Not really the kind of bike I would want but I love the fact that this guy does what he does because that's the way he wants it. And when I say does, he really does. Every thing about his custom bike is the way it is because he did it that way. He makes all these fabulous bizarre pieces by hand, you don't see anything of his that's ordered out of a Custom Chrome catalog, or whoever supplies all that chrome crap you see regular choppers decked out with. His bikes truly are artwork, very unique, very imaginative. Check his blog, shinya kimura @ chabott engineering and watch a neat video on YouTube - shinya kimura, or go for the jump for the video embedded.

Great look at a piece of history, I didn't even know there was a bike made by Wilkinson, and apparently a very fine machine, too. Whatch it on YouTube - Don Hall road tests 1000cc 1912 Wilkinson. Or hit the jump for the video.

Nice insight into the history of manufacturing... a little corny start bu worth watching. Check out brazing frames in a bed of coals! Thanks to Motorcycho... great find, hit the jump for the video.

Motorcycho: Secrets Revealed

lol... Well done!

I came across some old pics of a bike I had, I guess woulda been in the '80's sometime. These pics were taken after I had crashed it and fixed it. That's why the front fender is black. Later I took it all apart and rebuilt every thing and painted it red.

I changed my seat cover today. When I got the bike the seat had duct tape holding it together. It looked pretty bad, so I had covered it with some self adhesive foam. It worked pretty good but was still pretty efn ugly!

So I whined about it in a thread on the Concours Forum and to shut me up New Hampshire Steve sent me his old one. ;)

His is a newer bike and the foam is quite a bit different, so it didn't fit very well but it looks a heck of a lot better than the old one! I added some re-bond (carpet padding) to add some thickness to the old foam, and to build up the hump in the middle of the seat. I cut a piece of the re-bond to the size of the pan, and put that between the pan and the original foam. Then glued some strip in the middle of the seat to fill the hump. I didn't fill it completely, so unfortunately there is a lot of slack in the cover right where I sit. I guess I will see how well that works this summer.

The hardest part was getting the staples to hold, I tried using a t-50 stapler... it worked, but I can't say well. :P Then I went looking to see what kind of stapler I should have used and found this page: DIY Motorcycle Seat... scroll down and hey! That seat looks familiar!

Some pics... (click to enlarge)

Balls, these guys have them - Hell For Leather