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Old Jan 29, 2012 | 10:06 PM
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Holy shiiite that seat is beautiful! I love that distressed brown leather look. Def what I'll be doing for a swing arm bag and eventually a seat.

Who's the lady, anyone in particular?
 
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Old Jan 29, 2012 | 10:13 PM
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Nice n classy, I'd ride the bad dog any day. Any pics of the truck?
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Don't give me hell about the bed! It's still a work in progress.
 
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Old Jan 29, 2012 | 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Cygnusx51
Holy shiiite that seat is beautiful! I love that distressed brown leather look. Def what I'll be doing for a swing arm bag and eventually a seat.

Who's the lady, anyone in particular?
Thank you. I actually used a photo of Maggie Gyllenhaal for the pose since I don't have models at my disposal, but obviously didn't draw it to look like her at all... and of course magnified the TNA. ;-)
 
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Old Jan 29, 2012 | 10:29 PM
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Awesome bike! I love the seat. And dude!!! That truck rocks...screw the bed, leave as is...it's bad ***
 
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Old Jan 30, 2012 | 12:58 AM
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Ya know;I clicked on this expecting to see another played-out "trendy" Deluxe with a 21" front & cholos--and I was very pleasantly surprised--that bike is WICKED,gets the "Dickey seal of righteousness",and general badassocity!! Drag bars & risers,and a Fatboy front fender would just KILL!

Love the art deco look of the theater & the chicks are sa--mokin hott! Dickey like!!
 
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Old Jan 30, 2012 | 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by spike95
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Don't give me hell about the bed! It's still a work in progress.

Can I have the one in red?





How did you do your seat? I want to do something custom to mine... nothing too off the wall or crazy but something custom to says she's my girl. I just don't know any place that can do it without costing a fortune or how well anything would look on my black seat.
 
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Old Jan 30, 2012 | 01:35 AM
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Great job on the custom seat.

Kadorja, tons of how-to videos on YouTube and you can pick up leather pretty cheap on ebay for practice.
 
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Old Jan 30, 2012 | 02:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Kadorja
Can I have the one in red?





How did you do your seat? I want to do something custom to mine... nothing too off the wall or crazy but something custom to says she's my girl. I just don't know any place that can do it without costing a fortune or how well anything would look on my black seat.
Just in case you were thinking so, it is a common misconception that you can tool designs into an existing seat. You actually have to start with a raw piece of vegetable tanned leather for tooling. So that means a whole new seat cover. Let me know if you need any help.
 
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I really like what you have done there. Love the raw steel look. Bold and mean looking.
 
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That bike looks totally awesome. I bet it turns heads when you glide down the street.
 
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