With its base in wood, its bicycle look, the Mesinger Seat was standard equipment on race motorcycles during the teens & twenties. And you would love to find an original one for your restoration or new old school bobber or boardtracker project. You could spend years with no success just looking for one. Don’t despair. [...]
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Mesinger Racer Seat. You can’t find one. Make one.
Published by July 3rd, 2008 in Editorial and Seats.You already know about the quality of Duane Ballard’s work, especially his hand-tooled seats that I already featured here. Because of the customization old school trend, the tool bag is getting popular again…and is re-discovered as a must on our bikes to carry a few wrenches and spark plugs we may need from time to [...]
Spring mounted Bobber solo seats are not necessary very comfortable, but at least you can make them look beautiful. I like this Gator style seat (as matter of fact, it’s embossed leather) sold complete with it’s steel pan to which are welded 4 mounting bolts (2 in front for hinge mount, 2 in rear [...]
Hand tooling leather is an old technique craft. With the return of the retro looking bikes, hand tooled seats are in popular demand. But not all upholstery shops are able to do them correctly. One of the best is Duane Ballard who, since many years, is a master at the art of stamping, lacing and [...]
You are on a budget, need a pinstripe seat to complement the stripes of your paint job and will not settle for less than top grain leather A sleek low profile looking seat that follows the lines of your bike and is electronically stitched for perfection and consistency every time. Fitments include: 2000-up FXST, FLST [...]
Last Ride Customs has made quite a few seats for the custom builders having a household name. As a matter of fact, all the seats are made by Adan Croft himself. His upholstery shop specializes in hand-tool seats made using the best tools and leathers (both are very important). A one-off hand-tooled seat is never [...]
Harley-Davidson Rocker Passenger Riding Position
Published by August 26th, 2007 in Builders, Editorial and Seats.I have built a custom swingarm bike (named Stardust) where the rear fender was attached (welded) to the swingarm. Advantage: you can place the fender very close to the tire which always look better (like with a hardtail frame). Of course, the solo seat pan must be off the rear fender with enough clearance for the swingarm/fender to [...]
For $ 67.50 you can get all what you need to create that seat you have always wanted. The kit comes complete with 1 Piece of 3/16"exxtra thick smooth finish natural tan domestic "A" grade tooling leather, 1 piece of high density seat foam, 1 piece of medium density seat foam, 25 solid brass screw [...]
I already gave you a couple of good addresses to have your seat hand tooled. Here is another one. As always, the roster of clients says a lot about the quality of work you can expect. Duane Ballard custom makes seats for some of the best motorcycle builders of the industry: Dave Perewitz, Hank Young, [...]
Roland Sands Vintage Conversion Kit For Harley Softails
Published by April 3rd, 2007 in Builders, Customs, Editorial, Seats and Wheels.
Roland Sands Design has expanded their widely popular Vintage Conversion Kit to include new fender and seat kits that accommodate a 200mm rear tire on stock Softails. The new product builds on the successful Roland Sands Vintage line, while eliminating the need for costly wide-wheel conversions. These two new kits carry the same vintage look of the Sands Vintage Handlebars, Vintage [...]
I never worked with Alligator Bob, one of the masters of upholstery work for custom bikes. The reason is that I am very faithful to my vendors and never change if I am satisfied by their work. So, it means that I know a lot of good people that I never used but that I [...]
I am not much in bolt-on seats for any custom bike, but I must admit that there are a few available that I could use on my bobbers to both look great and save a lot of money.
Not necessary to wait for the boat coming from China with its new load of flakes vinyl seats. Flyrite Choppers has one of the best [...]
Every day, I receive numerous calls with requests about custom seats. Can you do one for me? (no, if I don’t have the bike with me). Can you do the seat pan? (no again, if I don’t have your bike with me). How much? (I don’t know because I don’t know what you want). Can you tell [...]
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