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bikewanted

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Registered: 08-27-07

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I CALLED OCC SHORTLY AFTER THE VA TECH EVENT. I WAS TOLD BY THE YOUNG LADY THAT THERE WAS NOBODY THERE TO REALLY TALK TO,THE GUYS HAD JUST GOTTEN IN LATE THAT NIGHT. SHE STATED THEY HAD QUITE A FEW CALLS ABOUT THE BIKE AND SHE THOUGHT THEY MIGHT BUILD ONE. THAT WAS A YEAR A GO.DOES NOT LOOK LIKE ITS GOING TO HAPPEN

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witega

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Registered: 06-09-06

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Milwaukee Iron built a Tribute Bike.

http://www.milwaukeeiron.com/onlinecatalog.asp?CategoryID=22&SubCategoryID=16

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Registered: 03-30-07

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Originally posted by bikewanted:
I CALLED OCC SHORTLY AFTER THE VA TECH EVENT. I WAS TOLD BY THE YOUNG LADY THAT THERE WAS NOBODY THERE TO REALLY TALK TO,THE GUYS HAD JUST GOTTEN IN LATE THAT NIGHT. SHE STATED THEY HAD QUITE A FEW CALLS ABOUT THE BIKE AND SHE THOUGHT THEY MIGHT BUILD ONE. THAT WAS A YEAR A GO.DOES NOT LOOK LIKE ITS GOING TO HAPPEN

It may be hard to have built a chopper to memorialize murdered people. I just don't see how it could be done in good taste.

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Registered: 06-20-05

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Originally posted by bikewanted:
I CALLED OCC SHORTLY AFTER THE VA TECH EVENT. I WAS TOLD BY THE YOUNG LADY THAT THERE WAS NOBODY THERE TO REALLY TALK TO,THE GUYS HAD JUST GOTTEN IN LATE THAT NIGHT. SHE STATED THEY HAD QUITE A FEW CALLS ABOUT THE BIKE AND SHE THOUGHT THEY MIGHT BUILD ONE. THAT WAS A YEAR A GO.DOES NOT LOOK LIKE ITS GOING TO HAPPEN

It may be hard to have built a chopper to memorialize murdered people. I just don't see how it could be done in good taste.

So the Fire Bike wasn't done in good taste? Neither the POW/MIA bike?

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windman3

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Registered: 12-17-07

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I was waiting for that.

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Registered: 06-20-05

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Glad I could be of service Windy.

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boaz55

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Registered: 03-29-05

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So the Fire Bike wasn't done in good taste? Neither the POW/MIA bike?

The firemen killed in 9/11 were there as heroes and died as a result of the building collapse. Soldier are killed also being heroes. Both occupations consist of these hazards on a daily bases. Students being murdered is something not expected. They were victims of a crime, murder one on one. You noticed OCC didn't do a tribute bike to the business people and civilians killed in the 9/11 attack, why because it would have been distasteful.

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Registered: 06-20-05

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Not necessarily. If that was the case, then things such as the Fred Murrah Memorial in Oklahoma City is in bad taste.

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Registered: 03-30-07

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Not necessarily. If that was the case, then things such as the Fred Murrah Memorial in Oklahoma City is in bad taste.

Building a motorcycle on a tv show for obvious publicity purposes is a totally different story than an actual memorial built with the publics input and donations.

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Registered: 03-30-07

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Originally posted by bikerhart:
Not necessarily. If that was the case, then things such as the Fred Murrah Memorial in Oklahoma City is in bad taste.

Building a motorcycle on a campy tv show for obvious publicity purposes is a totally different story than an actual memorial built with the publics input and donations.

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Incognito57

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Registered: 02-23-08

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Wouldn't a monument or an engraved stone work as a memorial rather than a motorcycle? What would they do with it?

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Registered: 06-20-05

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Originally posted by bmacsys:
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Originally posted by bikerhart:
Not necessarily. If that was the case, then things such as the Fred Murrah Memorial in Oklahoma City is in bad taste.

Building a motorcycle on a tv show for obvious publicity purposes is a totally different story than an actual memorial built with the publics input and donations.

How so? Was the National Guard bike built for publicity sake only? For that matter, how about the Space Shuttle bike. Was it for publicity's sake too?

