Jessie James

[Wally]

Hello all, Just received my monthly edition of CNC Machining magazine. The cover has Jessie with one of his bikes and he`s sitting on a HAAS. We have 2 of them along with 4 Matsuuras. There is no comparison when it comes to speed and feed. If Jessie only knew. Any comments?

[chad fisher]

Simple = Price

[cadcam]

Like Chad stated, Remember this is Jessie James .Likes his money and the Haas does all he needs.

[robk]

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Likes his money

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Pay up sucker

[Wally]

Ya, you are right about the money. I guess when you`re in business to compete against time is a differant story.

[Jimmy Wakeford from Barefoot CNC]

Lets not forget he was the most famous MC pirate, till he showed his MC on the discovery channel. DOH!

[Rekd™]

LoL, that's funny. WTF was he thinking?

 

Jimmy, you get my email?

 

'Rekd

[iowajim62]

Hi Jimmy,

 

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Lets not forget he was the most famous MC pirate

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I got "talked to by Jay" for bringin that up. lol

 

Oh well he paid his dues and he is laughin all the way to the bank.

[robk]

At least he makes his own product unlike the (disfunctional) OCC. They sub all the work out and slap it back together with a lot of X-Mas lights added to it. $50K kit bike

[chip]

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At least he makes his own product unlike the (disfunctional) OCC. They sub all the work out and slap it back together with a lot of X-Mas lights added to it.

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+1000

[crazy^millman]

Agreed 100% on that Crap about OCC. Soem people learn lessons the hard way and others learn it the easy way.

 

Crazy Millman

[Müřlıń®]

I love to watch those OCC Knuckleheads make a$$es out of theirselves on National TV.

It's funny as heck to watch em....that poor Mikey....

 

Now as far as building bikes goes....I think Jessie is way ahead of them.

 

 

Murlin

[Brendan P]

I have to agree about OCC too.

The bikes look cool,but are impractical to ride.

Also,they mig everything together,then send it out for powder coat.

They rough cut everything and fill it with weld.

Unless you sit there and smoothe out all those welds,it looks like crap.

[Müřlıń®]

Yup, bucket ur right....I've watched every episode and the way they get the frame to look smooth is for the paint man to add 10 lbs of bondo to each bike.....the stuff they dont powder coat that is.....

 

 

Sheesh...I've had to edit every freaking post I've made lately...

 

 

Murlin

 

[ 01-15-2004, 05:09 PM: Message edited by: Murlin ]

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Jesse is certainly an innovator. A craftsman to the bone, though not too bright (showing his seat of Mastercam on National TV). Can you say DOH!!!!! LOL!!!

 

At least he ponied up though. Get this, at the beginning of the BSA investigation, the BSA said there was no case! Not enough evidence. Kinda like Rodney King didn't get beat like a rented mule. Go figure.

[chip]

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BSA investigation

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What's that about........I missed this one!

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

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........I missed this one!

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Yep! You did.

[Jack Mitchell]

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Kinda like Rodney King didn't get beat like a rented mule.

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James, where ever do you get this stuff?

 

Regards, Jack

[Charles Davis]

I agree, the OCC stuff is gaudy at best. Lots of chopper mfg's and Harley after market co's making good stuff with Mastercam.

 

One of my customers, Wild West Motorcycle Co. makes a classy ride. Long, low, in very good taste. They do all the engineering and most mfg themselves. Solidworks for Design, Mastercam for Mfg.

 

http://www.wildwestmc.com/

[Chris Rizzo]

It nice to hear y'all echoing my sentiments about OCC and the like. Their painter must go through 55 gal. drums of Bondo to make those tanks look halfway decent. Hacks! Most of those bikes look more like amusment park rides than motorcycles anyway.....although for entertainment value the show is a great hoot! As long as the rest of us try and educate the world about the reality of building stuff...WITHOUT Bondo. A proper ride like yours, Bucket!

[jrykrl]

Lately, the quality of West Coast Choppers has been poor. It's like Jessie got a boatload of money to show up on tv, and doesn't go inot the shop to oversee things the way it used to be when he was hungry!!!

I'm working on a motor mount for a chopper. I'll post pix when I'm done.

Maybe there's a future in this?

Jer

[Brent Wilkerson]

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Lets not forget he was the most famous MC pirate, till he showed his MC on the discovery channel. DOH!

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(showing his seat of Mastercam on National TV)... BSA investigation, the BSA said there was no case!

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Why would you get investigated for show his seat of MC on TV? Was it like a cracked copy or is it legal to show a 'puter program on TV without consent of the software maker?

 

BTW When I get our CNC Machining magazine back, we borrowed it out, I'll scan and post the article for those who didn't get to see it.

 

Very interesting read.

[Jimmy Wakeford from Barefoot CNC]

CNC Software (Big Software Brother) knows who the legal customers are. When seeing the MC on the discovery channel the thought was,"Man what a marketing op." After checking into it, it was determined that WCC was not a legal customer.

 

All that is straighted out now.I went into a shop here that had bought a crack copy of MC, and they did not know it. They thought they were legal. They did get legal after finding out.

[Steve Landkamer]

Here is a link to one of our customers that builds custom bikes and chassies. Amen Motorcycles

He has some original stuff!

Steve

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

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...Was it like a cracked copy ...

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When you work for a reseller (as I did when said show was aired) and you see that the software you rep is being shown in millions of homes, it makes you want to check the user database. When that name is not in the database two things are possible. 1) They bought it from an auction, company going out of business, etc... so it's only part legit (As long as the key/HASP is being used to protect the software) or 2) They are pirates. I don't know what category he WAS in but all I know is NOW he's got at least 1 legit seat.