Biker Journalen Nr. 1 - 2014

Gert´s Hicktown Scooter which I made a sparkle vinyl seat for, in the latest issue of Biker Journalen (Nr 1, 2014) Get the magazine for the full article. The bike also won best paint at Oslo Motor Show 2013.

Leather Craft - Tommy´s chopper..

A leather seat for Tommy T´s chopper, built by CBP, Norway.

Gold Leaf - Little Bastard

Started to put some blue variegated gold leaf on a Sportster gas tank for a Harley bobber.. With a little outlining, shadowing and clear to make the flake pop, I think it might be pretty cool :-) or what do you think? :-)

Leather Craft - "Arctic Choppers"

Arctic Choppers seat in progress..

Leather Craft - Mr. "Q"s lacing hell...

Got to go hunting for another kangaroo as I´m getting empty of lacing..

Leather Craft - La Pera

This is a modified La Pera leather seat without motive I did for a chopper two or three years ago.. the new owner wanted black on the sides so it didn´t look so "massive".. so I recolored it and everyone is happy :-) It used to be all brown.. I like the way it´s been worn over the last years..

Pinstriping - Gas tank

The chopper which I pinstripe the flaked flame tank for.. today I´ll start on the back fender, which will fit a 300 wide tire. Next week I´ll do the front fender and oil tank.. the oil tank will also have the number "50" gold leafed on the side..

Online articles about the Victory / Motörhead leather solo seats I made..

BikePort.no, Bike.no and Varden.no have all written about the Victory/Motörhead collaboration, which I made leather solo seats for. I know also a magazine or two will write about it as well. The bikes will also be shown at a Motor show in Sweden, then shipped to each of the guys in Motörhead..

It´s no secret that Lemmy is a thirsty guy, but he said he would drink less, so he actually can ride his bike! Time will show.. :-)

Proud moment, meeting the guys of Motörhead & Video of the unveiling..

A proud moment meeting the guys after unveiling the bikes.. Lemmy shaked my hand and said "fucking awesome" about the leather seat I made for his Victory signature model... :-) They where all very exited about the bikes.. great guys!

The photo at the top is taken by Morten Andersen of Biker Journalen motorcycle magazine.

Video of the unveiling at Hard Rock Cafe in Oslo after the concert at Sentrum Scene, December 5th.:

Victory Motorcycles / Motörhead - Leather Solo Seats

About a month ago or so, I was contacted by CBP (Custom Bike Parts) in Skien and asked if I was able to, and wanted to make four custom solo seats with motive in leather, in only one month!! Usually I say I want at least three weeks to make one seat (of course I don´t work all the time then, but with an upholstery job beside and other projects as well, things take time).

This job was for Victory Motorcycles which planned four Motörhead signature models customized by CBP, painted by Terje Aspmo and seats by me if I wanted, so I just had to say yes! No doubt, even tho I had no idea how much time this should take... anyway, Motörhaed was coming to Norway, December 5th. so it was better to start focus on how to pull this job off!

I had to make templates for seven parts which had to fit perfectly on each seat, and then they had to be laced together. Lacing is kind of sewing by hand, only twice as far to get the cross stitches with a leather strap. Also three of the seats had to be dyed black with the motive in vintage brown, which takes time...

I´m not complaining, just forgot how much time these things take, so I worked almost 24/7 for a month, and was finished Monday morning Novembre 28th at 05:30 AM. A couple of houres before the promised delivery!

They where picked up by a courier early the next morning, and I was a little concerned about how they would fit. Not that I thought I had done anything wrong, but when things have to be perfect, and without an Victory 8 Ball model available to check the fitting it´s a little scary with no time to make changes. Later that day, I got a message that the seats was awesome and the colors was perfect with the custom paint.

Yesterday I was at Hard Rock Cafe in Oslo for the after party, after the Motörhead concert and the bikes are unveiled with a press release, and it seems like everyone is satisfied!

Below you´ll see some photos of the process of making these Motörhead skull seats, if you aren´t exhausted and have moved on...

Motörhead / Victory Motorcycles - Soon to be unveiled at Hard Rock Cafe Oslo

Check back tomorow, for a lot more pictures and info...

Oslo Motor Show 2011

Finally it´s time for Oslo Motor Show again! This year you will find some of my hand made custom seats at Lucky 7 Tattoo´s stand, among some custom cars, bukes, roller girls and of course live tattoo. Also there will be shown off a Redneck Engineering framed bike, built on a Harley Davidson Sportster by my good friend Bønna, finished by Joar Øverdal og Geir Egil Hellebust. Paint by Micah Clémence and leather seat with pinstriping motive by me..

Leather - Solo Seat in Progress

Added some contrast color..

Not only work..

Even tho customizing bikes is a whole lot of fun, there must be time to saddle up and do some riding as well, so a little while ago I visited my good friends at Lowbrows MC in Hicktown.. A strange little place with a pig farm, saloon and a festival with international names on the west coast. It was a great weekend, a good party and I have pinstriped two of the bikes, and gold leafed one of them, so it was cool to see them in action as well!

Leather seat for a Custom Street Rod

Just made a new leather seat for a custom Harley Street Rod built by Roy Hammeren at BeastCycles. See more of his awesome work here.

Motorrad Nr. 7 2011

The Bullet Bobber featured in the latest issue (nr.7) of Europe´s largest motorcycle magazine..

Built by Knut Olav Dybsjord
Painted by Kristian Sabel
Pinstriping and leather by me

Leather Solo Seat - Kawasaki VN 800 Drifter

A guy that bought a leather solo seat from me last winter dropped by today at the shop to show me the seat mounted on his custom Kawasaki VN 800 Drifter. I looked pretty cool and was the first thing I did which was not for a Harley Davidson motorcycle.. :-)

Pinstriping & Silver Leaf - Done

All the parts for the Andor Bagger is now done..

Finished a new custom leather solo seat

THe Metal OX - Finished