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I'm making a custom hand-tooled leather seat and pillion pad for my forthcoming Freewheeler trike. All the design work is my own and It's the first seat I've made in about ten years. I'm not a professional just want to personalise our ride.
All the tooling is now done and I will start to lace the sissybar pad together first with Kangaroo lace first before moving onto the next part of the seat. I intend to add more memory foam and raise the pillion part so my wife is more comfortable. Once laced I will stain and airbrush everything in Tan. Should look awesome! I'll add pics as progress is made.



 
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Very nice a lot of tooling there. Keep the pics coming
 
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Sa-Weet....that's gonna look awesome
 
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Looking good.
 
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Awesome job! Keep posting pics, I would like to see the finished product.
 
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Amazing what you can do with a 'cow', cheap mallet and a bevel tool!!!!
Will post pics as I progress. Bike currently shows as being in production so will get actual seat late July before I can mould leather to seat and airbrush. I'll do some detail staining beforehand.
 
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Love it! It's turned out beautiful!! Looking forward to more pictures as your work progresses. I know that you are so excited to get your Freewheeler.
 
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Wow, nice work!

I hate people with talent! :-)
 
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Ditto what Oogie Wa Wa says....
 
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Beautiful design and craftsmanship! I would like to see it when finished as well.
 


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