Spike Customs Aces Wild P40 Flying Tigers WWII Tribute Seat Set
This is a seat set that i made for a customer who was building a bike themed around a tribute for the
WWII P-40 Flying Tiger Pilots. The whole project was a lot of fun, and i used some new ideas to make the seats come out as great as possible. Ostrich paneling on the seats, and a panel of black alligator on the spade backrest, the the brushed stainless steel trim-ring and stainless hardware, a custom shaped X-bones seat pan, and all the custom color-work to match the P-40 and symbols to the actual WWII colors made this seat set come out absolutely great. This is one of my favorite seat sets that I've done.
Enjoy the pictures.
-Spike
“Deadman’s Hand” .44 Caliber Bullet Custom Softail Seat
“Deadman's Hand” .44 Caliber Bullet Custom Softail Seat
I made this seat up for a guy on the east coast back in March '09. This seat came out absolutely beautiful. This is the kind of work that a customer gets when they tell me an idea that they have and say something like, "i'll leave everything else up to your judgement." When you set me loose, you get a beautiful work of art.
Yes, those are REAL bullets. i went bullet shopping for this seat and found these beautiful babies. it makes me want to buy a 44 just so i can use them. They're chrome plated split top hollowpoints. I didn't even know you could buy hollow-points in this state!
This was made on a stock style softail seatpan that was fitted to a custom softail bike. The pan was re-foamed with high density memory foam for much more comfort and sleeker style.
The tooling is skulls on flame backgrounds, and then the “DEADMAN'S HAND” banner that wraps around the deadman hand (Ace's and Eights) all accented in a deep gunmetal metallic silver. If you don't know the story, it comes from the wild west. This is the hand that Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot and murdered, the last card is face down because he was shot before the last card was dealt... dead mans hand.
I picked the alligator side panels because they just look so frickin' nice on an all black tooled seat. The black lacing with chrome eyelets just accents perfect with the bright chrome bullets.
Enjoy,
SPiKE
Custom FXDWG Alligator Solo Seat with Lacing
Here's a seat that i made for a Wide Glide a little while back.
not everything i do has to be completely insane. This is a perfect example of how simple, clean lines and make a top-notch seat.
The honey colored alligator material laced with the black material with chrome eyelets gives this seat a subtle, yet amazing look.
Custom Alligator Bobber Seat for Gordo
Custom Alligator Bobber Seat for Gordo
This is an alligator bobber seat that i made for a customer back in 2008. he was a bigger kind of guy, and wanted a bobber seat... but it needed to be bigger. so this one is about 4 inches longer and 4 inches wider than my standard bobber seats. Like all my seatpans, it's handformed sheetmetal, not pressed or stamped. I hammer out, english wheel, & planninsh every pan by hand.
I just like this seat because it was so big, and the three alligator panels have a nice look to them. Maybe I should make one of these seats in a normal size to sell in my store.
What do you think?
Enjoy,
SPiKE
