Leather repair

[inthewoods]

I finally turned my attention to my gear after a tip over @ TH. I found an area on the back where a seam need's some attention. I live in Sonoma County and need some help finding someone who can repair my leathers. My fingers did some walking in the 'Yellow Pages' and came out empty. Thank's.

 

[Cincinnatus]

Contact Helmut @ Helimot and ask. :thumbup

 

[MZarra]

1. Helmut if he is still doing repairs
2. Johnson's in SF
3. Anthony's in LA.

Anthony can fix anything. Johnson can fix a lot.

 

[inthewoods]

I found a fella in Santa Rosa that's going to give it a shot. I'll be making a visit tomorrow.

 

[cletus]

Just picked my leathers up from Johnsons in SF..worth the trip!

 

[dangeranger]

I found a fella in Santa Rosa that's going to give it a shot. I'll be making a visit tomorrow.

Who'd you find in Santa Rosa? I'm also in Sonoma county, but when I looked in the past, all leads pointed south.

 

[inthewoods]

Tate's on Mendocino Ave, just past 5th., East side

 

[krishnatr]

I fixed mine at Taylor Leather repair in Modesto. She did a great job.

http://www.taylorleatherrepair.com/Location.html

 

[Daredevil]

The Leather Guy

he's in vallejo
names Richard. great guy, fixed things both johnson's and dainese said was unfixable.

 

[afm199]

Leather Guy

 

[MidnightSun]

+1 on Leather Guy. He did excellent work on my RS Tachi.

 

[kumpy]

I used Anthony's leathers and Lizzy Leathers. Lizzy is a nice gal, not the best quality job (really low quality speed hump installed). I did mail my suit to her and she failed to mentioned she moved. I was able to track down my suit and get it back and I will never send anything to Lizzy ever again. I then sent the suit to Anthony's and had them do 4 alterations (sleeves, calf, thighs, and forearm). 3 of the 4 was not good. So i'm sending back to them for round 2. We'll see how that goes.

 

[inthewoods]

All the reply's are fantastic. Quite a few options here. I be picking up my leathers this week and I'll post the fix. It's just a stitch repair, liner removed.

 

[SPEEDKRN]

Stay away from Lizzy low quality leather used in repairs.

 

[EastBayDave]

anyone had a great "enlargement" job done? I gained only 20lbs. over a decade of wearing them, now they don't fit at all. (Vansons) They have an inner liner & need to be let out in the tummy/waist area.

<<< These are them (02' pic) I miss trackdays...

 

[ZCrow]

I thought the rule was you can reduce a size but expanding was problematic?

 

[inthewoods]

Tate's on Mendocino Ave, just past 5th., East side

Picked up leathers today. Bang up job! The stitching needed a simple repair and I can't tell they were ever hurt. Ready for the next track day.

 

[EastBayDave]

I thought the rule was you can reduce a size but expanding was problematic?

I donno; but sending them back to Vanson is not going to happen. They took 3 resizing's over the 1st year to "get them right." (they never were "right") I even got sized by their "expert" at AMA races...

I've got couple more "suits" that could be considered ATGATT, but I'd rather have a good 2-piece full set of leathers than full textile anything...

 

[greg]

For small cheap/quick repair try a shoe cobbler.

 

[ZCrow]

I donno; but sending them back to Vanson is not going to happen. They took 3 resizing's over the 1st year to "get them right." (they never were "right") I even got sized by their "expert" at AMA races...

I've got couple more "suits" that could be considered ATGATT, but I'd rather have a good 2-piece full set of leathers than full textile anything...

Don't even get me started on Vanson. Vanson is four letter word in my house. If only I knew that Helimot did two piece leathers, I could have saved myself a year of drama for my girl.