Mariposa

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I could never touch those handlebars, did you see that leather and stitching?

You would probably have to at least tilt them up quite a bit though at least- look how awkward it would be to have your hands on top of the hoods where they are now. Whoever set the hoods there must have ridden only in the drops.

You could get the same stem but a bit shorter, and tilt the bars up, and reposition the hoods while you had the bars off.

Here's the type of stem, that you could get in any length to fit you:
http://www.velo-orange.com/nitedest.html

To change the stem you would need to remove the leather tape. Unfortunately the tape seems to have holes through which the hoods are attached. The hoods are in a less than ideal position if you ask me (you didn't, i know!)
But you could reposition the hoods to a better place AND sew on new beautiful elk-hide leather tape, and it would then look like this:
http://www.velo-orange.com/elsebarco.html
(notice the old style gum hoods with the cables coming out the top like the Mariposa has....beautiful!)
Then you could get a matching honey Brooks saddle! (drool drool.....)
It would go from black leather bars and saddle to honey leather bars and saddle....awesome.

Man, I wish that bike was bigger and fit ME!