Coach wrote:A Bike Is A Bike! Who cares what you ride as long as you ride it.
Okay, so, what if it has a picture of John Bon Jovi on one side of the tank, and a picture of Brad Pitt on the other; pink and sky blue tassels on the grips; and a pink, fuzzy seat?
Sorry. Reductio ad absurdum. I'd bet about 15% of the people on this forum would kill for that bike. Some of them women...
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Two wheels good. Four wheels okay. 18 wheels stay offa my tail!
id ride it to the nearst store and buy a can of flat black primer paint and spray the tank in the parking lot, then go ride it.
I'm with iwannadie on this one. As long as it runs good, you can always re-paint it, swap tanks, fenders, etc, whatever. I bought my first bike a year ago. It was a 1985 Suzuki GS450 that had been spray painted primer grey and had a leaky gas tank but otherwise ran great. $600 for the bike, $60 for a used tank on Ebay, $50 worth of Bondo and spray paint and it turned into a bike that looked as good as it ran.
CentralOzzy wrote:My question is....How do you get Discovery Channel to run with YOUR bike shop? - That's what made them famous.
Perhaps they were doing OK before that anyway....but now....sheesh!
They are getting paid to go to work, not to mention the high prices they are asking for the custom bikes they are bulding for Ultra-Rich people!
It's the BEST deal on the Planet!
(NB: Mikey is getting Fatter by the episode)
Money!
Ever since the 'learning' channels started building up (I remember once, when the only one was Discovery) they've been trying out this 'Edutainment' thing- Where you attempt to educate someone subliminaly by entertainment osmosis. ;p Eventually it might get to the point where they forget the educational bit at all, and just run with 'look, we finally have good ratings!'
Edit: Actually, come to think of it... have they ever even explained how Rake & Trail affect a bike? What ape hangers do (or don't) for stearing? Center of gravity and all that? Or is it just more of WWF meets metalshop?.
Telesque wrote:Actually, come to think of it... have they ever even explained how Rake & Trail affect a bike? What ape hangers do (or don't) for stearing? Center of gravity and all that? Or is it just more of WWF meets metalshop?.
Bingo! That's what sells, the dysfunctional aspect of the show. Makes people feel better about their own lives by watching these neanderthals, is my guess.
My question is....How do you get Discovery Channel to run with YOUR bike shop? - That's what made them famous
Actually Paul sr has owned a very sucessful metal fab shop for years. His business was grossing 10 million a year way before he ever got on TV. True, OCC and TV made them famous, but they were already rich.
I guess it proves that the US is still the land of opportunity. These days it must help more than ever to be obnoxious, egotistical, and with a look of a neanderthal on steroids. Thank goodness we aren't expected to like these people. I know of one publication that panned the quality of their work pretty severely, too.
Regardless, they are giving people what they want. And deserve, if they actually buy one of those pearl festooned pigs. It just doesn't seem like motorcycling, somehow. More like cross-dressing.
John
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IT'S ABOUT OIL, MONEY, AND POWER, ALL OF THE TIME.
oldnslo wrote: It just doesn't seem like motorcycling, somehow. More like cross-dressing.
That's the funniest thing I've read all day!!!
We're the first ones to starve
We're the first ones to die
The first ones in line for that pie in the sky
But we're always the last
When the gravy's shared out
For the worker is working when the fat cat's about
Do you think the guys on OCC would make me one of those Bon Jovi / Brad Pitt bikes? I'll pass on the tassels, but the rest sounds great. I bet it would almost guarantee my husband wouldn't take such an interest in my bike too.
on the Planet! 
Mike 
