Do you think OCC would build me a theme bike?

My ST1100 was so quite I once startled a dozy "Stop/Slow" sign holder at a road construction site.

Neither the GW or the ST benefit at all from after-market cans.


I'll keep my gob quite about Harley/Harley-clone/ choppers/etc.

 

Uro, working this weekend too, huh?

God, I love this job...

 

How'd ya guess?

 

This is original work.........

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The Confederate bikes (shown above is the Hurricane I think) are amazing. Carbon fiber too.

 

As much as I enjoy (somewhat) the show, I'd never spend more than 10k on an OCC bike ... just too bland, lacking originality and innovation.
Dreamcraft Saga is innovative : http://www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/Rod04SagaMotorcycle.jpg
Confederate are nice, Chica is very cool, Gasoline Alley (Indian Larry) ... bottom line is, there are a ton of talented builders out there ... enough to avoid going with a high-priced bike assembler.

 

Someone made a wild x frame also, but I can't find it.

 

OCC ain't the only game in town plus, er, minus - their town's 3,000 miles away.

Take your pick

Arlen Ness is right up near the top, as well he should be. He's "The Godfather of Custom Builders."

S & S components are on many other chopper builder's bikes, let alone S & S's. Like Harley, they're in Wisconsin.

Didn't see OCC on the list - no great loss, though. Who is missing is Joe Martin. He won the Biker Build-off! Also google for Jerry Covington for high-end customs or old-school & "Chica" Chikazawa - who's into old-school customs.

If you've got the patience & I suggest you do have it - wait until "Cherry's Jubilee" - which hits Monterey from Sept. 16-18. You'll be able to check out the custom wheels and deals... those who make them... and chix'n'stuff.

You'll see that even the above guys aren't the only builders - you'll also stumble onto THE custom builder whose every stunner of a finished product pleases you to no end & is cheaper than these guys whose price jacked after Discovery Channel and/or Biker Build-off. THAT'S who you should be doing business with, as he's got the bike with your name on it & it will cost far, far less. You'd be amazed at how "cheap" you can get a stunner for.

Call it "fate."

Too bad about Indian Larry - now THAT guy...

 

What year was the 25th anniv? (too lazy to google it). Have you (and you too Uro) ridden the latest model GW's with the 6 cyl engine? AMAZING. I went to a local dealers open house with an appointment to ride the RC51... but the guy before me dumped it and it was not available. All they had was a GW, and I was there in my leathers all psyched to ride, so I took it out. I figured it would be slow, hard to handle, a fat pig in turns, bad brakes, no top-end power, etc, etc. I was very pleasantly surprised. I could actually see myself owning one of those pigs when I get old like you guys

 

I have not read this but apparently you pay to play.

They'll build you a bike made out of crystal is you want!

 

I hope for the sake of you, that never really happens. And yes I ride and have ridden GW. No thank you.

WOuld ride a harley before that, and won't be seeing a harley anytime soon.

 

Hey Pete,

your thread on the Myth Busters got me thinking about this thread and then I recalled seeing this.

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