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I wouldn't paint it, I'd clear coat it. Too nice to hide.
Steve

DoctoRot wrote:

531blackbanshee wrote: tail light turned out nice!
is that the stock lens?

leon

Thanks Leon, Its a aftermarket LED item originally for a honda monkey.

sure looks "right"on there.

leon

Cool stuff man, some real talent here. Sub'd

Thanks guys. On a particularly awesome note, State Patrol contacted me yesterday telling me they had an opening in the schedule today if i would like to come in early for an inspection. Called in sick to work, then cobbled some shit together making sure all the lights and brake worked, and passed the inspection. The officer didn't even look at the bike she was just interested in the VINs, so i probably didn't need to stay up till 5 am troubleshooting the lighting system. Now i can register it and start the 3 year probation period for the title. Stoked!

awesome news man!

3 year probationary period damn!

i'm glad it's not that difficult here.

i just sent off for a title on my 66 chevelle for $87.00 should be here anytime.whole deal took about two weeks.

leon

Yeah but its still better than trying to do it in california. I have no intentions of selling this bike anytime soon so 3 years dont sound so bad to me.

so you can get a tag and legally operate it until the title comes in???

leon

Yes, you can register it and get it plated, but I won't be the full legal owner for three years.

did the first pass on the side panel but almost out of thread . Im sweatin doing the final fold seam where the quilted part meets the side, that seam is over 4 ft long.

Mate that is a sweet tail light bracket. Looks period and puts the tail light up nice and tidy close to the seat. Liking it!

at least there is a provision to get it titled and it doesn't really hold you up from using it.

seat cover looks badass!

i'm picky about straight seems and yours looks real good.i know why your sweating the long seam.because if it's not right you won't be happy and will have to start all over because you won't let it slide ...

that's that eye for quality comin back to haunt ya !

leon

Too true Leon, too true.... thats partially why i went with the zig zag stitch for the quilting, it really helps hide the unevenness of the seam, unfortunately this is just slightly too much material for this sewing machine to work as intended so i can't rely on the advancer alone but have to manually push it through at a constant speed, it makes things a bit...organic.

Tonight I finally mounted the courage to attempt the fold seam, had a couple beers and went for it. It came out pretty good, not as nice as i would have hoped but i'm cool with it. I ended up splitting the seam into two chunks, and undid the rear seam to insert some webbing to cover up where the two sides meet. I cut the excess out of the cover and stretched it on the pan with tape so i can make sure that my pattern for the boxing section at the front is still good. In the pic of the webbing on the back you can see some small holes where i removed a seam, i thought i sewed inside those but guess i didn't. i have some vinyl repair stuff that will make them virtually undetectable. I don't want to ever make another seat, they stress me out too much, some things are better left to the pros.