Scanbike Magazine - Rust Bike

The "rust" bike I pinstriped for Redneck Bikes Norway is featured with a four pages article in the latest issue Scanbike Magazine (Issue 1 - 2010)

New Leather Seat Project...

A new leather seat and a leather pad project is comming up.. The seat will be tooled with the famous Motorhead skull. This one is for Runar at Høyangbjørn MC in Høyanger. "Bønna" (CBB) at the same club has customized the bike with a 260 rear tire and made a one of a kind seat pan for this Harley Davidson. Stay tuned for updates and progress pictures..

New project comming up..

A new projekt is on the way.. This bike will get a simple and classic black and white paint with a custom made logo, silver leaf and some pinstriping.. The silver will probably be twirled as well. Probably finished in the end of February and will be shown at Elmia - Custom Motor Show 2010. Then shipped to France where the owner will ride it.. The frame is a Redneck Bikes Bobber frame and will be built with a Buell XB12.

Pinstriping - Harley Ironhead Bobber

I Pinstriped the flames and iron cross on this Harley Davidson Ironhead Bobber which Kristian from KSLakk painted. The bike is built by Frederic Fontarosa and it´s built out of a 81 XLH Sportster. Featured in the latest issue of BikerJournalen with the front cover and a three pages article. Below a picture of the finished bike captured last summer.

Marius Mellebye - Music

After three long years without even touching my musical equipment, I met this fantastic person which really inspired me a lot, and in so many different ways. Because of that I finally got inspired to start creating music again.. I don´t have a record deal in my pocket this time, so no cynical producers, greedy lawyers or monkey business for now.. just music and composing whatever I feel like and for whoever which inspires me.. Hope you like it!

Feel free to leave a comment or some constructive criticism.. Would love to hear what you think!

Roadtrip - Oslo - Trondheim - Oslo

From our roadtrip May 2009. We started from Bærum, just outside Oslo about 10 AM. Then we was on our way to Trondheim and Bike Fest and back to Oslo again in one weekend. All together we was on the hardtail bikes for 745 US Miles (120 Mil) Used about 12 houres to Trondheim and about 14 Houres back again... There are also an article in the latest issue of Biker Journalen from our roadtrip.. More info on the motorcycles can be found at Redneck Bikes Norway.

Leather - wallet/card holder - Koi Fish

Just finished a wallet/card holder for someone very special as a gift... chosed the "Koi Fish" as a motive since it often has the meaning of "good fortune"... and symbolic in the Buddhism to represent courage.. and japanese myth says the koi fish will transfere into a protective dragon.. :-) The leather looks a little dry, but that is just the poish, and will look a lot better with a little usage.. hope it will be well used.

Biker Journalen - "666 Power From Hell" and Roadtrip (Oslo - Trondheim - Oslo)

Front cover of the latest issue of Biker Journalen (a Norwegian motorcycle magazine)


where it is an article about the 666 chopper from Redneck Bikes Norway which I airbrushed and pinstriped

and an article I wrote from the roadtrip we had from Oslo - Trondheim (Bike Fest) and back to Oslo again.. 745 miles in one weekend.. and one day show.

www.bikerjournalen.no/

Goldleaf/Pinstriping - Skateboard

30th anniversary gift for Høyangbjørn MC from me and Lowbrows MC..

Leather - CD cover

I finally got the CD cover I designed for Supermarine Spitfire and the CD is released in the stores. Critics are all over pretty good and I have seen them live once, and they where pretty damn tight! Reminds me of old Soundgarden..

Leather seat with pinstriping design...

Almost finished with a new leather seat with a pinstriping
motive for a custom Harley Sportster built by CBB... it still needs to
be polished and bolted to the seat pan..

Abow, the seat finished, bolted and attached to the Harley. The seat pan is custom and hand made for this bike, so all of this is one of a kind.

Pinstriping - Fender & Headlight

Pinstriping a front fender and headlight for a good friends Harley Davidson custom chopper... it will appear on this bike.

Goldleaf & Painting

It´s far from finished yet, but it needs to dry for a few days. It´s all painted by hand with 1-shot enamel with ordenary paint brushes to get the "rough" look.. so it wont get that "perfect" and flat airbrush look...

Painting - Belt Cover

Painted a belt cover for a friends custom chopper. It was originally a Jesse James cover, but the JJ motive was grinded down... The credit for the original design should go to: David Lozeau

Pinstriping Bobber

I pinstriped a friends bobber just for fun.. it was not planned, but why not. It´s a classic Bobber, with a rough style. It will probably get a total new paint job and look some time next winter. Pinstriping, Goldleaf etc.. We´ll see what we come up with.

