American Chopper Build Off, Live 12/6/11

[GT1999]

Anybody watch the build off coverage last night? Looks like PJD has outdone the other guys yet again.

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/american-chopper/photos/paul-jr-designs-build-off-final/pictures.html

There's live coverage tonight, 9PM EST to announce the winner.

 

[Shlong]

Yup, I like PJD's design the best. I didn't really like Jesse James attitude thinking all PJD does is build a simple bike and slap a corporate logo on it.

 

[LordMorpheus]

Is that a tracked, electric, trike from OCC?

 

[Rudee]

There are people who still watch this show? Wow.

 

[GT1999]

There are people who still watch this show? Wow.

Some of it is pretty stupid, but the bikes they make are still cool, whether you like the show or not

 

[waggy]

not impressed with any of them.

 

[DougK62]

Junior has always done the best work. Senior and Jesse James are both clowns.

 

[rasczak]

That bike looks horrible.

 

[zoiks]

JJ is pretty full of himself. Yeah he does everything from scratch but he makes it all sound like a penisfest. He does make some good bikes but each of those have very similar designs.
Senior's project was supposed to be a bike. Not sure if that trike-tractor that they made qualifies as one. But it's cool nevertheless. I wouldn't however give that the prize. Juniors is the best design IMO.

 

[squirrel dog]

these guys don't build anything.All the parts,and the paint jobs are from other people.
Also the wheels,seats,etc.They are part assemblers,nothing else.They draw out a bike,then sub it all out.

 

[GT1999]

these guys don't build anything.All the parts,and the paint jobs are from other people.
Also the wheels,seats,etc.They are part assemblers,nothing else.They draw out a bike,then sub it all out.

Not 100% true. Plus Jesse James builds all of his on his own.

 

[olds]

these guys don't build anything.All the parts,and the paint jobs are from other people.
Also the wheels,seats,etc.They are part assemblers,nothing else.They draw out a bike,then sub it all out.

They build way better bikes than you do paragraphs.

 

[KK]

of the three, which would I want to try out the most. Paul sr.'s. seems like it'd be alot of fun around the house. Now which chopper looks best, I think jr's is alittle too busy with all the rivets, I think jj's looks stupid when someone is riding it. But of the two, paul jr.s seems more rideable, and more work put into it. So I'd have to give it to jr., although I voted for sr. just to help the old man out. Jr needs to be not so serious and have some fun.

 

[JackBurton]

Paul Senior's contraption is AWFUL! WTF were they thinking? PJD's bike looks like a pimped out Pee Wee Herman bike, but at least it was a bike. I give it to Jesse James just because that is the only bike that looks half way decent. Nothing fantastic, but it beats the crap out of the other junk he's competing against.

Overall, I think it was a bad showing by all three.

 

[Ncoastbykr]

Too much bling on two amusement park rides. Grumpy Paul and son of Grumpy Paul are the champions of grotesque tackiness. GROSS!!

 

[olds]

Too much bling on two amusement park rides. Grumpy Paul and son of Grumpy Paul are the champions of grotesque tackiness. GROSS!!

Welcome back!

 

[SKORPI0]

Can't watch live right now, but programmed to record the repeats. ^_^

 

[LTC8K6]

If this was a contest of the best motorcycle, it was James's by a long shot imo.
But it was a popularity contest.

 

[olds]

JR won. Probably because not enough people wanted to vote for that douchebag, James.

 

[ussfletcher]

JR won. Probably because not enough people wanted to vote for that douchebag, James.

Yeah, I could hardly stand to hear all the negativity he was spouting off about everyone else. Insecure much Jesse?

 

[SKORPI0]

Darn you spoilers. :whiste:

Finished watching it and by the comments of the "experts" and viewers the obvious choice was Jr. But Jesse James was the best bike built IMHO.

 

[thedarkwolf]

JJ's and Jr's looked nice but didn't look like they were very ride able at least not comfortably or far with Jr's tiny gas tank. Sr's looked like a really fun toy but not a bike. I'd go with JJ just because his looked the most like a real ride able bike.

 

[Homerboy]

The best line of the non-live part last week was JJ saying "they'd win if they'd build a Ms. Congeniality themed bike. I'd just be like...erm... ah... you win."

 

[WaTaGuMp]

The whole idea was a joke IMHO. Sr, even said vote for my machine, while the other 2 said bike. JJ didn't build anything I haven't seen before. Mad props for building everything by hand though. Jr to me had the best looking bike hands down, none of them are the best builder in the world though. JJ is still a fucking asshole.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I thought the giant board-track sized wheels on the PJD bike looked bizarre, and there were just too many rivets for it to look like a cohesive design, but I admire the craftsmanship and the overall aesthetic. It is a legitimate observation (as JJ said) that it's not a practical riding tool, but for purposes of this competition I thought it was very impressive and deserved to win rather handily.

The JJ bike looked like a well-made but completely ordinary, straightforward chopper. I think it's impressive he worked with stainless steel, but that adds nothing much to the aesthetics of the bike. I don't care for that combination of a super low seat and ultra-high bars he uses, so as he rides he has to try to look to one side of the springer front end, which is directly in front of him. I know he's going for a look, but the look he achieved is one I consider stupid.

The OCC thing was interesting but it isn't a bike and deserved to come in a distant third.