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Else Made Custom Motorcycle Seats
Motorcycles, trikes, scooters, classic cars, boats, caravans, bar seating, lounge suites, recliners, footstools, headboards, bar panels, RV’s, tub chairs, office chairs, vans, aeroplanes, lorries, coaches, and buses; you name it, in the past Else Made it.
From simple recovers to full custom reshaping, custom styling, ultimate comfort gel inserts, seat raising, lowering and widening, we can customize your Motorcycle seat in every way to fit you the way it’s meant to be and at a price and quality that is hard to beat.
My seats have been exported all over the world and graced show-winning bikes and feature bikes in 100% Biker, Ride and Street Fighters magazines.
Don't compromise on your comfort, all our materials are sourced from suppliers in the UK.
Come to us to see for yourself why our seats are taking the bike world by storm and why we are upsetting other custom seat suppliers. Just call to see why we receive such great praise and recommendations from our customers.
Nobody Made It As Good As Else Made It.
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Who Else is going to take care of you like we do at Else Made
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Testimonials
“Didnt want to rush this review. First thoughts when i got the seat was WOW that is amazing. It still makes me smile when ever i look at it. I had the gel inserts. Since I have had the seat I have done short runs twists and long haul 4 hours in the seat and it just gets comfier. I gave Else Made a short window to complete my seat and he absolutely knocked out of the park. Couldn’t be happier. If you are looking for a custom seat look no further else will hook you up.”
“Alastair did the seat on my VFR1200F. Quality and looks are truly amazing, and I’m not easily pleased! Comfort is as good as the looks and quality, I had the gel insert on my riders seat, 220+ miles done taking in a mix of twisties and Motorway/Dual Carriageway and not a hint of numb butt. I cannot recommend him highly enough. Full marks my friend.”
“I have been lucky enough to have gained a Else Made seat for my Tiger explorer and it’s like sitting on air, comfort beyond belief. If Heineken did seats this would be the one. My better half is in full agreement with her pilly seat as well.”
“Amazing custom seat made to my specifications and even better than I imagined it!”
“I have an else made seat on my bird and it’s awesome. I mean it. The clever gel stuff Alistair uses promises to be comfy and he’s not wrong. Really helpful and has transformed the ride for me. I could only manage an hour onboard but now I can manage a whole tank! At least 2 hours is easy. Mine was £160 all made and delivered.”
“Absolutely bloody fantastic. Top quality. An absolute must for any serious biker.”
“Awesome seat by Alastair. Good British workmanship. Stunningly good on my Tracer.”
“Amazing work done on my seat, he provides a fantastic service.”
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MY PROMISE
I’ll only work with the best materials available and provide a 1-year guarantee* on all labour. I never compromise quality for time.
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About Me
Alastair Else
I got my first taste doing upholstery at the age of 17 while studying Antique furniture restoration at the Isle College in Wisbech.
While on the course I did everything from French polishing to Cane seating, but I found the more chairs I upholstered the more I enjoyed it, from traditional upholstery using horse hair to modern cars and motorbikes. From there I spent Nearly 4 years as a Coach Trimmer working for one of the largest bus companies in the UK before an accident and the resulting illness made me realise I wanted to do more with my life.
In the past 20 years, I’ve upholstered and repaired Classic cars, boats, caravans, bar seating, lounge suites, recliners, footstools, motorbikes, headboards, bar panels, RV’s, tub chairs, office chairs, vans, aeroplanes, coaches and buses. In the past 5 years alone I have personally repaired, re-covered and re-designed more than 1500 seats.
I do it all from replacing buttons and springs to designing and building complete one-off custom bike seats.
The Else name is very well known in our region for quality, value and service, almost anyone you talk to in the area knows of the Else's.
In 1952 my father Les Else started his own business Making sectional buildings, greenhouses and horse boxes, his buildings were exported all over the country. Once while standing at the Norfolk Show he drove a Fiat Panda up the back of his converted lorry and parked it on top of one of his 13’ x 8’ greenhouses to show just how well made his items were.
He sold his company in 1987 but they are still using some of his original designs, even some of his original greenhouses are still in use and can be seen all over South Holland. I still use his original Else logo.
The birth of Else Made
I made my first bike seat when I got an extortionate quote I thought this was well over the top and more than the normal biker could afford to part with. With that in mind and my personal experience in upholstery, I set out to make my own seat. The first one was basic and crude but it was a learning curve. While still with the bus company I was asked to do a few seats for them as a gift for their mot centre. That was it my first seats had been made and they were getting more complex, I was starting to get asked if I could make them for friends.
In 2012 Else Made was born, the aim was to give bikers an affordable alternative.
to the overpriced seat, others were offering. Else made has now grown so that I have had seats appear on feature bikes in 100% Bike, Ride and Streetfighters magazines. I have exported seats worldwide including to Australia and the USA.