A little custom project Ive been working on.... other bike (leather)

[~TABASCO~]

I've been working on a CB350 'café racer' for the last few years for fun. I poke at it every few months when I have time.. A few years ago I built all the custom aluminum body work and massaged the frame & swing arm.. Now I found myself needing to buckle down and get the seat done. I built the pan and foamed it up two years ago.. I recently visited Tandy and picked up the supplies I needed for the leather cover I had in mind.. I made the patterns and cut it all out.. Drew up a little concept and put it on the leather... I then used some 40 year old leather stamping tools to emboss the pattern I wanted. The 'little bastard' is a throw back to James Dean aluminum Porsche. This bike has a ton of custom aluminum body work to it... Also this bike is tiny and will be a 'little bastard' figuratively and literally when I ride it.. So far I have about 50-60 + hours in this seat. I'm not a "leather" guy.. so I had to test out a few things, its been pretty fun and frustrating.. Did you ever make a leather belt in boy scouts ? This is basically the same thing. Getting it all to lay down and fit properly is not easy and takes tons of time... I probably have about 20-25 hours in the side stitch.


Here is my first test of the stitching I wanted to use to hold it all together..

Then I bought three colors of leather die, Dark brown, light brown, red..

 

[snakebitten]

You do know you are.....um.......out there?

 

[~TABASCO~]

You do know you are.....um.......out there?

Ummmmmmm........................ YES

 

[snuffcityrider]

The art work is good, my drawings are still just stick figures. Is that the devil with his head sticking out his butt or perhaps nestled between a pair of breast?

 

[troll]

Ummmmmmm........................ YES

DUDE!!!! you are just waaaaayyy tooo much!!! The shit you do just blows me away. You are one talented fellow ::014:: ::014:: ::012:: ::012::

 

[snakebitten]

And now yaw are encouraging him?

 

[tubebender]

Looks a lot like you...............







Insert head ducking behind wall here.

 

[Don in Lodi]

I haven't done any tooling since the wallet in my back pocket, nicely done Jaxon. ::008:: ::008::

 

[sportsguy]

Yup, definitely creative. Creative and skilled. Creative and skilled and bent!

Nice work.

Completely came alive after the color, which is well blended.

Can you knit and pearl me a skidplate cozy?

 

[~TABASCO~]

Looks a lot like you...............


I resemble that remark...







Insert head ducking behind wall here.

 

[~TABASCO~]

Yup, definitely creative. Creative and skilled. Creative and skilled and bent!

Nice work.

Completely came alive after the color, which is well blended.

Can you knit and pearl me a skidplate cozy?

Thanks guys..... A few other things I learned in this little adventure.... Tandy leather goods are expensive, and the time involved in a project like this is WAY more than I expected.....

"custom=tons of time, story of my life"...