That's because they finally started to hire people that know how to do that..

BUT, they built their little "empire" by embellishing other people's stuff...

They used WCC tin FOREVER ... you might like the style of those bikes they built (although I can't see why) but they are NOT fabricators by any stretch of the imagination ...

 

Anybody ever see the old mans " first " bike ? The one that supposedly won some show somewhere ? Chi*k-a-dea show boat nothing trick about it , all off the shelf bolt on crap only thing missing was the fuzzy dice , oh wait a minute that's most bikes out there today I'm sorry .

If it comes out of a catalog somewhere and I don't care whose it is it's a mass produced part , there's thousands just like . Nothing personal .

 

But not until after Indian Larry showed up on the scene doing his own with a torch. They had no choice but to catch up or be left behind but again, think about what your saying. They had machines and people to do it and Indian Larry though he had a crew did get his hands dirty and only used a torch, vise, hand and pneumatic tools for the most part. Real old school hands on stuff. Guess what I am saying is OCC already made there money and with what they bought it didn't take skill as much as it took reading the owners manual on their equipment. Another thing I liked about Larry was he went into the motor with his build too.

 

Larry built some great rides, Miss seeing him on the biker build off. Luv the gold leaf.

 

indian larry just a reg guy, come on he was a circus freak and married to one, did he build nice bikes yes, was he stupid yes, throwing your life away like that is not normal

 

What, you have a problem with circus freaks do you..?

Would you have liked him better if he wore Khakis and penny loafers and never took any chances ...?

Are you sure you have a Harley and not a Vespa ...?

 

Agree, IL was the best. Loved the Biker Build Off's that he was in. But where are you guys seeing the replay of that show? I have TWC and I am not seeing it anywhere on the schedule.

 

Why would you say that? Because he was a normal guy that rode and came up with nothing making the same mistakes as anyone else growing up in a hard neighborhood?

I will tell you what I would be more proud living my life to the fullest dying early then being a waste of skin going through life wasting my days trying to prolong them from a rocking chair.

So who was stupid? He got up every single day getting paid to play while a guy like you or me has to wastes away at punching a clock sought to say.

As for calling the man a circus freak when he isn't here to defend himself and especially calling Bunny one too without knowing her just shows us where your coming from. But that circus freak as you say had more talent in his pinky and more life memories in his cut short life then you will ever achieve in your whole long lived life time.

Btw, He was such the circus freak you claim as well as Bunny that if you said those words in person in this area you might not make it 5 feet without head trauma. Never seen a circus freak carry that much respect.

 

C'mon. Who would even think of making a motorcycle frame out of chain link - and then riding it hundreds of mile, not sitting it on a showroom floor. A pure creative genius. The guy was a wizard that will be sorely missed by the motorcycole community and all that new him. RIP.

 

All the tools/equipment came after making money off of the show. They built bikes buying parts from several catalogs...it was caught on camera. Sr. called someone asking about a part and if will fit. Jr. tack-welded some bars together, speaking of tack welding...the "OCC" bars...that is the only thing they make...the same bars over and over...every single theme bike has the same damn bars.
as noted by matt below:
At least he lived his life; cared for and respected his friends, fans, and workers. Unlike both Pauls' (Sr. and Jr.)

Even Mondo noticed and was in awe of the chainlink frame...never done before. Rmatt metioned Chica. I agree with him, several builders out there follow the Indian Larry type bike building...chica, led sled, kev the fabricator kevin (mentioned on the show; build the springer frontend).