NOT!

I'm a Jesse James fan. Of course I don't understand why he did what he did to Sandra Bullock, but that's another story. Mechanically and fabrication wise he's a helluva lot more knowledgeable and talented than those mentioned above. They all have their niche but Jesse really CAN do it all. Will I watch? Yeah probably will. At 9 p.m. on Tuesday nights around these parts there's not much on the tube so a good laugh and few bottles of beer doesn't damage my reputation any. It's not like I'm watching "Days of Our Lives", ya know. LOL

Peace

I've always liked Jesse too. Not just for his bikes (which are great) but because I think out of all these "famous" bike builders he is one of the few that still builds from passion and love of machines. I have met the Tuttles and Jesse several times at events and Jesse a few times at the old West Coast Chopper shop. The difference is the Tuttles go into their makeup trailer even before hanging out at their booth in Sturgis to sign autographs. They have gone from the main focus of bike builders to TV celebs - which is great if that's what they want to be. Jesse is just Jesse, the bike and hot rod builder - All the time. Sure he makes lots of money from being on TV too, but if the TV and fame starts taking over and getting in the way, he's out of there.

Just my opinion

But I probably still won't watch any more of the show except to see the actual bikes. They can keep the scripted drama that will go along with it.

Having met the OCC guys back in the day when they were just getting World Famous I went and saw the whole operation and was almost ready to sign up for opening a franchise in London, UK... To sell their bikes and merchandise on one side, and others machines etc on the other side, UNTIL, I saw that (back in the day) they were merely accesorisers and not total fabricators.....So instead I went on a search for Jesse James, Unfortunately, he had already quit doing bikes and was starting his truck stuff, so no joy there either...

Not sure but it was either 2001 or 2002 ..... needless to say I didn't open a shop...lol...

The OCC guys have yet to build a ride I could be forced on with a hammer-lock - Whoo we made a tank with a thingy that looks like a cockpit, whoo. - Never mind that in a crash it might remove semi-important parts of a male anatomy, whoo.
Whoo, we welded wrenches on the forks, whoo. - Hey looky the cross section of the pegs looks like the cross section of a fan blade, whoo.
Yeh go for the franchise, sell the hats and caps and build what you want to - Clueless twits

Not into "real" tv.

We have a couple of local builders here which I am proud to say dont need any tv shows to enhance their building or fabrctn skils. Arlen Ness was real inspiration to a lot of fella's just gitting started years ago,the OC crowd dont seem to give out much in the manner of praise to the true old school custom motorcycles built by earlier masters of the trade.Not sure Arlen would even want the spotlight anymore,or Ron Simms for tht matter,yet I dont think enuff is said or mentioned when it comes the men who truly inspired a whole generation of custom motorcycle builders.
I am sure others here know of local builders who dont git national attention & dont seek it,yet are truly craftsmen at the trade.
I love watching the whole nine yards,even the cheesy drama parts LMAO its a kicker at times watchin so called adults act like little children ; )

Crap apparently the OC crowd is having some serious family issues,or at least the press is tryin to drum up some interest in their show.Its rather funny & yet sad to see grown men act like children. : ) cant we all just git along?? hehe

I wouldn't bother with any of it...what a waste of space, infact I 'd rather watch re runs of lost in space...than any of these loud mouth posers.

All of this is staged crap. Sorry to be so negative, but I try to watch the shows and it always just seems like BS.

These guys are the Paris Hilton and Snookie of the biker world. They make us look bad.

I may watch some of it as American Choppers they're ending there run with the build off. I just would like to see the bikes at the end. Most likely DVR the whole thing and fast forward thru most of it. I'm more of a fan of Jesse James bike last year. I wish they would bring back to old format of building and riding them a few hundred miles. As far as builder go we have Dave Perewitz out here and he still building bikes. Now his shop is a lot bigger then when he was on Biker Build off but he's still building them and the shop is pretty open to everyone.

I myself like the bikes that people I know have built in their own garages. There are several guys on this site that have done some great looking bikes. The bike that Bull moose did a few years back comes to mind off hand. If you really want to impress me with your shop skills, do it the old fashioned way, with hard work, simple tools and lots of trial and error. Don't care about any bulder who has mugged his way onto my TV. Just my opinion on TV/bike celebrity builders.

Watched it last night and it was totally silly. I don't mind seeing the bikes, even the non-rideable ones coming out of OCC. I just like watching the machining and stuff like that. Even though some of the bikes are ridiculous, its pretty cool to see them make the pieces from a block of metal.

But the rest of the crap has to go. Even Jessee is stooping to the scripted bs talk. I might just check in tonight to see the bikes with the sound off or maybe I'll just see them on the internet later.

So, Seniors bike has got to weigh a ton. Jesse's bike ain't what I expected. Like him or hate him, Jr's got his "creative" side. Gas Monkey guys? Hey, it's just a bike and I like that they hang out and drink about it.

Peace

I missed it. Who won?

Paul Junior won it. It was a pretty cool looking bike. Wasn't impressed with Jesse's at all. You think with all the talking he did he was going to come out with something absolutely mind blowing.