Sheepskin for Motorcycles

Black, black, black, black,  black, black and black. 
We no longer try and buy in lighter colours but we do not recommend using them for sheepskin seating products for motorcycles anyway.

Why so much black?  Well that's because that's just about all anyone asks for. And don't get me wrong either, all that black is just fine with me! All that black sheepskin means that we are able to purchase the best of the black sheepskins that are available at the time. 
Now some people would like to have a different colour, like white or red etc, but white gets dirty very easily and is hard to clean and if you leave red in the sun too long it often [but not always] turns sort of pink[ish]. Black will be affected by the sun too, but you will find that the result is a look that is more like a "weathered" and "I actually do get used" look. 

And if ewe think about it almost all motorcycle seats ever made are black, not all but most. Your paint colour scheme was designed with the seat colour in mind as part of the scheme so if ewe change the seat colour then ewe will definitely change how your bike looks - close your eyes and imagine your bike with different colour seats ... always looks good with the black doesn't it?
I know what some of ewe are saying right now "what about my bike that came with a red seat?" ... good question and here is a good answer ---> Ask any woman who likes to get dressed up [most do don't they? ... oops! showing my ignorance here] and they will tell ewe almost to a woman that black looks great with anything if ewe "accessorise" it. Now imagine your bike again but this time with a black seat and I'll bet ewe like the result just as much as the original colour. And your arse won't look big in it either!

Is black truly black?  
No .. it never is. [and no, we don't use "black" sheep either!]
Black sheepskin is black to look at but will also have a tint of the "base" colour of the dye that was used. You can often see the "tint" by looking across the wool [not at it] in sunlight. It must be sunlight too! 
For instance, sheepskin that has a bluish tint has a blue "base", sheepskin that has a reddish tint started from a red "base" etc. Since we buy our sheepskin from whichever tannery is supplying the best sheepskins of the moment we are getting different black sheepskins from most of the few tanneries that are left in this country [Tannery owners please take note! Only the best thanks, we know the difference!!!!!!]. This means that we could have red "base" sheepskin at one time and blue "base" sheepskin at another. 
But in the end [hee hee! get it? in the "end"! ??] black is what ewe get. Not black like paint or your pen but black like a dyed fabric and even dyed fabrics are more predictable in colour than dyed sheepskin.

NOTE!! Sheepskin CAN NOT be re-coloured. It must be done by a tannery and they WILL NOT do it. 
Why? how long have you got to read the answer? well I don't have time to type that much but the short answer is that it has everything to do with the chemicals involved plus the required temperatures that must be utilized. It just doesn't work and buying the stuff and doing it yourself won't likely work either.

Least you need to know :-     
        Black is our "specialty". 
        Nothing wrong with light colours but they look dirty very easily and are hard to get clean again.
        Dark colours get just as dirty but the "dirty" doesn't really show. 
        Black is the only colour we offer these days as that is almost the only colour that people order from us. 
        That's fine with us!

We used to always try and keep some charcoal grey here as well but it has become harder to acquire small quantities of this colour as the tanneries only supply larger quantities.

Q - What' colours are available?