OCC vs. PJD vs. Jessie James The Build Off

[dennisd]

Sr went for the "WOW" factor but IMO it's not a bike and certainly nothing you could ride down the street.  It is something you would trailer to a cruiser type rally and ride a mile or so down main street then park to attract attention to yourself.  After the rally you trailer it back home and wait for the next rally.

Jr is still building (or maybe I should say assembling) things along the same line, while a little more ridable than Sr's, he is still just looking for the "wow" from bystanders.  IMO, he doesn't fabricate anything on the bikes but the bling.  Any functional part of a bike he (or I should say his shop meaning Vinnie) does fabricate is done for bling instead of function.  On another note, the feud between Sr and Jr is ridiculous.  Where would Jr be if not for starting out in Sr's shop.  I'm sorry but, give credit where credit is due.

Jessie is still building bikes along the same line as he always did.  But at least you can say "build" referring to his bikes.  And he doesn't use a million dollars + worth of equipment to build his bikes.  I've never been into the stretched customs, even back in the '70s.  But, I think his bike is the winner here.

[mitt]

I would rather have my stock 2003 monster than any of these "bikes"


mitt

[Triple J]

I can't believe JJ's bike didn't win. WTF.

That said,

I would rather have my stock 2003 monster than any of these "bikes"

 

[duccarlos]

Sr's "vehicle" looks like something out of GI Joe circa 1985.

[CDChase1981]

Sr's "vehicle" looks like something out of GI Joe circa 1985.

 I had a lot of those toys growing up, so that's probably why I thought it looked cool. It's a full size GI Joe vehicle.

[Scooter Montgomery]

I would rather have my stock 2003 monster than any of these "bikes"


mitt

I'll take mine that I craftly modded, 99% of the time I only used a dremel.

I would rather watch Cafe Racer show.

[bevel]

OCC 
PJD 
JJ 

I like a lot of the design cues on the PJD bike, but he took the theme a little too far. We get it, its styled like a prop plane, you don't need to match the wheels to the belt cover. This bike almost makes the OCC "Jet Bike" look decent.

Hands down, JJ should have won if those were the three options.

[thought]

I would rather watch Cafe Racer show.

i hate that cafe racer show.  the format is horrible... little 10 minute snippets of builds.  i would far rather them just do the whole season in one shot and do one build per show.

[MikeZ]

The format could definitely be improved but they've had some amazing builders on the show.

[Speedbag]

Anybody got a pic of Jesse's?

[bevel]

Anybody got a pic of Jesse's?

All the pics are up here: http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/american-chopper/chopper-live/photos.html

[Pip]

I guess, through all of it, I just wanna know one thing.


Why? 

[Speedbag]

I like it, but it has way too much stretch in the down tubes and backbone for my taste.....

[scduc]

I like the fact that JR gave credit to his whole team. JJ played it off as thought he and 1 helper were going to build, until he realized that he would not make the due date. Then he had a mess of people help. JR's over the top. JJ's while from scratch, kinda boring. SR's would have been better with wheels,  but more or less a no show. Stainless is an absolute nightmare to work with.

[jwoconnor]

I'd like to see a do-over with each guy and a pile of scrap and a motor. Let's see who has real talent? My money would be on Jesse, A-hole or not, I like the guy.