Jesse James motorized bicycle

[Misfitchopper1990]

Haven’t made a post on here in a long time. Figured it share what the bike looks like now. It’s built on a Jesse James wcc huffy frame. But with a few modifications. Haha

 

[DieselTech]

That's FN sweet!!! are you doing all your own hand tooling on the leather, I do leather myself but not that good quite yet. Teaching myself the swivel knife now.

 

[DieselTech]

You just put thoughts in my head on another build, that bike is so rad, bet your got a pretty penny in that. man that is NICCCEEE.

 

[DieselTech]

Love your dual exhaust, I just noticed it.

 

[Misfitchopper1990]

That's FN sweet!!! are you doing all your own hand tooling on the leather, I do leather myself but not that good quite yet. Teaching myself the swivel knife now.

I didn’t tool the saddlebags my self. I do some leather work but I’m not that good yet. I wish I was that good but I did tattoo the seat! (I’m a tattooer by trade). I’ve only got about $500 into it. I have a lot of materials in my workshop, so I was able to save myself a few dollars haha. The dual exhaust is one thing I had to have on this bike. And honestly with my 170lb ass on smooth pavement I can get her up to 47 mph

 

[DieselTech]

Yeah that seat looks hand tooled, your artistry is top notch, I thought it was tooled. Love the bike. Is the edge of seat hand stitched or some of your artistry as well?

 

[Misfitchopper1990]

Yeah that seat looks hand tooled, your artistry is top notch, I thought it was tooled. Love the bike. Is the edge of seat hand stitched or some of your artistry as well?

Thank you! The edging is hand stitched with waxed hemp thread.

This is a picture of the bottom side that’s wrapped in a light blue leather and you can see the stitching better!

 

[DieselTech]

Not to be nosey or anything but does that stitching have a name? I've never seen that pattern b4 is why I'm asking.

 

[DieselTech]

It looks like a single loop lace, but a single loop lace dont have that leg like that, that is closest to seat pan.

 

[Misfitchopper1990]

It looks like a single loop lace, but a single loop lace dont have that leg like that, that is closest to seat pan.

I don’t really know if there’s a name for it. Haha I just did it and loved how it looked. At first I did it for the looks but it beloved effective when pulling the leather tight to the pan of the seat.