Jesse James on Discovery Channel

[Briar Hopper]

Those are not Harleys, per se, Champane Flight. Most of what goes into those bikes is strictly aftermarket parts from various manufacturers, including the engine pieces. I believe West Coast Choppers had a lot of the pieces in those faulty engines made up by a CNC shop. A factory Harley is a lot more durable than that.

I hate to rub anyone here the wrong way by my comments, but I'm not a big fan of West Coast Choppers. I prefer the bikes built by Cory Ness (son of Arlen) and Bryan Kinney, in Santa Rosa , California.

West Coast Choppers has the edge in marketing and hype, especially with their lead man having an instantly recognizable name. He's probably quite a decent guy, I wouldn't know. I just think there are others building better scoots. I've heard stories of deals gone bad, from other cycle builders, and a book deal that he backed out of. So there's a lot of enmity going around under the surface in the bike aftermarket industry. Normally I wouldn't care, but I've been shopping around, with an eye to partially building my own, and having Bryan finish it.

 

[Champane Flight]

I feel

I feel they are very nice looking machines. They are top of the line custom machines. Made for one thing showing off. They are however lacking in the durability catagory.



Myself I like the V-8 trikes put out of Sante Fe NM. Now to me that is the ultimate show off machine! Every Joker out there (including myself) has built a couple of Harleys in his lifetime, now mind you mine were not even in the same class as JJs bikes. They were quite handsome though.



I still pine for the old Panheads and they hold a special place in my heart. If I wanted to go touring however, give me a Goldwing. Sorry Harley, your still a 50,000 mile machine in my eyes.



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