American Choppers

This has become one of my favorite shows. For those who haven't seen it, it's on Discovery Channel, various nights of the week (usually on Mondays and Saturdays). The show basically follows after a family-owned chop shop in New York state. I love the show for two reasons: first, while some of the bike designs are a little odd (like the fire truck themed bike), they do beautiful work, and secondly, watching the family arguments between the father and his two sons (mostly the older one) is absolutely hilarious. One of my favorite designs that I've seen is the Comanche bike which was styled after the Comanche helicopter. Damn, that was one bad mother of a machine.I never had an interest in getting into car mechanics when I was growing up. However, I did develop a desire while I had the chance to learn to ride bikes. Unfortunately, bikes were never an interest in my house and neither I or my parents had extra funds to spare. Nobody I knew was into bikes either. Maybe one day when I have spare cash and a place to keep and maintain a bike, I'll finally get around to it.