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Registered: 03-30-07

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How so? Was the National Guard bike built for publicity sake only? For that matter, how about the Space Shuttle bike. Was it for publicity's sake too?

Yup, everything they do is a form of exploitation. The things they pass off as "tributes" are just transparent attempts at buying good publicity for themselves. How may "tribute" bikes do they have to make before people realize that the word tribute has become almost meaningless in the OCC lexicon?

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Registered: 03-30-07

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Originally posted by studawg_2k:
Agreed...Today, We Are All Hokies.

If tha school was locked down like it should have been after the initial shootings lives would have been saved. That is one of the things that eats at me.

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Registered: 03-30-07

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Wouldn't a monument or an engraved stone work as a memorial rather than a motorcycle? What would they do with it?

I agree. Building a motorcycle isn't appropriate in this instance. It wouldn't be a good idea.

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witega

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Registered: 06-09-06

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I think the Space Shuttle bike was different. If I remember the episode correctly, NASA employees paid to have it commissioned themselves. I believe it was meant to be a tribute to the whole aerospace program and not solely to astronauts that lost their lives. Then again I could be wrong.

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Registered: 06-20-05

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How so? Was the National Guard bike built for publicity sake only? For that matter, how about the Space Shuttle bike. Was it for publicity's sake too?

Yup, everything they do is a form of exploitation. The things they pass off as "tributes" are just transparent attempts at buying good publicity for themselves. How may "tribute" bikes do they have to make before people realize that the word tribute has become almost meaningless in the OCC lexicon?

What makes you say that? NASA employees did pay for the bike. They also had a say in what was to be done. The National Guard bike was the conglomeration ideas from 4 guardsman with OCC's imput. There are theme bikes that didn't make in on air where the customer had the say in things. Look beyond the television set and take a look.

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Incognito57

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Registered: 02-23-08

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Originally posted by bmacsys:
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Originally posted by Incognito57:
Wouldn't a monument or an engraved stone work as a memorial rather than a motorcycle? What would they do with it?

I agree. Building a motorcycle isn't appropriate in this instance. It wouldn't be a good idea.

Somehow an OCC "tribute Bike" doesn't quite measure up to the Lincoln Memorial, Mt. Rushmore, The Tomb of The Unknown Soldier, or even a basic cemetary head stone or a plaque on a wall.

200 years from now, when the later list will still be strong, where will all the OCC choppers be? You tell me.

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Registered: 06-20-05

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200 years ago, those famous memorials you mentioned were not in exsistence.

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windman3

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Registered: 12-17-07

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I don't think anyone said they were ..??

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Incognito57

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Registered: 02-23-08

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Not me - did YOU??

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Registered: 03-30-07

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Originally posted by bikerhart:
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Originally posted by bmacsys:
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How so? Was the National Guard bike built for publicity sake only? For that matter, how about the Space Shuttle bike. Was it for publicity's sake too?

Yup, everything they do is a form of exploitation. The things they pass off as "tributes" are just transparent attempts at buying good publicity for themselves. How may "tribute" bikes do they have to make before people realize that the word tribute has become almost meaningless in the OCC lexicon?

What makes you say that? NASA employees did pay for the bike. They also had a say in what was to be done. The National Guard bike was the conglomeration ideas from 4 guardsman with OCC's imput. There are theme bikes that didn't make in on air where the customer had the say in things. Look beyond the television set and take a look.

Lets see. The Tuetel's and Pilagian huddle together and say- hmmmm, what kind of tribute bike should we build for this weeks episode? What would bring in the highest ratings and make us looked at in the most favorable light?

All the tributes are contrived just like the rest of their reality shows contents. Just that some people fail to see it.

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Registered: 06-20-05

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Let see...

The NASA employees approached OCC to build the bike. The National Guard bike was the conglomeration of 4 guardsmen. What would you have them build? A bike dedicated to the potato peeler? Oh yeah, that would be an interesting build for audience to watch. True, while part of the reason is for ratings numbers, I don't think that's the only deciding factor.

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windman3

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Registered: 12-17-07

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A bike dedicated to the potato peeler?

NOW you're talkin'!!

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