OCC vs. PJD vs. Jessie James The Build Off

[Jimmy Ducati]

I can't believe no one posted on this. WHo watched last nite? I can't be the only one. I've been waiting years to see this happen. After watching I'm trying to decide who is a bigger ass hat Paul Sr. or Jessie James. OCC made a Skidoo, and J.J. made a bike that looks like a chopper, not a bad looking bike, but certainly not awe inspiring, and worse is watch him ride it; he had to duck and look left just to see the friggin' road. Jessie did build his frame, but other than that meh. PJD wins in a landslide, sure there maybe some popularity at work, but to ME his bike is pretty slick. He got my vote, and aside from Jr loving everything he does a little too much he does not come off like an A-hole like his father and JJ. Plus who doesn't love Vinnie! He is he man.

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/american-chopper/chopper-live/

[MikeZ]

I saw bits and pieces of it.  I'm guessing Sr made the tank w/ flame thrower so when he loses he'll just blame it on the fact that the fans didn't "understand" his build.  It's a bike build-off.  How the hell does that equal building a tracked machine?
And while Jr is the least of the A-Holes they are all A-Holes that seem great at making bikes that can't perform for shit.

[HotIce]

I like more Jesse's bike. More real, machine.
PJD bike looks like a pimp bike 

[Grampa]

Sr's bike looks like like a nap mobile

Jr's bike makes him look like he's a pilot for the steampunk lollypop guild

Jesses bike looks like all of Jesses other bikes.




puff puff pass

[justinrhenry]

i don't like any of them, but if i had to vote i'd choose jr's bike. 

[Travman]

  when is this going to fade away. The chopper is dead.  It needs to go underground for at least 20 years before it resurfaces.

[Privateer]

i don't like any of them, but if i had to vote i'd choose jr's bike. 

did you see Jr riding it?  The thing is huge.  It's like a caricature of a motorcycle.  Jr could barely reach the pegs.  It looked like me trying to ride my dad's ten-speed when i was 10.

Jesse's build looks like a bike I could put some miles on.  stainless frame, hand formed tins and springer, wire wheels.. that's a motorcycle.  "a motorcycle-themed motorcycle" as he said.

[Speeddog]

Some mildly interesting craftsmanship.

Beyond that, drop 'em in the crusher.

[Howie]

The exhaust coming out of the portholes in the tank should be interesting for those who love breathing in exhaust gasses,

[kopfjäger]

Jesse's bike was killer 

[MikeZ]

Jesse's bike was killer 

Except you have to duck your head to the side and down to see past the triples

Jr's bike only has a 1 gal tank so it has an effective range of about 20 miles.
And people thought the HM had a short range

[CDChase1981]

Sr's vehicle was cool. Not really a bike though. I'm not sure you could even call it a trike. It looked like something Batman would ride.

Replace one flame thrower with a .50 caliber machine gun and the other with a 40 mm grenade launcher and you might have a toy the Petagon would buy. 

[hunduc]

Jr's bike makes him look like he's a pilot for the steampunk lollypop guild

best.line.ever.

[Monsterlover]

Jesse's bike was killer 

I agree 100%

I have a lot of respect for JJ, especially now that he seems to be getting his life on track.

I've always liked that instead of ordering a frame he'd heat up tubing and bend it around a die and create it himself.

He is a good fabricator. His tanks are awesome. Pretty much whatever he gets into is killer. Fork legs on the forging hammer?  Killer.

In my eyes he's the one that has sold out the least. He builds because he loves it.

Indian Larry was probably my favorite builder. A lot of what JJ does reminds me of Indian Larry's work.

So what if you have to look around the triple to see. Its not like we all don't make compromises to be on the machines we love.

[MikeZ]

I've seen some pretty sick bikes JJ has built and some I wouldn't want to ride at all.  The one from the build-off isn't bad it's just not a style that I'd prefer.  He is definitely the most talented builder of the 3.