my motorcycle seat has a split in the seam that is steadily getting bigger and I'm going to try and fix it the fabric itself hasn't torn it's just the stitching that's come undone to be in the repair I've taken out some of the staples that hold the seat cover to the seat pan that way I can access the tear from the inside I've taken out enough staples to allow pretty good access to the underside of the seat cover to fix this we're going to glue a patch onto the inside of the seat cover to keep this from ripping anymore the patch material is canvas and it's bigger than the seam itself it's kind of like the same material that backpacks are made out of I've put some spacers in between the seat cover and the foam so I have good access to the area of surgery as an adhesive I'm using silicone because it's waterproof and I think it will be strong enough to hold the canvas to the seat cover so I got a bunch of it on there now I'm going to stick it to the inside of the seat now my patch is in place so I'm going to remove my spacers and really push this together to make a good seal now I'm just pressing the patch on from both sides that way the glue will stick and spread evenly throughout the whole repair I let the glue dry overnight and as you can see the RIP is still there I couldn't completely close it I think what happened was it had been torn for so long that the material had shrunk back and is doesn't have the it isn't as pliable as it used to be so it I couldn't close the RIP all the way however my patch is very big so it should keep this from splitting anymore to reattach the seat cover to the seat pan I used this common household stapler and what I did was I could see where the more this where this Ridge was even with the seat off there was still this crease here so I just lined up the crease where it was before and pulled it on and then stapled it on the underside I made sure to let this dry for 24 hours though before stretching it because there is a little bit of tension on this patch now on that glue that I used so although it isn't beautiful it's a lot less expensive than buying a new seat cover and it should keep the rip from getting any bigger