Zip gone in my Spidi jacket.

[Chooky]

Well the zip is just about stuffed in my Spidi jacket.It ocasionally comes undone from the bottom.........:shit:
So where can I get it replaced...I live Coro,but I can courier it somewhere I guess.:)

[MadDuck]

you been eating too many pies ? :cool:

[cs363]

These guys are very good: http://www.celtic-leathers.com/news.php

:)

[pritch]

you been eating too many pies ? :cool:

That was my first reaction. Diet!

Then again @ 106 kgs I'm in no position to dispense advice like that...

Where I live there there is a firm that does tent repairs, and they make all sorts of things from leather and canvas. Long zips - no problem!

If you don't have one of those anywhere near where you are, or even a shop that does stuff for the "horsie people", you could always take it back to the shop you bought it from and get them to get it fixed. You won't be the first to ask, I have two stuffed Spidi zips myself. (One is away for repair, the other I need here.) I'd tell you where my jacket is but it has been there for what is starting to seem rather a long time...

[pritch]

These guys are very good: http://www.celtic-leathers.com/news.php

:)

Ummm see my post?

[HungusMaximist]

It depends how it's stuffed....

My one, the base is still intact just the bit you pull (tab) has snapped clean off so I just chucked on a key ring.

[cs363]

Ummm see my post?

If you mean that your jacket is with Celtic, I can't comment on that - my personal experience has been very good, as has a number of others I know that have had repairs done by them. I've had stuff done that I thought was unrepairable and it's come back indistinguishable from the original.

The best thing is that they understand the product they are working with - many canvas repair/saddleries etc do some shocking work on motorcycle gear for that reason alone. Not saying the place you use isn't great, but worth seeking opinion on the quality of repair, particularly on an expensive jacket, even more so on a Gore-Tex type jacket.

[pritch]

If you mean that your jacket is with Celtic, I can't comment on that - my personal experience has been very good,

I'm hoping mine will be good too, but I'm starting to get just a little nervous at how long it's taking. To be fair the order doesn't just involve the jacket repair, there is a new pair of jeans on order. But it is starting to seem like a long time.

Probably I need to phone Sam...

[Scouse]

Try Kerry at Motorcycle Safety Wear in St Kevins arcade on Karangahape Rd she is the beast around put an YKK zip in my Arlen Ness Jacket and it dosent even look like there was anything done to it.

[cs363]

Try Kerry at Motorcycle Safety Wear in St Kevins arcade on Karangahape Rd she is the beast around put an YKK zip in my Arlen Ness Jacket and it dosent even look like there was anything done to it.

X 2 Forgot about them, she repaired a jacket for me when I lived in Auckland quite a few years ago, again - good work, by people that understand the product.

[cs363]

I'm hoping mine will be good too, but I'm starting to get just a little nervous at how long it's taking. To be fair the order doesn't just involve the jacket repair, there is a new pair of jeans on order. But it is starting to seem like a long time.

Probably I need to phone Sam...

If the stuff I've seen is anything to go by, you should be pleased. Maybe the jeans shipment has been held up? I'd definitely call him :yes:

[Pussy]

you been eating too many pies ? :cool:

Sounds like that's the problem

[Gremlin]

Try Kerry at Motorcycle Safety Wear in St Kevins arcade on Karangahape Rd she is the beast around put an YKK zip in my Arlen Ness Jacket and it dosent even look like there was anything done to it.
I use her for all my modifications, repairs etc. Very good work.

[NZsarge]

These guys are very good: http://www.celtic-leathers.com/news.php

:)

+ 1, that dude is top notch.

[vifferman]

Yeah, Kerrie at MSW for the win! She's done lots of work for me: mending seams, alterations, replacing zip sliders and zips, installing armour, replacing linings, taking garments in or out, etc.

reminds me - I've got a popped seam on my trou (yup - too many pies), and need the attachment zip on my jacket sewn to the pants.

[fLaThEaD FreD]

Try Kerry at Motorcycle Safety Wear in St Kevins arcade on Karangahape Rd she is the beast around put an YKK zip in my Arlen Ness Jacket and it dosent even look like there was anything done to it.

I went yesturday to drop my Arlen Ness in for a new zip also but she wasent there. Said she would be away but somone else would be there. I will try again this week but your referal was good to read...thanks.

[Blackbird]

So much for your knowledge of Coro, Graeme:msn-wink: - guess you can't see shop fronts from the air, haha. Go and see Lesley, the owner of Blue Moon Leathers. She used to work from home on the eastern side of the Coro Hill but recently opened a shop in Coro itself opposite Golddiggers liquor store (just round the corner from the Thames road T junction). Lesley does all the remedial work for Northern Accessories so is well known to the trade. She fixed the stitching on my summer leathers while I waited at a very sharp price.

Cheers,

Geoff

[nosebleed]

Try Kerry at Motorcycle Safety Wear in St Kevins arcade on Karangahape Rd she is the beast around put an YKK zip in my Arlen Ness Jacket and it dosent even look like there was anything done to it.

Slight deviation... Scouse(and Flatheadfred): Where'd you get your Arlen Ness from?

[Chooky]

Hey thanks for all the replies.There's some good info there.
Looks like a trip to "K" rd or Coro...

If I go to Coro I can go and drink all Geoff's beer while I'm waiting but what would I do if I had to wait at "K"rd all day....? :)

And for all the smart comments about pies,I can tell you I dont eat any more pies.........dont eat any less either..

[Blackbird]

If I go to Coro I can go and drink all Geoff's beer while I'm waiting but what would I do if I had to wait at "K"rd all day....? :)



Well, the only thing you'll catch in Coro is snapper - a much more pleasant outcome than catching crabs in the K Road, hehe.

Cold Montheiths and Steiny Pure already in the fridge :eek::eek:

[Pussy]

I can tell you, Blackbird, with some authority, that Chooky REALLY likes VB

[Blackbird]

I can tell you, Blackbird, with some authority, that Chooky REALLY likes VB

Dear God..... have you both had your taste buds removed, or are you Australian? :whistle::whistle:

[Scouse]

Slight deviation... Scouse(and Flatheadfred): Where'd you get your Arlen Ness from?Motomail but they dont sell them any more AMPS also had them at the same time

[nosebleed]

Thanks. I'll have look at AMPS, I know theres none at Motomail.

[Chooky]

Dear God..... have you both had your taste buds removed, or are you Australian? :whistle::whistle:

Aussie piss bloody beautiful...At least we have ours ice cold..;);)