Ain't it time for Monster Garage to customize a bike?

[Coyote]

We all know the main guy on Monster Garage, Jesse James, is into making motorbikes right? Why haven't they decided to make a monster out of a bike? Wouldn't it be awesome if they did? I would like to see a Sport bike i.e. a RSV1000, be modified to jump over 10 buses, or something like that.

[Two Smoker]

We all know the main guy on Monster Garage, Jesse James, is into making motorbikes right? Why haven't they decided to make a monster out of a bike? Wouldn't it be awesome if they did? I would like to see a Sport bike i.e. a RSV1000, be modified to jump over 10 buses, or something like that.
They made that truck trike that was going to be a bike but the engine was too big...... and he turned up in one of the episodes on a RSVR..... Im not a big Harley fan, but what he makes is just fucking awesome........

[Motu]

Um....we're talking Jessie James here right? have you seen the bikes he makes? Don't expect him to go near a RSV1000 (what ever that is,a bike I presume) without a gas torch and big hammer,destruction,not reconstruction.Did you see the trike they made out of a Peterbuilt?,that was a good one.

Mr James comes across as a real dork and I take an instant dislike to the guy - from what I've heard to whole thing is a set up,reality TV,they make conflict and prod it along.I think Jessie is not happy about what goes on,he's kinda uncomfortable with it all,and doesn't like stupid builds pressed on him.He was really stoked when they did the chop and channel with the old rodders a few weeks ago,you could see he was in awe of those guys.That was the best one I've seen.But the guy can work metal,transform a bike into art,gets my respect there.

[Two Smoker]

Um....we're talking Jessie James here right? have you seen the bikes he makes? Don't expect him to go near a RSV1000 (what ever that is,a bike I presume)
Aprillia RSV1000, and yep he owns one..... But i agree that the producers fuck around with the workers to create conflict...... Shit that hot rod with the old guys was mean........

[Coyote]

I read in an ADB mag that some guys put a twin-turbo in an old dirt bike. They had to detune it so they could steer the thing.

[Hoon]

You guys need to watch that American Chopper show on Discovery...I've only seen it a couple times but was thoroughly impressed at what those guys can do with a few bits of metal....fabricating their own frames and swingarms, welding up custom tanks and exhausts - they pretty much make everything except the engine and wheels.

[guzzi_nz]

WE HAVE A SHOP IN INVERCARGILL THAT MAKES CHOPPERS AND TRIKE THAT LOOK ALOT LIKE AMERICAN CHOPPER SHOW I SEEN A XV 1000 THAT HAD HELL RAKE BUILD BY THESE GUYS
COOL

[gav]

No need to shout dude!
Jesse James apparently built up this custom VTX1800 for American Honda
http://www.ama-cycle.org/news/2004/Hondahomecoming/homecoming/jamesVTX.jpg
He has also been reported as saying he wanted to build a bike to win Daytona! Go on son, why not....
http://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/newsandupdates/rockshow-wccvtx-lg.jpg

[StoneChucker]

to see a show where they take a stock sportsbike, and mod / kit it to the max (you know, the full works of exhaust, PC3, nitrous, etc). You could spend twice as much on mod's, than the bike originally cost. It's quite incredible.

[Dr Bob]

Hi all,

Monster garage is rarely firing on all cylinders. Scrap heap - they get the day, no money and a pile of scrap. Yes, you get conflict but you also get to see some real time engineering problem solving (and also some miracles of bodgery).

[toads]

You guys need to watch that American Chopper show on Discovery...I've only seen it a couple times but was thoroughly impressed at what those guys can do with a few bits of metal....fabricating their own frames and swingarms, welding up custom tanks and exhausts - they pretty much make everything except the engine and wheels.

Actually they make bugger all of it Hoon, they buy in all the accessories, swingarms and frames, even the tanks etc, then they send it all off to the painters and and get the wheels custom made, personally I am quite disappointed in american choppers in the lack of talent they have, they seem to think up ideas then get on the phone, pretty much sums it up, I've taped nearly all the episodes thus far.
I am totally in awe of the guys who custom made the carburettor in the firefighter bike, and the guys who do the custom painting, just amazing,

[toads]

No need to shout dude!
Jesse James apparently built up this custom VTX1800 for American Honda
http://www.ama-cycle.org/news/2004/Hondahomecoming/homecoming/jamesVTX.jpg
He has also been reported as saying he wanted to build a bike to win Daytona! Go on son, why not....
http://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/newsandupdates/rockshow-wccvtx-lg.jpg

this is sooooo cool, I LOVE chrome, and it's red, couldn't really be any cooler could it?

[Holy Roller]

WE HAVE A SHOP IN INVERCARGILL THAT MAKES CHOPPERS AND TRIKE THAT LOOK ALOT LIKE AMERICAN CHOPPER SHOW I SEEN A XV 1000 THAT HAD HELL RAKE BUILD BY THESE GUYS
COOL
Was that cyclestyle?
They had some really rad frames but their website has closed down.
BTW caps for spelling means that you are shouting, I'm sure that do did not mean to shout at us.

[Storm]

Seat looks real comfortable doesnt it? :p

[Motu]

Yeah toads,they assemble parts - but someone does the stuff for them.I really admire guys who can work metal like it was a mallable material like clay.Like mechanics,panelbeaters have had their trade dumbed down - oh sure,we have had to smarten up on the tech stuff,but hands on skills are no longer needed....actualy allowd,it's a crime to repair,literaly.Gone are the days when a panelbeater sat down and with hammer and dolly turned a crumpled guard back to it's original shape with just a thin film of bog,if that - in days gone by they would use no filler at all.As for making a panel from scratch,forget it.

