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Metric Revolution motorcycle build off

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Metric TVWe’ve often discussed the idea of a build off featuring something other than the standard choppers we’ve seen so much of and it seems it may be occuring. The Metric Revolution is a new TV series featuring the customization of a metric bike, all kinds of metric bikes, cruisers and sportbikes. The builders get a stock bike and 4 months to turn out their custom version. The extra time is a nice change, they might have an opportunity to actually think about what they’re doing. There will be choppers to be sure but it looks like we’ll see sportbikes, too. They have 25 builders involved, 10 custom bike builders, 10 custom sportbike builders and 5 rookies.

The show will be launched at Biketoberfest 2005 and the first episode of the 13 week series will be filmed there. No details yet of when or where the show will air.

Press release follows:

The “Metric Revolution” a new television series premiering in 2006, is launching the first ever all metric motorcycle build-off at Biketoberfest 2005. The newly renovated Shores Resort and Spa has been chosen as the location to film the first episode of this 13 week series.

The 1st episode of the series will feature the top 25 custom motorcycle builders receiving a stock motorcycle in which they will have 4 months to totally customize. Shooting will begin on Friday, October 21 with the Metric Revolution crew filming highlights and events throughout the Daytona Beach area. A photo shoot with the selected builders and some of the nation’s hottest models will take place on Saturday afternoon at The Shores Resort and Spa. A VIP party with a guest list containing the who’s who in the industry is scheduled for Saturday evening. The main show will be filmed on Sunday with all the selected builders showing off their custom entry motorcycles!

“We are very excited to be shooting this first episode here in Daytona the home of biker events world-wide. This is the perfect location to kick-start the first ever all-metric television series and we couldn’t get a better crowd of bikers to help make this a huge success,” stated Danielle Spandau, Executive Producer of the Metric Revolution. “We are going to bring you the “American Idol” of biker build-offs!”

The Metric Revolution is a national television series offering metric bike owners, builders and enthusiasts an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of the custom motorcycle industry. The series, scheduled to make its national debut on network broadcast early 2006, will bring the exciting world of radical custom motorcycles into the living room of enthusiasts across the U.S. Multi-Media Marketing and Production, Inc., the creators of the “Metric Revolution”, is an independent marketing and production firm that develops and produces programs on national broadcast, cable, and satellite television. Get ready to hold on to the ride of your life!

see also: sportbike build off, custom sportbike frames, Tony Foale on motorcycle design, Chopper vs Sportbike build off, Sport Choppers, American Sport Bike, Australian build off

Comments

  1. could be interesting, although the comment from Danielle about “…the American Idol of biker buildoffs…” is troubling.

  2. Hoyt,
    The show is set to show each builders as they work through the process of creating a customized (extreme) bike from a stock metric bike. Each builder will be given one bike each (Suzuki, Triumph,Kawasaki, Honda, Yamaha) some will recieve sport bikes, some will receive cruisers. Some aspects of the show are shot in a simi reality style which allows the builders to show viewers a broader range of their worlds: Not only what it takes to plan and build the bike but who their friends and family are, what they do to entertain themselves, where they came from, what they have overcome etc. (I’ve seen some of what these guys bring in those areas and it’s pretty amazing and very entertaining)

    Anyway, the show will open up the motorcycle world to the viewers and allow them to see what a diverse group of people it seems to collect and drop into a big ol’ melting pop where social status, money, power etc. are set aside and the people focus on the fact they all enjoy letting some air blow through their hair as they ride and enjoy the freedom that brings.

    I hope this sheds a little more light on the show and that you and others will watch for it next year and spread the word around for others to watch for it as well.

    Check out http://www.MetricTV.com for more information and for updates along the way.

    Regards,
    John Baron
    Co-Host of Metric Revolution

  3. The hype and the type has been layed down. The producers have done a remarkable job of keeping this all together and pushing forward even with the natural disaster “Katrina” that pretty much halted the effort for months. Personally, I am looking forward to seeing a few of my distributors/dealers in action creating the works of art I only see in magz or first hand when I’m out visiting once a year sweating them for orders.

    All of our apples are in TOCC’s basket for this build off and wer’e looking forward to tipping a few cold ones in Vegas when the cards hit the table.

    A few of the custom one off components designed exclusively for Tricked Out Custom Cycles will blow you all away, literally…

    KevBo