That's pretty cool. The Hard Rock Café that opened in Pigeon Forge TN a few years back had OCC's Hard Rock bike on display for a few weeks. Big ol' Baker tranny on that bad boy as well.
I think a lot of what the fellers like the Teutels and James, and quite a few others not quite as famous, are building is a lot more like art that rolls. Yeah you can ride 'em, but they're mostly just eye candy.
I'm sure it was happening some before, but the 60's and 70's were the heyday for "garage bikes" and where a lot of guys got their start. Guys with some fabricating skills started making frames, modifying stock stuff to get the rake and stretch and banging out their own sheet metal.
My old Lowrider shovel was one. It had been raked and stretched. Looked cool and was great on the highway, but had very little ground clearance.
Bingo, not good for anything but assclowns to ride around and try to be cool.
Not a fan of ready made over priced bikes you can't ride and get to pay 60k for.
Not much kewl factor in that. imho
Unless you built it.
Why couldn't you ride them? Too pretty to ride or uncomfortable? That one show, can't remember the name, the guys built them then rode xxx miles to the show somewhere. Road at least 100 miles if I remember correctly. Some broke down some too.
Airport Stanby Check-In.
Finally shed the problem child Regional, Jesus- that was a painful show.
Airport Louie for those that prefer semi-batshit crazy........
This one moves in twerks and jerks.
Not much good Louie material around.
Some are not comfortable to ride. Some have small gas tanks and cannot be ridden far between stops. That one guy from Florida built a custom chopper with the exhaust under the seat and had to stop at a convenience store for foil to layer under the seat pan to help shield his *** from the heat. I think they showed him ripping the seat off and throwing it in a drainage pond to cool it off at one point. All show, very little go
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