Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail Seat Retrim
Harry Pitcher • January 5, 2024
Our good friends at Guildford Harley / Guildford Custom approached us yet again with a very unique job for us. They are currently building a fully customised Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail, featuring a hand-painted fuel tank and fender.
The team at Guildford Custom gave us free rein to design the bike seat; the only request was that it needed to feature some black Alcantara. We got to planning and sharing ideas for the seat, where the idea of mimicking the hand-painted design was chosen. The design was created and then sent to our CNC Machine where it was stitched onto black Alcantara. Black nappa leather was selected for the centre band, which features the simplified Harley-Davidson logo in a vibrant red thread.
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As mentioned in the Seat section, all of our lasering was accomplished by Chris and Marc from Formation Industries. The tartan pattern was a perfect replica, even the shape and texture of a real piece of tartan material was achieved... somehow, but that's Formation Industries. We have since had samples come through with this pattern in a variety of colours which we now offer as part of any retrims. We are not limited to replicating tartan, but have previously recreated houndstooth which was lasered into distressed leather for another customer. Got a pattern in mind? get in touch and we can make it happen. Not only did Formation Industries laser our seats, but this pattern was repeated onto the headlining and door cards. The dashboard saw multiple SRS Airbag emblems lasered into the dash top and lower dash panels. The floor mats also feature "SLR HDK" logos repeatedly creating a pattern.
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