actually work. ask magua

[glice]

thats a wicked idea, cheers.

[vagrant]

Kerrie is the lady to speak to at:

Motorcycle Safety Wear
31 Saint Kevins Arcade
Karangahape Road (K' Rd)

Phone (09) 309 9522
Fax (09) 309 4147

[texmo]

Kerrie is the lady to speak to at:

Motorcycle Safety Wear
31 Saint Kevins Arcade
Karangahape Road (K' Rd)

Phone (09) 309 9522
Fax (09) 309 4147

agreed I have had her repair all my gear. She is ace