Six new Biker Build Offs to premiere on The Learning Channel

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Six new Biker Build Offs to premier on The Learning Channel, Thursday, February 8^th at 10 p.m.

In its fifth season Biker Build Off returns with six brand new shows which will air on TLC’s “Turbo Thursdays”. The first episode will premier on Thursday, February 8^th, 2007 with five more episodes on each Thursday after. The first new BBO pits Gard Hollinger of L.A. County Choprods, Marina del Rey, CA against Jason Hart of Chop Smiths, Indianapolis, Indiana. Each artist designs and fabricates a one-of-a-kind, street legal drag bike in just two weeks. Then they meet on Dead Horse Point in Moab, Utah to ride to Las Vegas, Nevada where they go head-to-head drag race for the Biker Build Off trophy.

The second hour which premiers February 15th will feature Chica of Chica Custom Cycles, Huntington Beach, CA going head-to-head with Michael Barragan of Evil Spirit Engineering, Glendale, CA. Chica designs and fabricates a stretched, 60’s style, laid back cruiser and Michael, a post industrial, futuristic ghetto sled. The two artists meet in Ft. Worth, Texas and ride side by side to the Lone Star Rally in Galveston where thousands vote for the custom motorcycle they like the best.

BBO show number three airing February 22nd will pit Trevelen of Super Co. Customs, Los Angeles, CA against Paul Cox and Keino of the Indian Larry Legacy, Brooklyn, N.Y. Trevelen builds an homage to the Indian Motorcycles of the 40’s and Paul and Keino fabricate an old school, totally hand built, elegantly functional, Indian Larry style bike. Trevelen meets Paul and Keino in Monument Valley, Arizona to ride 800 miles due south to the Sea of Cortez in Puerto Penasco, Mexico.

The fourth brand new BBO airing on March 1st will feature Brian Fuller of Fuller Hot Rods, Atlanta, GA. going head-to-head with Greg Westbury of Westbury Handcrafted Motorcycles, Concord, CA. Brian using mostly Buell parts in a frame of his own design fabricates a modern, high back tire racer. While Greg builds a hot rod motorcycle on a frame reminiscent of a vintage Schwinn. The two artists ride side by side ending at the Northeast Motorcycle Expo in Hartford, Connecticut where the people decide on which bike will take home the trophy.

In BBO number five airing on March 8^th Dawn Norakas of Stinger Custom Cycles, Cedar City, Utah will build off against Scott Webster of Leroy Thompson Choppers, Mentor, Ohio. Dawn, who is BBO’s second female builder, designs and fabricates an elegant, gleaming, blue and silver, low slung chopper while Scott makes an industrial, hard core homage to “Road Warrior.” The two artists meet on a bluff overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge and ride south through heavy rains to the Easyriders Pomona California Bike Show.

The sixth episode of the new BBO series airing on March 15^th will feature Andrew Williams of Departure Bike Works, Richmond, VA going mano-a-mano with James Compton, Boerne, Texas. Andrew builds a Harley based, street legal dragster while James builds a four stacked, Suzuki powered, light weight drag bike dubbed

“Crusher II” . The two builders meet in Louisiana bayou land to ride to the No Problems Raceway in the heart of Cajun country. There they drag race head-to-head for the BBO trophy.

For more information contact:

Hugh “Chopper” King

Co Executive Producer

Biker Build Off

hking@origprod.com