Lowbrow´s MC Party

Lowbrow´s MC party at Gert´s summer cabin with me and Høyangbjørn MC in Haugesund. It was an all nice week end with some chopper riding, bathing and party with live conserts in the centre of town..

Leather - Gas tank mount and Belt Cover

A leather patch that will be attached the back bone on a Harley Davidson "hippie" chopper frame as a gas tank mount.. and belt cover.

From MCM at Elmia 09

This photo is captured by Totte Wiman and are scanned from the latest issue of the Swedish motorcycle magazine MCM (www.mcm.se) The text in swedish says: "Knut Olav Dybsjord from Norwegian Redneck posing with painter Marius Mellebye."

Elmia - Custom Motor Show 09

Pictures from Elmia - Custom Motor Show 09, in Sweden. Both bikes was compeeting for best chopper in the open class. Unfortanly there was no first price this year. There have been a first and second price earlier years.. but we will be back next year with something new and exiting. Stay tuned..

Ready for Elmia 09 - Custom Motor Show

The bikes are ready for Elmia 09 - Custom Motor Show...

Pinstriping

Pinstriped a chopper gas tank for Redneck Bikes which have been trated with rust paint... There will be a DeVille logo placed in the gap.. Both bikes will be compeeting at Elmia - Custom Motor Show in Sweden.

Leatherwork

Covered a Harley tank pad in leather, and licing... it still needs to be polished to get the right glow. The motive is of Midgardsormen (Midgard's Worm) Midgard's Worm were one of the most famous "Worms" in Viking mythology.

Testing the "Rust Chopper"

Gert´s Rust Chopper from Redneck Bikes Norway is about to be finished. I´ve pinstriped the tank and the back fender and had to test ride the driving position.. It feels great and is going to be an awsome ride with a suicide shifter! The rust paint looks identical as real rust..

Pinstriping and Kustom Graphics

Some of my work will be featured in the next issue of the UK based magazine: "Pinstriping and Kustom Graphics Magazine" The issue will be at sale from March 10th.

You can click here to find out more about the magazine and where to buy...

Airbrush - Gas Tank & Fender

Designed the pattern and airbrushed a skull on a custom chopper gas tank and fender for Redneck Bikes Norway.. Only the gas tank is cleared so far and there will be a pinstripe around the edges between black and white...

Crew Party Høyangbjørn MC 09

Crew Party at Høyangbjørn MC winter 2009. Friday, there was a party at the club for those of us who was already there.. Saturday was the big night, for those of us which didn´t go to bed at all from the day before.. . There where also live music during the night.. I also got a few new customizing jobs as well..

New projekt in progress..

A new project from Redneck Bikes Norway in Progress. This bike will be painted with flames or a custom pattern which will be develloped after the white base is finished. Either pinstriping or airbrush skulls as a motive.. time will show.

Airbrush - Viking

Started to airbrush a viking on a Harley Davidson gas tank...

Pinstriped Harley Sportster gas & oil tank

A tank I pinstriped the outline of the flames..

Leather tool bag - NHDF price

A leather tool bag I made for a NHDF (Norsk Harley Davidson Forum) contest... the inside is covered with a skull fabric.. all handmade and tooled. "Bastard" is the name of the winner´s custom Harley from Twin Trader.

Norsk Harley Davidson Forum Party

NHDF: Norsk Harley Davidson Forum Party winter 2008. I delivered the leather tool bag I mad as the first price to "Falken" for Best Chopper "Bastard". THe new owner of the tool bac looked liked he preciated it..

Leather solo seat.. For Sale!

Just finished a leather solo seat... It is for sale, if you are interested, feel free to send me an email here. The price would be something like NOK 4000,- ($690) plus shipping. Everything as tooling, licing, coloring, stitching etc is done by hand. This is a one of a kind custom leather seat. Only the seat pan is imported from USA. This is perfect for a Bobber of any kind.

Copper leaf - Sportster Gas tank

This was made to honour Jeff McCann which was the inspirator for me to begin with this. He sent me two of his favourite pinstriping brushes (Mack Series #10), which was my forst two brushes.. I have learned a lot from him and Jeff have now become a friend. Even tho he doesn´t customize Harley´s and other custom motorcycles anymore, his work will stand out for many years to come. Check out his amazing work here and you can read more about him here, you wont regret if you are interested in custom paint and building motorcycles! As Jeff always says, Motorcycles Forever!

