At the risk of going against the tide I have to jump in here and comment on these West Coast Chopper guys. First let me say I have been in the motorcycle industry for quite a few years and both as a rider and on the media side.
It is really ashame to see guys like this get so much undeserved attention. First from a personality stand point they act like self absorbed self important "bikers" but so much of this is an act.
In my opinion these "chopper" guys are catering to the wanna be crowd and their designs are rehashes of the same designs with different metal thrown on it. While the NASA bike is clever it also looks a little corny and not that well executed.
But what really bothers me is there are sooooo many great bike designers out there that have been building bikes for 30+ years who are truly artist. People who are original in their designs and their bikes are classic art. And they don't have their own show or get the attention loud mouths like this guys get.
Check out someone like Arlen Ness's work. Arlen and his son Cory are not only fantastic designers but geniune nice guys. They don't have to put an act or scream and yell.
http://www.arlenness.com
The list of talented people in the bike building industry is long and they build bikes because they are passionate about their work. It is disappointing to me to see this so called bad biker persona continue to be marketed as the best in the industry.
Sorry for the rant and I know this is a photography forum.
Lee
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History judges great Photographers by their technique not their technology.
I guess I put Jessie James in a similiar category.