American Chopper

[redwood]

Used to love Hansford, and Ray Quincy before his accident. Out at Calder sitting near the esses.

What an increadable time it was for aussie racing back then. i remember seein at calder (no place calder) my all time fav aussie rider who should have been king of the bike racing world if it wasnt for an accident and blowin his hand nearly off... AJ Andrew Johnson dicin with my second fav the great Gardner, and both leanen into the last turn on top of each other with just daylight between them... how good was that. And i was at bathurst when mick cole flipped his honda down conrod... how sad was that

[bennylaird]

Scotty should have won it hands down. The yank bike was over the top and mainly bog and the pommy bike was way to old school.

But if the yank bike hadn't won then the show wouldn't have gone to air.......

(not at all biased, lol)

[redwood]

Andrew Johnson couldnt use his clutch because of his mangled hand. shows just how good he was to compete with and beat Gardner racing that way

[bennylaird]

Pity Gardner didn't have a personality to match his riding. Mick had both and also the problems with reshaped body parts.

So many great riders from those days, remember Crosby?

Also Phil Crump on Speedway bikes? Oh the smell of methanol and the briues from the lumps of dirt.............

[redwood]

Pity Gardner didn't have a personality to match his riding. Mick had both and also the problems with reshaped body parts.

So many great riders from those days, remember Crosby?

Also Phil Crump on Speedway bikes? Oh the smell of methanol and the briues from the lumps of dirt.............

They go about dooan (yes yes great rider i know ) but Gardner raced againsed legonds and dooan came in at the end of all that. Roberts, Rainey, lawson, sheen, mamola, Haslam, spencer sensational.

and Croz was "our" first world super bike champ... we temporarily forgot he was a kiwi.

Crump was a legond. love the speedway (first lesson learnt... cover your beer if you dont want it to get to dirty inside)

and earlier i said mick cole flipped his bike , my memorys tryin to tell me it might have been gary coleman... hate it when the brain seizes. but what a horror crash. it was 81 or 82 and he had a camera on the bike and was miked up and on the last hump on conrod the front wheel just kept going up:eek: horrible stuff. i must hunt my video of it down to remember which rider it was

[HappyHammer]

Ohhh yes, let me see, the muffler dude is late delivering the pipe, the pedal guy is nowhere to be seen, but at least we have got stuff from the engine shop, the spoke shop has finished the wheels, has that mudguard arrived yet? The tank is out being painted at the tank paint shop, the upholstery dude/shop is on holidays........... The design bit is fun, but the "skill" bit is really overblown.

You're obviously taking it far too seriously......

Notice he wasn't surprised about the way they handled or

Actually he and his partner on the trip, Charlie, both commented on the the ease of handling.

It's a pity when possessing the lowest denominator of human manners and communication skills makes one a "personality".

That's OK Midge we don't hold it against you

and the sort of surprising comfort that comes from getting one of your willy-studs caught in the kitchen garbage grinder...

Wouldn't know about that Midge how did you go finding a stud that small?

HH.

[Gra]

I like watching the 2 paul's. they sound like my father and I or even our mates while working in the shed.

We seem to spend more time giving each other @#$% than actually working

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I watch it when it's on, but I can't say I'm overly impressed with the end products. The first few bikes, yes... but it's all gone overly commercial for me and is more about this stupid "bling" than the working man's chopper.

With half their bikes I don't think it's a grin on Paulies face (either of 'em) of glee as it's test-ridden down the road; I think it's actually a grimace of pain as they're trying to look cool in a ridiculously contorted postion. Roast testicles anyone?

I'm an old school biker, had my ol' hog for a few decades now, but there's little I've seen them build I'd try to emulate on her, even if money was of no concern. 'Cept maybe a couple of paint jobs.

I wish they'd show more of the actual construction and less of the personal interaction s**t, but then it wouldn't have the general appeal, I guess. [shrug]

[MR.FREEZ]

liked the show at first but not is redundant, just the same ol crappy fighting and bitching.

[bitingmidge]

Wouldn't know about that Midge how did you go finding a stud that small?

They are surprisingly common.

Apparently they are all the rage among Pommie "football" supporters!


P (surprisingly slow to respond!)

[bennylaird]

I wonder who writes up the scripts for the fights? A bit like the Wrestling perhaps?

The Biker Build offs are good as you see different builds and they ride them hard to the shows. The OCC bikes do seem to become the similar after a while.

[HappyHammer]

They are surprisingly common.

Apparently they are all the rage among Pommie "football" supporters!


P (surprisingly slow to respond!)

Yes very popular amongst Manchester United fans I hear

HH.

[Shannon]

I've only seen 1 episode - MIA bike - and I think the fighting is a little over the top, but the thing I liked about it was you actually got to see a good portion of the bike being built and talked about.
I was quite excited a couple of months ago when "pimp my ride" came to channel 10 for a night as I had heard good things about it - very dissapointed with it because you didn't really see any of the work being carried out and it was only a 1/2 hour show. At least with 1 1/2 hrs for A.C. you get a bit of perspective of how and why they are doing it.

Would agree though that after a few episodes the nit picking between the players could get a little tiresome.

For those who wonder at the extravigance of money and sacrifice in ridability, you need to remember that these bikes, and similar in the hot rod scene shows, are not meant to be daily drivers, they are an expression of art, talent etc and of course there are people out there who can afford them, so they are meeting a need in the community (lucky buggers). May not be everyones cup of tea, but having owned a rod before they have that little bit more mongrel about them and individualism that I like, and I assure you if you put my $20k T bucket next to a $250k Ferrari in a car park, the punters would be split for choice on whos to look at 1st

[bennylaird]

What a waste of time last nights episode was. As usual when they need another episode to run, (not just AC) they do a highlight episode.

A full episode of sensless arguing was more than I could stand, plus it annoys me to see them destroy things. Why drive an almost new truck through your office till it's a write off? More money than sense. Still I love the show....... lol

[bitingmidge]

What a waste of time last nights episode was. As usual

Thanks for the concise summary benny!

P (waiting for them to screen Ozzy PDRacer Builder!)