OCC bike at work

[Charlief]

My company got one of the OCC bikes as a promotional tool at our new store. We recently moved it to our offices to make more selling space available.

It's the NHL themed bike as we do all the licensed printed apparel.

I'm not a fan of OCC but the bike is pretty cool. Huge too! About 10' long.

[Manik]

[Damnut]

WTF is on the back of that thing???

[Charlief]

WTF is on the back of that thing???

That holds the Stanley Cup.

[NPDCPA]

100% gay from axle to axle.

[Charlief]

100% gay from axle to axle.

Like I said.... Not my type of bike.

[Damnut]

That holds the Stanley Cup.

Ok. it looked strange.

[Garandman]

100% gay from axle to axle.

Oh, you are such a meanie!

This is the SolidWorks Corp. bike. They probably bartered software and services but I believe the price tag is in the neighborhood of six figures.

Say what you want about the "bike" [it's really mobile sculpture] but their management believes it was well worth the money in promotional value. The workmanship is flawless.

In their heyday theTeutuls charged a $25,000 to $40,000 delivery/appearance fee. Now they are so Lambo door......

[06gixgirl]

Sorry, dude but that is an ugly bike.

[njsrikar]

Oh, you are such a meanie!
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http://dervish.smugmug.com/photos/420079028_h7GwM-L.jpg

lol ...full gear on a chopper ...funny... something that`ll never happen in daily life!

[joeswamp]

See if you can borrow it to take to a track day.

[Garandman]

lol ...full gear on a chopper ...funny... something that`ll never happen in daily life!

Couldn't miss the opportunity. We had the thing in our parking lot for an afternoon and it attracted a crowd.

Sorry, dude but that is an ugly bike.

Think of them as movable sculpture. When you get up close and look at it, there are a lot of design elements that are carried throughout the bike. It is theoretically ridable so I guess it is a motorcycle in that sense, but it's really motorcycle-themed sculpture. I'm not at all into these things (I ride a V-Strom, so duh) but I am impressed with some of the artistic elements of the SolidWorks bike nonetheless.

[NPDCPA]

Different strokes I guess. When I see one of those chopper "sculptures" my eyes glaze over. I'm more into detailed engineering, things that none of these chopper shops can accomolish regardless of their so-called testing. Qualities like the different diameter exhaust headers on the Ducati 999, etc. Attention to detail, not accumulation of details.

Garands though...that shows you certainly have some advanced taste.

[zombie]

Think of them as movable sculpture. It is theoretically ridable so I guess it is a motorcycle in that sense, but it's really motorcycle-themed sculpture.

If it's theoretically rideable then it ceases to be a bike and is a sculpture.

As a sculpture it's still fucking hideous.
Now here's a real chopper built on a budget with a 79 yamaha xs1100 motor in it. Put together in a garden shed and done right.

[Garandman]

// I'm more into detailed engineering, things that none of these chopper shops can accomolish regardless of their so-called testing. Qualities like the different diameter exhaust headers on the Ducati 999, etc. Attention to detail, not accumulation of details.//

The 2007+ DL650 has oval exhaust tubes.

Even a plebeian SV650 puts out 110hp per liter. The liter bikes put out 180+hp per liter. Modern bikes are astonishing.

[NPDCPA]

The 2007+ DL650 has oval exhaust tubes.

Even a plebeian SV650 puts out 110hp per liter. The liter bikes put out 180+hp per liter. Modern bikes are astonishing.

This > any "custom" chopper any day.

[catch2otwo]

6 figures for a bike and there are still brake lines and electrical wires hanging all over the place...

[The Snowman]

6 figures for a bike and there are still brake lines and electrical wires hanging all over the place...

I agree. I tend to like bikes made by builders like Russel Mitchell and Exile cycles. He prides himself on making his bikes look perfect and clean. This means routing cables and electrical where it can't be seen.

Something like this:

[CBR929RE]

That holds the Stanley Cup replica

fixed

The workmanship is flawless.

wait till it gets washed once then starts to rust because they had to redrill all the bolt holes because they don't bother to account for paint/powder thickness.

[scubasteve]

the last time I saw an OCC bike I wouldn't have ridden it down the street, the welds on some od the bracketry on the frame and the parts they glue on looked like my first welds as a 14 year old....

[DuncanMoto]

I agree. I tend to like bikes made by builders like Russel Mitchell and Exile cycles. He prides himself on making his bikes look perfect and clean. This means routing cables and electrical where it can't be seen.

Something like this:

Now that I can get into. That looks very cool. A little Buell lightning-ish.

[roadracer685]

100% gay from axle to axle.