They build theme bikes for the TV show. They are to be put up on a pedestal someplace as corporation art. They are not supposed to be ultra-functional. Have you seen the bikes they sell? Very ridable and very functional choppers are what I see for sale at OCC. Very similar to Iron Horse bikes. Oh, now it get it, its not a bagger with a windshield so its bad
They make their own fenders, tanks, and many times frames. They wire totally from the bottom up and set the theme from a set of drawings. They extrude their own handlebars and cut their own billet aluminum. They make no excuses for using a fabulous painter for the tins and powder coating.
Wow! I didn't know all you guys were building bikes better then them. I am humbled in your presence
They are a great American success story and like it or not they at least give biking some exposure. They do not, in my humble opinion, hurt biking in any way. They don't kill other bikers while drunk and don't die of drug overdoses either.
That said, I don't watch them much, its just silly what they build sometimes. You guys do know, or should know, that the military, Fire Dept., and NASA bikes were done for free to honor those folks.
I must have missed the other bike builders dropping off bikes to the New York Fire Department as a symbol of gratitude for their sacrifices.
