Mike Woulfe attended Saturday's Mods vs. Rockers event in Fort Lauderdale dressed to rumble. He wore a leather jacket he decorated to his own design.
And he's willing to make one for you, to your design.
According to his RockerJackets.com website:
"I'll even use your patches. Let's work out a design by phone or email, and send it to me. I do top quality work. I open the jackets at the bottom seam and do all sewing and mounting of studs without damaging the lining. And, studs placed around the collar are folded inside so you can't see the unsightly stud legs if you wear the jacket with the collar up. Once all the decorating work is done, I resew the bottom seam of the jacket with my 90-year-old Singer 96-10.
"I will usually have one or two ready to go jackets on eBay. I also usually have one or two undecorated jackets in stock, ready to design. Most jackets cost me $120 to $150, and are good quality jackets sold through Jammin leather or Leatherup.com
"I don't mark up the jackets. You're paying for my labor, and the patches. A basic decoration with around 100 studs, one large patch, and four small patches will add another $100 dollars to the base cost of the jacket.
"The last jacket on eBay had more than 400 studs and quite a few patches, and cost $400. Now you're getting the idea."
Woulfe is a longtime South Florida radio newsman and motorcycle enthusiast. He has made a study of the clothes worn by the original rockers. The young British riders of the '60s imprinted their sense of style on café racer society.
His reading of history is that the rockers' famous clashes with London's mods weren't that violent.
"Nobody got killed. These were working class kids and they had an attitude. There were fights but there always was someone there to say 'OK, that's enough,' and it would be over."
Saturday's friendly Mods vs. Rockers event paid tribute to the styles, motorcycles and scooters of that era. And there's no better way to show a little attitude than a leather jacket.
NY 2009 bobber
NY 2008 Military
Silly disguise for new electric Flea
AZ 2014 GT 535
OR 2017 GT 535
NJ custom 500
Register now for May 18, 2025 DGR
Royal Enfield 750 will be a cafe
TX 1959 Patrol Car
MT 2020 Trials Replica
TX 2013 Desert Storm
TX 2012 with sidecar
SC 2014 GT 535
PA 500 B5
Dan Holmes DRS racer for sale
Build Train Race road racing 2025
May 30-June 1 Road America Race Way, WI
June 27-29 The Ridge Motorsports Park, WA
Aug. 1-3 Virginia International Raceway, VA
Royal Enfield
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
How can I get a hold of the guy that makes custom cafe racer jackets?
ReplyDeletemarkjenzen@gmail.com
Michael Woulfe's email address is m.woulfe@comcast.net
ReplyDelete