Scrapheap Challange - that was the one,I soooo wanted to do something like that,thinking on your feet,making something out of scrap - I still enjoy doing things like that - but it's for me only now.My boys taped nearly every Scapheap show,we still watch them.

[Blakamin]

Seat looks real comfortable doesnt it? :p
hehehe... but so is rossi's

nice engine colour. would love to see it after its run 30 mins

[Coyote]

Seat looks real comfortable doesnt it? :p
So does this
http://www.minimoto.co.nz/gallery/thumb/60_8.jpg

[guzzi_nz]

so true they do it the easy way the support guys are the real guys .
one off parts are what makes a real chopper in one of the shows they were beating by a one off bike
they didnt have a show

[pete376403]

Scrapheap Challange - that was the one,I soooo wanted to do something like that,thinking on your feet,making something out of scrap - I still enjoy doing things like that - but it's for me only now.My boys taped nearly every Scapheap show,we still watch them.

I like the scrapheap challenge too, but sometimes i can't help but think they have a 'remarkably' well stocked scrapyard to start with. Some of the finds are just so convenient.

Then again, I've never been in an english scrapyard* so who's to say...

*But I ride a japanese one :-)

[カワサキキド]

Then again, I've never been in an english scrapyard* so who's to say...
*But I ride a japanese one :-)
haha :lol:

Actually have you ever seen a Japanese scrapyard? Most of the stuff in them is only a few years old, and the cages at the wreakers look better than you see on the road in NZ.

[Motu]

haha :lol:

Actually have you ever seen a Japanese scrapyard? Most of the stuff in them is only a few years old, and the cages at the wreakers look better than you see on the road in NZ.

Um,have you ever been to a car yard in Auckland? those cars you saw at the scrap yard are on his yard.That's what the whole Jap import car industry is about - the cars are legislated off the road and destined for the scapheap,picked up for a song and sent to NZ,cars are also not often wrecked in NZ anymore either,they are wrecked in Japan...nose cuts,rear cuts,doors,engines,packed in containers and sent over.It's a crime they wreck such nice cars in Japan,also a crime they are sent over here...not to worry,it's life.

[SPORK]

Meh, I think that quite a lot of the Challenge shows is planted, like, on a chassis that they would find desirable would be instructions on where to put it written on the windows (true story) And really obscure stuff lying around

[Chopper74]

That chopper in invers, I helped build it. 265 back wheel & 66in over springer.Prpbably the most radical chop in the country.

[guzzi_nz]

That chopper in invers, I helped build it. 265 back wheel & 66in over springer.Prpbably the most radical chop in the country.

Is the xv 750 chopper you riding now the one u got round on down here red low rider :msn-wink:
one that was taken by courts :Police:

[toads]

if they did, I'd possibly watch it but only with the sound turned off, why does the dickhead that does the commentary have to shriek with feigned excitement all the way through??? Drives me crazy, mind oyu I'm obvioulsy ridiculously intolerant, I can't stand listening to the kids watching sponge bob either!!

[Chopper74]

Thats the one.Ex employer ripped me off & i had to fight to get it back.Shit happens lol. Im rebuilding it @ th mo,should be ready 4 the march hare

[Monsterbishi]

Its no secret that scrapheap loads the yard with stuff the teams can use, when they first started, about 3 episodes into season 1 they said on the show that they hid stuff out there to make the builds possible.

[Krayy]

Its no secret that scrapheap loads the yard with stuff the teams can use, when they first started, about 3 episodes into season 1 they said on the show that they hid stuff out there to make the builds possible.
It also looks like the producers have inside knowledge on what each team will be building, so I'm assuming that they give each team & expert the build spec, negotiate what their build will be to keep the 2 of them different enough to be interesting and then seed the scrap heap with the necessary items to make thier builds.

P.S. The new blond presenter is cuuuuute. Not that Cathy Adams wasn't a stunner, but in a different way.

[guzzi_nz]

Thats the one.Ex employer ripped me off & i had to fight to get it back.Shit happens lol. Im rebuilding it @ th mo,should be ready 4 the march hare


It be cool to see ya at march hare :2thumbsup :2thumbsup

[Motu]

P.S. The new blond presenter is cuuuuute. Not that Cathy Adams wasn't a stunner, but in a different way.

That was Cathy Rogers and she was the Producer,a big thumbs up to her for getting involved in her show.They tried to pretty her up for later shows and the next show she produced/presented,Full Metal Challenge,but I don't think she was keen on being a dolly bird,good on her.

Sure they seeded the scrapheap,sometimes they have to,like when they made solid fuel rockets and steam powered vehicles,otherwise they just make sure the basic materials are there - I've seen enough engines that don't run etc to know that these are just random choices.I case you think I know too much about the show,it's hard not to - my boys have taped every show from the 1st series and still play them regualy...I'm happy to keep watching them,doing that stuff is right up my alley and I'd love to make some project out of what's at hand...I do a lot of that anyway.

[inlinefour]

We all know the main guy on Monster Garage, Jesse James, is into making motorbikes right? Why haven't they decided to make a monster out of a bike? Wouldn't it be awesome if they did? I would like to see a Sport bike i.e. a RSV1000, be modified to jump over 10 buses, or something like that.

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[NordieBoy]

It also looks like the producers have inside knowledge on what each team will be building, so I'm assuming that they give each team & expert the build spec, negotiate what their build will be to keep the 2 of them different enough to be interesting and then seed the scrap heap with the necessary items to make thier builds.

The teams meet before the shows and also meet the experts.
They have no idea what the experts are experts in though.
I would think the scrapyard is seeded to the experts recommendations.

Read up about Bruce Simpsons experiences on the show
:niceone:

[Coyote]

Read up about Bruce Simpsons experiences on the show
:niceone:
I brought his CD on how to make pulsejets. It never arrived :angry2: