They used to exhibit at the annual bike show in NYC. Didn't see them this year.

 

I bet Paulie used to break those little toys where you had to insert the round peg into the round hole. Damn man if it don't fit then stop beating the hell outta it with your hammer. There are lots of talented bike builders out there to support.

 

I couldn't agree more. It would be nice if they could get rid of those douche bags and get someone on tv that builds more bitchin' practical bikes. I don't know if there is still a market for it, but I was a huge fan of the biker buildoffs.

 

I can't believe this thread is still around and anybody actually gives two ***** about those jokers in the first place , damn people .

 

Show bikes aren't ever practical, kind of like any concept vehicle is never practical to drive or use.

Not unlike a $50,000 Harley Davidson that some people think is overpriced and lame? (I for the record like Harley's). But many people would say the same of their bikes (or any other companies products).

[quote=wraplock;7625914]You mean like the CEO's of Circuit City were better when they ran a multi-Billion dollar corporation into the ground? Or maybe when Citibank yanked everyone's chain for several hundred BILLION dollars? You mean THOSE CEO's were better?

A matter of opinion, nothing more. Carry on.

Not unlike when GE took your tax money for nothing, and doesn't have to worry much about paying any of it back...like that right?

[quote=wraplock;7626520]But, the problem is that Boyd was a jerk in real life too. I know a number of people that knew Boyd also, he wasn't as well liked as you are leading people to believe. True bike builders and true hotrodders aren't people who get on TV. They build vehicles/bikes for themselves, and others see their bikes, like them, and want them to build more.

I thought the Geico bike was just about the most unique bike to come out of either shop, ever.

And I'd love to see you actually try and step in and fight Senior. Easy to say you'd fight someone over the internet. Another internet toughguy...good job.

There is a difference between a fully custom bike builder, and a shop like OCC. They are building within a required time frame. I'm sure if they had 3 years to build a chopper for any client (not that any would actually wait that long...would you?). It would come out to the same level as any other custom bike building shop.

Kind of like what Harley Davidson, Vulcan, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Honda, etc etc...do?

Much worse. To see this all you have to do is drive around Detroit and other parts of Michigan and see the carcasses of bereft factories left after GM, Chrysler, and Ford vacated the area. There are many more billions in property left vacant because of those three companies than OCC could ever dream to get. Not to mention you all really think that GM, Ford, Microsoft, Harley Davidson, or any other multibillion dollar company doesn't press its lenders for better loan rates?

You obviously haven't ever worked in auto/bike shop before then...

I've had many technicians over the years and ALL are sloppy at one point or another. The management/ownership will ALWAYS have to clean up after the employees, ALWAYS.

Sure the public reveal was staged, but the reactions always weren't. And you really expect them to just get on a ride the bike? That isn't the point of the bike anyways...

Boy, you sure come off rather condescending. Why don't you put your anger somewhere that would be more productive for you?

A show bike, that wasn't meant to be ridden, breaking down, not surprising. It isn't out of the ordinary to have something like that happen. I've seen multi-million dollar prototypes that didn't start, or had some other catastrophic failure. I mean my laptop isn't meant to be thrown on the ground and work afterwords...

Not fantasy though, I know people that lost quite a bit of money in that exact scenario. The only fantasy is not believing that actually happened.

Right, and terrible father for providing to ALL of his kids a wonderful start in life, and a multimillion dollar upbringing, damn him as a father! Rather you shouldn't be making these inane judgment calls without a sufficient amount of information. Even then, Senior STILL provided quite a bit for them.

Right, you see the show, you don't see that little problems can be fixed later. In fact in that show, they said they go back and redo the battery box. But when you work within a certain time frame, you have to stick to that contract, or risk the entire company, and entire TV Show Franchise. Which would you be choosing?

 

You all should be more mad at GE for taking $140billion+ in bailout money, and then not repaying that.

 

You mentioned a $50,000 Harley a few times. Been a couple of years since I've bought one, but even the CVO versions aren't that high a price?

 

They (at least on Harley's website) are advertised starting at $35,999 for the CVO Road Glide Ultra. I'm sure you could find $10,000 in custom add-ons, plus tax, title, license, interest, etc...

And it isn't like Harley's are immune to problems either. Everything that is built has problems, and will break.

 

Of course you can push the price up customizing your own bike and then start approaching certain builders starting prices.

 

Thus the premium paid for a handbuilt bike.