Adding on to my leathers.

[Petary791]

I bought a rad $200 set of leathers from Jackets4Bikes on eBay. I've been super stoked on them and they've saved me a couple times. Since they're a stock set I'm interested in adding a couple things but I'm not sure how I should go about do it. Here's what I have in mind.

1) A yellow patch that goes over my left cheek because my butt goes down in colemans sometimes.
2) A patch that goes over my right knee because my knee goes down in slides sometimes.
3) A larger stretch panel on the back.
4) A stretch panel under my arm pits.

It seems like #1 and #2 would be no problem at all, and maybe even a shoe repair place could do it. However, how could I go about doing #3? I have 2 piece leathers, so it seems like the stretch panel would have to stop and start above the leathers. Is this doable? And the only reason why I am thinking about a stretch panel under my arm pits is because sometimes my leathers yank on my pits a bit.

[AlG]

It's all doable it's just how much do you want to spend. My shoe repair guy charged $20 to repair an 8" gap where the stretch panel separated from the butt panel. He pretty just used contact cement and some stitches. I think you could do that yourself for the knee and butt panels and save yourself some cash. The addition of the pit stretch panel may involve the use of a tailor that will cost you. I am not sure of what you mean regarding the additional stretch panel on the back. I have 2-piece leathers, as well, so I could see the potential for road rash on my midsection in case of a superman event. I'd be interested in a way to fix that.

[Petary791]

That's not a bad idea actually. I have fabric glue but I should probably do something more heavy duty don't ya think? Basically what I'm trying to achieve is having one piece that gets ripped up that I can replace, instead of having to fix the actual leathers themselves.

My two piece has covers over the zippers so it's not a problem at all. It's just in the back, the stretch panel is pretty small, especially compared to other guys'. I would just like to make it bigger so I can get in a tuck more comfortably. See how small the stretch panel is?

[speshlspeclsteak]

most suit manufacturers do alterations and repairs shoot out a few emails regaurding the stretch.

[AlG]

For the butt/knee patches a velcro style attachment might be useful depending on how frequently you burn through the patches

[ridesnow.]

shoe goo works wonders on bonding leather, you can do all the stitching yourself with dental floss and then cover it with shoe goo if need be.

[Petary791]

I ain't stitchin' through this thick-ass leather! Haha. How does Shoe Goo work for bonding 2 pieces of leather?