I stopped watching the show the first time I saw them drilling out a hole with a uni-bit. They are HACKS, pure and simple.

 

It's all been said. It was an interesting show but has really lost it's touch when Vinny and Rick left as I think they were the real talent. Obviously Mikey is a total waste but blood is thick so Paul Senior just about has to let him do something. It just wouldn't be something on the show if it were me. Paul Jr. does have some talent and with all of the machines they have now, they should still remain on the cutting edge of development. It has definitely gone to their heads but as everything does, it will come full circle and they will eventually crash back to earth. Hopefully they didn't burn too many bridges in the process of going up.

 

As a matter of fact, I have. Before I got my first bike I rode my brother's and some of his friend's Panheads...all choppers in various configurations. Spool front hubs on stretched out springers (no front brakes), radical frame rakes, suicide clutches with jockey shifts, ape hangers, drag bars, etc. All 4 of those guys had three rules for me...you can't ride it until you can start it by yourself (no electric start in those days), if you want to paddle around like a duck, go down to the pond, don't do it on my bike, and if you wreck it you fix it...and then you can damn well wait until you have your own bike. I learned how to start them, I didn't paddle like a duck, and I didn't wreck anyone's bike.

There's nothing at all difficult about riding any motorcycle at a snail's pace with your feet up...if you know what you're doing. When a bike is moving forward your feet belong on the pegs/footboards, not on the ground. I didn't make that up, it's been a basic concept of motorcycling for a lot longer than my 60+ years.

 

OCC - well now they r rich with alot of $$$ - so aholes they became because they dont want to share the fame.. to bad - show used to be fun to watch.
Since Vinnie and Cody left - not the same.

 

I will predict that the Show and the business will soon fade away. That is one big azz building they build. It’s going to take a LOT of business to support everything they have invested. No Show + No sales = No more business...

 

The show makes their sale. Example: Think about it, they build a bike for HP, HP get free advertising while they build it, plus all the others.

I dont much care for Sr or Jr, I like Mikey I think it makes the show worth watching. Sorry to see Vinnie and Cody go, and hope they do well with what they are doing too. I did not relize Rick had left to, but that goes to show you how much I have watched it lately too.

 

They are a bunch of buffoons for sure. They are sure to run whats left of their business into the ground. Economy is bad , those break down machines they put together are not selling, they better have had good financial advisers or they couild easily lose the fortune they have amassed. Their horrible show is unwatchable, Seniors book sucks, I read it quickly at a Borders in about 35 minutes, its terrible, theres nothing there. It was all in the timing & being in the right place at the right time for these clowns!!!

 

I do watch the show but have never met any of them. This is just a guess here, but I'm betting that if you looked at the OCC balance sheet, they make more $ from the TV portion of the show from Discovery Channel than they do selling bikes. Just a guess though!

 

Not really. In talking to the Snap-On rep in their Sturgis tent..... figure about a million dollars for the bike and TV time. You have to pay what the advertising time on the tube is worth + the bike.
JU

 

Dude...if used correctly...a stepped bit is accurate and very effective! As a prior Machinist and someone who still works from time to time in metal...a stepped bit is an easy way to drill larger holes without constantly changing drill bits!

a Irwins Uni-bit has good has excellent tolerances for normal metal work. And since bike manaufacturing right now isn't freaking rocket science...a uni-bit should be fine!

Ride Safe, Mike