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!

A little further...

A little further.. Momento Mori.. don´t mix it up with the famous Latif phrase Memento Mori (remember you should die)

Leather - Solo Seat in Progress

Started on a new custom leather solo seat for a motorcycle.. No one specific, so it´ll be for sale some time when it´ll be finished I guess. Wanted to try out the engraved type of scroll design.. Not sure what to put in the text field yet, so if you got any good ideas? :-)

Still haven´t decided if there will be lacing or ordinary stitches either..

Singer 29k-4 Cobbler for Leatherwork

Got my self yet another Singer 29k sewing machine I´m thinking to use for some leatherwork.. the other one is a Singer 29k-3, and now a 29k-4.. the other one skipped a stitch here and there, oh and guess what, so does this, obviously a common issue.. hmm, that´s the back draw of buying unseen, but I got it pretty cheap tho.

It is pretty cool exept the stitch skipping. I just found out that can be fixed by replacing some small gears, so now I just need to find out what gears, where to get them or who can do it for me..

I like them original with the gold scrolls and stuff on them, but this is repainted black, so I guess it could be cool to pinstripe and gold leaf it since it´s already unoriginal..

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.

Steve Lindsay Airgraver - NitroG20

Just got my hands on the NitroG20 engraving tool from Steve Lindsay.. it´s an amazing tool.. the best you gcan get out there, so now it´s only up to me to learn this shit. I can´t complain about the tools anymore.. here are my very first lines/testing with the Airgraver on a Harley Davidson gearbox cover.

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

Bjørn Robert Nesse 22.03.1967 - 22.06.2011

You left us way to early my friend, but wherever you are you will never be forgotten! R.I.P.

http://custombikesbonna.blogspot.com/

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..

Pinstriping Andors Bagger Bags..

Andors Bagger in Progress...

Silver Leaf letters, Outline & Shadows on Andors Harley Davidson Custom Bagger with 276 (my lucky number which hasn´t brought me any luck yet) as racing number.. painted with 1-shot tinting black, super gloss tinting clear and polar white. Mack 444-4 "The Virus" for outline and shadows and Mack Series 10 Size 00 pinstriping brush for the white sircle..

Finished a new custom leather solo seat

THe Metal OX - Finished

Leather Solo Seat - In progress..

Just started on a new leather solo seat and gave myself a lot of work.. This seat is not for any particular motorcycle, but just something I wanted to do.. maybe I sell it or maybe I´ll use it for my own Harley Davidson custom project where I will use a Sportster engine and Redneck Engineering bobber frame..

Leather Solo Seat - The Metal OX

More or less finished.. the seat pan will be painted black and the leather will be screwed on the pan.. before attaching to Geir´s custom chopper, and the Metal OX will be ready for the west coast :-)

Arild´s Bobber Finished

The Metal OX - In progress..

Some progress shots of the Metal OX leather seat and the custom Harley Davidson it´s ment for..

Flake, Pinstriping & Gold Leaf

Jan´s flake tank is finished. Kristian from KS Lakk have flaked the tank and I have pinstriped and gilded it.. It will be used on a rigid Triumph

Leather Solo Seat - The Metal OX

A progress shot of a new leather seat I´m working on for a bike "named" "The Metal OX"

Pinstriping and Gold Leaf

Another "47" project.. Racing Green flake, Pinstriping and Gold Leaf.. This gas tank will be used on a rigit Triumph when it´s get a few coats of clear so the flakes starts to glitter again..

Pinstriping

My friend Eva from Blondinos MC is posing with her bike and skull pinstriping which I did for her a litle while back.. she and her bike is crousing around the west coast.. :-)