This may be a bit off-topic, but I love the show and know a lot of technically minded people who enjoying watching the show every chance they get.
I was just wondering if the appeals to the majority of FIRST participants (students, mentors and Engineers)
Respond accordingly…
I really enjoy the show and do watch it ever chance I get. It’s really funny how much yelling goes into every bike they make. The Paul Sr. / Paul Jr conflict is really quite amusing. Not to mention the similarities to FIRST and the really awesome bikes.
I watch every episode of Monster Garage too. Jesse James is a really cool guy.
agreed…
both shows are great entertainment, a bit extreme at times (boarderline ridiculous (Monster Garage - Wedding Chaple project)
but both shows have some incredible fabrication moments…
ie welding, cnc, power coating, 600 hp drag racing engines, etc…
orange county choppers make some of the most beautiful bikes i have ever seen. now im more of a sport bike guy, but these bikes are truely amazing. the 9/11 firefighter bike is my favorite one yet
*Originally posted by sanddrag *
**It’s really funny how much yelling goes into every bike they make. **
They were interviewed the other day on Leno I believe. They both (jr/sr) said it really isn’t as bad as the show makes it out to be. Remember out of all the yelling most of these are 3-4 day episodes. The editors are the one’s that make the decision to include it because it draws an audience. Audiences love conflict.
I liked Monster Garage best, then Junkyard Wars. American Chopper would probabaly fall after that, but I’ve only seen a few episodes. I even watch Trading Spaces once and a while :rolleyes: 
I love watching American chopper its a great show, i love how they show how the processes are done like the powdercoating and the CNCing. I also like how its very artistic. I also love monster garage. The last episode was pretty bad all they did was nothing special. The thing i dont like about monster garage is when its like, and that night we gave it a paint job. Anyone who know what goes into a nice paint job like they get knows it takes more than a few hours. There is aloooot of preping and alooot of painting, thats why on american chopper the painter is like ill do it in three days. Imagine painting a car and then painting a gascan. Junkyard wars is the all time fav though i love the ingenuity they have. Next season should be interesting because they cast the people not the teams. I guess they want people to bicker at eachother like in monster garage or monster house.
It must be a good show if I actually sat down and watched a whole entire episode.
I watch it when I can, but it puts me in the doldrums. How come he gets to concoct those beauties of wheels, and all I get to do is put a weight saving five hole pattern in ours:( ? I want the build season extended to seven weeks, so I have a whole one to make pretty shiny things:D .
i met paul sr. at laconia bike week!!! he shook my hand!!! wow…
hehehe, that is cool…
did they have any cool new bikes on display?
*Originally posted by MrB *
**hehehe, that is cool…did they have any cool new bikes on display? **
Unfortunatly the line for the bike display was about 4+ hours long, needless to say, i didnt actually see them in person. but they had the spider bike, the firebike, and the jet bike. thier bikes are sick!
am i the only one who has never heard of this show??
This show is great, I watch it anytime it is on…i think i’ve seen that fireman bike episode like 3 times…not to mention the race car bike…