Yoke cover result

[flyingchump]

Recently I was reading a post here about what options are available for covering the yokes.  The leather options look great and I bet they feel great too but I wasn't ready for that yet.  I just bought the plane and am still in the financial throws of the first year of ownership...  The yoke was already covered with, what I think was, bicycle handlebar tape.  It was old, dirty, bulky, and didn't feel very nice.  I didn't want to just replace it with handlebar tape and someone suggested racquetball tape...  As I was searching I found cloth bar tape.  I bought 2 rolls off amazon and like what I received so I installed on the yokes yesterday.  I think it turned out pretty good.  Its not bulky and its soooo much more secure.  The adhesive on the back is fantastic!    

If anyone is looking for a simple option... It took 1 roll per yoke and about 15-20 minutes per side and most of that was cleaning the old bike tape adhesive off.  Sticky, yellow, and disgusting.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004ZWS8BC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

 

[Jim Peace]

  On 6/8/2020 at 12:47 PM, flyingchump said:

am still in the financial throws of the first year of ownership... 

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LOL.....do you think year 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 will get cheaper?  

Just kidding....

well not really....

[carusoam]

Whatever gets you to the next year...   

Looks like you are a skilled tennis player or bike rider... with those handle bar wrapping skills...
 

Best regards,

-a-

[hmasing]

You can get nice results with bike tape, too, fwiw.  You can sort of see mine here.  That's about a year old.  And yes, I'm an avid cyclist, so I've got technique.

Just don't buy the crappy cheap stuff.  This is about $20/roll, does both yokes.