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〜I built a motorcycle based on Prince's "Purple Rain" in Japan, so I'll show you the process of making it.〜

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Build a Prince’s “Purple Rain” motorcycle CM400T in Japan(No. 19)~English edition~

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I’m building a motorcycles for Prince “Purple Rain”(No. 19)

☆Click here for the First article ☆
☆Click here for the completed motorcycle☆

From this time, it is the production of the epidermis of the seat. It’s my first experience, so I’m not sure if it will work.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

It is a fake leather seat.  I bought a large size for motorcycles on Amazon.

This fabric is thick enough and flexible.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

Roughly cut the sheet according to the seat base.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

Prepare a black string and double-sided tape.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

Place the string on the thin cloth and sandwich it with double-sided tape.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

It’s called a “piping code”.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

Sew across the “piping cord”. It took a long time.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

I managed to take shape. It took about 5 days.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

Tight corners are cut into the “piping cord”.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

The edge of the seat is sewn with 3 pieces of fabric.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

I sewed it cleanly.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

↑This is how you sew.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

I added a sponge to the part where the thickness was not enough.

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There is a diamond mark on the “Purple Rain” sheet, so reproduce it. Place the sponge between the pieces of fabric and sew them together.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

There is a wrinkle in the fabric, so I will fix it.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

Sew the pinched part.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

No more wrinkles.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

The sheet of “Purple Rain” is reproduced because it has seams in the back.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

Sew the cut fabric.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

Next time, we will put a diamond mark on the sheet.



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