Thoughts: 29-May-2009

I watched the latest Teutels psychodrama last night on American Chopper. I also checked out the message boards on TLC Turbo and read some really dumb stuff about Sr. vs Jr. Jr. is now working as a consultant to OCC and dealing builds one at a time. He wants to earn some extra money while he is getting his girlfriend's boutique and his design company started.

So Sr. has a fit about him talking on the phone and not coming in at 7 am to start. He comes in at 8:15 am, comes up with a unique fabrication for the handlebars, and the bike is done on time for Howe's Cavern. As a consultant to OCC he wanted to set his own hours and be allowed to deal with his business ventures. So what is the problem, other than to create drama for the show?

Over on the TLC Turbo message boards, some folk were yabbing about Jr.'s work ethic. I don't know but I see him coming in and getting the job done. Sr. is MIA, and has no clue about doing anything new or unique. Sr. builds the same old school style bike over and over again. Jr. comes in with something unique and different in his designs. As for the time BS, what difference does it make if he comes in at 7 or 8 am, the bikes get build on time and I saw several episodes where Jr. was in past midnight, with no sign of Sr., getting the job done.

The past season, we were told Jr. owns 10 percent of the company, so he must be getting some profit share from that, plus money for tv and merchandising. If he wants to have his own design company, and Sr. does not want to pay him, buy him out. Jr. could design bikes and subcontract to Vinne and Cody (who more and more made the right decision to get the F out of OCC and go into business for themselves) at V Force.

I also have to laugh at Sr.'s book, with is his biography/business plan for success. OCC got successful thanks to the Discovery Channel making a show about them. This allowed them to sell bikes at inflated prices due to the demand created by fans of the show. Jr. did some nice designs which helped, but without the show making them famous, they would not be as successful as they have become.

I could rant about this on the message boards but as I have found out newcomers are never listened to.

Oh well.