sheepskin

[jabmotorsport]

Was messing the other day and found the lambland website and then the seat cover ..

If anyone has one .. how does it do when it gets wet?

Also how do you fastend it on?

Cheers
Josh

[bencav]

don't get it wet! It will fookin stink if you do, and they are a baaa-stad to dry out!

If it is likely to rain, I bung mine in a nylon bag, then stick it on the seat just as I am getting on - still comfy too.

If it is dry out, I attach mine to the seat with a strip of wide elastic and a couple of patches of velcro, keeps it nice and snug, but easy to remove if you jump of the bike at services etc.

Have a wee look at

http://www.touring-wild.com/

Miine is the orange bike on the homepage banner (wait a while - the pucture changes!!)

[royzx7r]

I got a sheepskin pad from

http://www.alaskaleatheronline.com/servlet/StoreFront

I think mine was the small one, works fine and makes a difference. It just unclips and I stick in the topbox when I leave the bike.

My mate has an airhawk and that is better though, but more expensive.

[firestrom]

I got my missis to sew two wide elastic strips on mine and then I hook them around the seat. If you get a white undyed one then if it gets wet just take it off and shake it dry as the natural lanolin in the skin repels moisture    if you get a dyed one this doesn't work as the lanolin is ruined by the dyeing process. When I'm camping I use mine as a pillow

[stibbs]

I just bought a pad from bumbags4bikers.
£25 and it works a treat. Has Velcro straps for fixing and it's waterproof too!

http://www.bumbags4bikers.co.uk/3um3ags ... 88757.aspx


Good service too, I've no interest in the firm other than being a very satisfied customer

[whysub]

This is the one I purchased

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sheepskin-Mot ... 2ec190057b

It's a complete lambskin (and not a sheepskin just cut into several pieces) so the shape of the lamb skin is relatively the same as my seat  in that it is narrow by the tank/seat join, and wider at the back

This also has metal eyelets placed in strategic places on the skin so it is secured with ties ansd not stupid elasticated straps. I went and drilled a few holes in some of the ridges in the seat underside to thread the ties through, and although not tied tight, the cover never moves. Comfort is only noticed if you remove it after a week or so and see how much better the comfort is with it than without it.

I don't understand why some comment that they get waterlogged-sheepskins are naturally waterproof, so won't. Mine was left outside overnight in a three hour torrential downpour and then constant rain in Croatia a few weeks ago-brushed my hand over the surface and the water simply beaded away. No waterlogging at all, so unless the other sellers ones are processed in a way that they remove the natural waterproofing properties of the skin.

I don't think they look great, but this is definately a case of function over form. Highly recommended, and those long distance overland travelllers can't all be wrong in fitting them.

[Jacko]

If sheepskin is so comfortable why aren't we all riding around on sheep?

[Tusker]

not enough horsepower ?

[LaKraven]

There are plenty of people who ride sheep... and they're called "Welsh" and "New Zealanders" (sorry, couldn't resist the chance to make "sheepshagger" jokes)

[JDog]

On my work travels I picked up an Alaskan arse (filter translated to arse) pad. Not sure what it's made of, moose perhaps. Anyway, it adds another 50 miles to the trip before stopping  

[wal750]

If sheepskin is so comfortable why aren't we all riding sheep?

You will find many of our welsh friends do exactly that  

[mr_diver]

You will find many of our Welsh friends do exactly that

 

[Abercol]

I too have an Alaskan arse pad, very well made, got it on sale for about £14 a couple of years ago. Added a bit more to the stock seat, but now I've got the Corbin I don't need to use it.

And, as a NZ'er I rode a sheep a lot when I was younger, felt really good and you end up with a lot of lanolin on your thighs if you do it right  

She was our pet, Mutton. She loved to take us kids for a woolley ride around the farm, once I was about 5 I was too big to sit on her back, but my sisters continued the tradition until she got too old, then we strung her up, gutted her and had Mutton for dinner.  

[ProfG]

I have a picture of your Mutton when you were riding her  

[bencav]

I don't understand why some comment that they get waterlogged-sheepskins are naturally waterproof, so won't.

Hmmm, bloody good point - My lambland one does wet out, not sure if it soaks into the wool fibre, or if it is just saturated. Could it be the thickness of the wool? Mine has a pile depth of 2-3inches....

[Abercol]

A sheep's waterproofing comes from lanolin (an oily substance secreted by the sheep to, surprisingly enough, keep it's wool waterproof). A lot of aftermarket sheepskin products are washed with solvents that strip out the lanolin, making the wool feel soft, but it then is not waterproof.

The alaskan leather one says to give it a shake if its wet to remove the excess moisture, then use as normal.

[Tusker]

you can buy lanolin, I have a jar,  used a lot by walkers to stop chaffing ??  great for cracked and dry hands and many other parts of the body as well..

I have used it to stop a tent leaking but it don't look pretty.

You could buy a jar and re-lanolanise your rug before throwing it on the bike,, but it may transfer to clothing/ or maybe not,,,,, if it soaks into wool.


I'm also told its the preffered bedroom lube in Wales ???  the smell reminds the bloke of his girlfirends,,,but it only a rumour

[2112]

I have a picture of your Mutton when you were riding her  

     

[firestrom]

I just bought a reindeer skin to try on my seat, they're supposed to be just as comfy and warmer.

[Abercol]

I have a picture of your Mutton when you were riding her  

Nah, mate, she never had red shoes & she was a brunette.....