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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: professor on December 09, 2015, 06:06:03 PM
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I saved the entire series and last night I finally watched the last one. I understand it was cancelled. My impression is that some of the builders were quite talented. Dime City to name one. There were others like the Steam Punk bike (KTM of all things) that should never have seen the light of day. And to destroy a perfect vintage BSA Gold Star???? At any rate one of the things I noticed was the value some of the builders put on their bikes. $75,000 dollars for a 70s Honda 500 four or 450 twin or 650 Yamaha?? Not that some craftsmanship was not evident, but $75,000? Any way, I was thinking about the V7 racer and I know it is not "custom" but it seems a far, far better investment of capital. At least the darn thing runs without complaint and is reliable. Not too bad to look at either. Many of these engines were not rebuilt, simply pulled from junk yards and installed in a reworked frame with a new exhaust. Fast? Matter of perspective. None were more than 40 HP? To get my wits back, I watched a video of John McGuinness and Michael Dunlap lap the Isle of Mann. Joey's V for Victory video still stands as the top.
Am I missing something? I never understood the Orange County Chopper Wars either.
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I was headed back home from Pawling, NY and while I was killing time to catch a flight I stumbled across OCC. I watched many of the shows and did not realize just how cheesy those bikes were until I stood next to one. I was actually astonished that crap like that would actually be on display.
They had a nice shop and would work on most anything but it was basically a bar and t-shirt shop. Folks were lined up to by that shyte.
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I watched several episodes, pretty lame as far as I'm concerned. I went to Orange County Cycles in NY one time. I left totally un-impressed. Didn't buy a t-shirt either.
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A friend was featured on an episode of Café Racer, he is an amazing builder, http://www.analogmotorcycles.com/ He had been contacted by Mike Seate and had a Bimota that he was going to customize on the show. By the time the crew was able to get to his shop, Tony had the bike done, running, riding and ready. He actually took the bike completely apart and reassembled it for the show. Ed Zender from Morrie's place has a similar story about his Norton International build.
All in all, I find the show interesting but, it does give the impression that a custom bike can be built in just a few days. I guess that's why there are so many partly built customs on CL.