Long overdue

This machine, built in 1922 but has been in my family for 40 years.  When my mom gave it to me 15 years ago she said "you should put a motor on it".  Well, I finally did.  I also rebuilt, cleaned, tuned it up a bit and made the table.  Not to mention, with some advice from Pineapple Jay, I picked out the appropriate needles and thread to start getting a little more decorative with my saddle making. 

This Week Randoms

Made a new belt, bad ass so far.  

This vintage drag car is at my day job. old school cool here.

A rare shot of my shop without any ones stuff in it

Breakfast with the 56

The weekend saddle project

Recovered my seat over the weekend .  I figured I had a big piece of leather just getting dusty on the shelf so if it didn't work out I would get over it.  Gave it a bit of an antique or a worn finish and slapped it  on the bike.   On another note, I took it for a spin on Saturday ,  seems awesome except for a witness mark on my front tire from it touching the bottom of the shock.  Hopefully I can take the front damper apart and add a bumper to limit the suspension just a hair. 

The seat

well its all crooked and looks like a old blind guy put it on so its done.
looks like I made it out of an old pair of boots n stuff. Looks good on the bike and the wife likes it so its good enough.

Tooled Leather For The Ole Ladies Kaw

I finally took a little break on Sunday to finish up the tooling work on the Kaw seat.

Once again the pictures don't do it justice at all but it looks super vintage on the bike.

I just need to do a little lace work and should be sweet enough for the ole ladies ass.