Posted on 02/10/2010 12:48:20 PM PST by martin_fierro
TLC's 'American Chopper' reaches end of the road 54 minutes ago
(AP:NEW YORK) "American Chopper" is riding off into the sunset.
The popular TLC series based on the feuding Teutul family and their custom-built motorcycle business is going off the air after six seasons. TLC said Wednesday that the final episode will air Thursday.
The end isn't a surprise. Paul Teutul and his son, Paul Jr., have frequently fought on the air. The son recently left the New York-based Orange County Choppers to start his own business, and the two are in a court dispute over money.
The network said that "the show has always been about building one-of-a-kind bikes and the drama of running a family business. The Teutuls will always be part of the Discovery family and we congratulate them on a tremendously successful series run."
That’s a really amusing stock ticker code.
“I’ve got a Honda VTX 1800. Great bike for weekend rides and the daily commute. Never breaks down, looks good, and sounds great.”
Your riceburner has about as much soul as my washing machine.
Your Harley is about 70-80 percent Japanese parts anyway - you have no room to talk about ‘soul.’
I enjoyed the program and always thought that interaction was just for the camera..........I don't know squat about motorcycles but I just enjoyed the program for what it was.
Sorry to hear about the break up and Mikey's rehab........I hope he sticks with it.
What do you ride?
Something that Harley could have built, but didn’t. 98 Honda Pacific Coast (stablemate is a Nighthawk S); a V-twin intended specifically for practical commuting and errand use. It idles smoothly, pulls readily, can get some ridiculous lean angles, has braking power to spare and doesn’t break down every time there’s a y in the name of the day.
Go up thread to a stupid statement about non Harley bikers not being able to afford a real bike. Not only does that insult me personally, it also insults my ride.
I've read enough issues of American Iron magazine to know that it spends a lot of time apologizing for HD as a motorcycle but bragging about the image of owning a Harley.
If one feels the need to fit in and hope for coolness by association by owning a Harley, fine, but some of us simply prefer to ride.
And BTW, my commute is 97 miles round trip. The time spent on my bike is something I enjoy even in the metro traffic of Houston. 30k miles in less than 18 months with nothing but oil changes and tires.
That’s a great bike. I know several wives of Wingers who got tired of riding in the bike who now ride Little Wings. It’s just not for me. I have a windscreen, but my hard and fast rule is that unless I’m riding more than 200 miles, I never put it on. I love the Nighthawk however. The 250 is what my #1 daughter learned to ride on and had for her first motorcycle. She’s riding a Wide Glide now.
That’s good. I think the fad for OCC will decrease.
When I meet a guy who owns a Japanese bike, I just assume that he's riding it because he likes to ride it. If he didn't he would be on something else. Same for me. I'm on what I'm on, because I like it, and I'll be on it until I see something I like better.
I love watching Foose, The Tuttles were the 3 Stooges with extended front ends.
But the show they will never do (and maybe we are better off for it) is one on some of the extremely talented individuals who build homebuilt aircraft. I could think of a number of talented individuals that would make great film footage of their talents....But, it takes way to long to build one and it wouldn't fit the one episode mantra....
Kind of like Jerry Springer builds choppers.
To think they really hated each other.
...Says the guy who hasn't seen, heard, felt, or ridden my bike.
My assessment is based on official HD advertising and American Iron magazine.
No guesswork, no speculation, no psychology, no false motives.
Does it apply equally to all HD purchasers? Of course not.
There are those who are really, really, really proud of their resale value when they plan to sell in a couple of years.
Typical HD ad in the newspaper is this:
HARLEY FOR SALE...low miles, garage kept.
I'll leave the "bright clothing" part to you, donaldo, but I'll second the motion on the Moto GP racing; or AMA Superbike, FIM, outdoor motocross, enduros, Baja, Dakar, etc for entertainment. That said, Artistic Expressions in Iron, powered by American Rolling Thunder, is in a class of it's own.
The sidewalk commandoes will never understand the phenomena of creating something amazing from scratch, or mildly personalizing a perfectly functioning ride, or just wrenching and polishing his partner in Freedom, his Magic Carpet Ride.
I thought the Tutles were done a few years ago, but I guess Dish, who I've had for a bit over 2 years, didn't carry the show.
I wish them well.
My Softail is comfortable and reliable. (More reliable than any Japanese bike I've owned.) It is great for commuting because it's so comfortable. And it's a hell of a lot better for errands than my RC51.
I'm not middle aged yet.
They sold me a pretty darn good lifestyle... one day it forced me to tell the boss I'm taking my vacation due, bought a tent, and rode solo from NYC to New Orleans to Vegas and back to NYC camping out between cities. How come my Jap bikes didn't come with that? (Oh yeah, cause they crap out at about 10k miles...)
Um, trailering it around doesn't count there, chief.
I see. Easy cruising miles. Come back to me when you put hard miles on a bike. Commuting from Manhattan to Queens broke all Japanese bikes. Can't kill my Harley.
Yours is probably the only Harley to ever hold up like that. Friends with bikes in NYC report the exact opposite - and Iron Butt stats provide evidence.
As for easy miles? Yeah, NO. I ride in Dallas.
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