Goldleaf - Helmet

A goldleafed skull, star & flames on a matte black open helmet...

Goldleaf - Lucky 13

Just testing some goldleafing on a Harley Davidson Sportster tank...

Scanbike

The "67" Redneck Bikes bobber I goldleafed, striped and made a leather seat for is on the front page and a 4 pages article in the latest number of Scanbike. It is a Scandinavian biker magazine published in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

In stores Sept. 30th.

You can also read a review of the "67" bobber at MC24.no if you understand Norwegian...

Leather seat in progress

Chopper Shox leather seat in progress..

Pinstriping - Custom Harley Chopper

Pinstriped a Harley Davidson chopper built by "Bønna" at Høyangbjørn MK. The idea was red and white old school stripes, but when I finished the red we decided to keep it that way since all detialis on the bike is only red, metal or matte black.

Høyangbjørn Crew Party Summer 08

Høyangbjørn Crew Party Summer 2008 jsut outside Vadheim.. About 4 - 500 in a weekend with lots of nice custom cycles, live music and a great party.. some took it a bit further than others, but that´s ok.. A great Weekend, C ya next year!

A few personalized pinstriping brush boxes...

Pinstriping - Sportster gas tank

Just warming up with pinstriping on an old Harley Davidson Sportster gas tank after a not so active summer... in progress

Handmade Custom Leather seat - Lucky 13

Lucky 13 (Choppers for Life) - handmade custom leather seat in progress... interested? feel free to contact me here.

Airbrushed logo

I airbrushed this custom logo at a french, Frederice´s Harley Davidson Bobber. I struggeled to get the masking attach to the surface, since the paint is matte black, but everything works out at last..

Leather helmet in progress...

Some guy told me I would never be able to cover an open helmet with leather and then tool it.. Then I ofcorse had to do it, and it worked out without any big problems at all, so thanks to the guy that told me I would never pull this off.. I´ve got some requests to sell it over seas, but the price hasn´t been right yet.. I guess the currency differences makes it pretty expensive in USA at the moment, so I rather keep it and ride with it.

New leather seats in progress

A couple of custom leather seats in progress. Everything is one of a kind and hand tooled and colored. None of them is for any special bike yet, so if you are interested to buy any of them, feel free to contact me for a fair price. I can also make a motive of your choice.

Airbrush - Skull for redneck bikes gas tank

Just a test I`m doing on a redneck bike gas tank on bare metal... it´ll be removed after the show and the tank is going to be painted properly, and I`ll airbrush it again... so it´s only for the fun for the show at Oslo Open... all for nothing, but I get the practise :-)

Goldleaf & Leather - Redneck Bikes Buell/Sportster Bobber

A tank and a leather seat I`m doing for Redneck Bikes Norway. It´s going to be shown at a bike show in Oslo, Norway called Oslo Open 25th of May

Pinstriping - Mustang Gas Tank for Custom Harley Davidson Sportster

A tank I pinstriped for Custompartz and will be shown at Oslo Open Motorcycle show 25th of May.

My first very leather work...

Finished Pinstripes - Harley Davidson Sportster 883 Custom

A Harley Davidson Sprotster 883 Custom which I pinstriped the cluthc & aircleaner cover, ready for the road...

Sketch & leftover airbrush colors

Nothing serious, just a quick sketch and leftover airbrush colors...

Airbrush - skulls

Just a test for two posible custom paint jobs...

Pinstriped Harley Davidson Sportster clutch & air cleaner cover

Just pinstriped a clutch cover and air filter cover for a clients Harley Davidson Sportster...

Høyangbjørn MC Crew Party Winter 2008

Høyangbjørn MC Crew Party 2008. As usual, lots of nice bikers, Live Music, party and get to know someone new.. I had a great time as always..

Airbrush, pinstriping & gold/copper/silver leaf

In progress...

Airbrush - 2nd place in airbrush contest

This was my contributon to a Norwegian airbrush contest which gave me a 2nd place.. The "fured" man is a Norwegian ice cream icon for Diplome Is and the green face is obviously The Hulk.. The price was a Infinity 2 in 1 airbrush.

A few airbrush skulls

A few airbrush skull sketches.. just for the practise with my new airbrush. So far so good.

Cartoon skull sketches

A few cartoon skull sketches...

Von Dutch

I just had to have this Von Dutch logo on my paint box... All painted with 1-shot enamel, exept the "flying eye" which is in copper and silver leaf.

Pinstriped Mustang gas tank

Flame, Gold Leaf & Skull helmet

Let´s cut the crap

Drawing Hand

Bronze Scukpture