This weekend, while walking through the Bonita Lakes Mall in Meridian Mississippi, I was shocked to see a sign advertising that a bike made for Peavey Electronics (based in Meridian) from the guys at Orange County Choppers would be on display Saturday.  If the "Orange County" name rings a bell, they’re the guys behind "American Chopper" on the Discovery Channel.

I went back on Saturday and gawked for a bit.  My first reaction was that the bike is friggin huge.  I never realized just how big a "chopper" is, but it’s easily twice the size of the normal motorcycles I see running up and down I20.  I didn’t have a camera, but I managed to snap some pics with my Cell Phone and uploaded them on my blog in the Peavey Chopper gallery.

Some interesting quirks about the bike:

  • Microphones for Handlebar Grips
  • an electric guitar "holster" on the back wheel, complete with Guitar
  • Frets up the center of the Gas Tank
  • a Fully functional (although not fantastic sounding) power amplifier mounted under the seat, with a speaker over the rear wheel.

It’s a real beauty of the bike, and evidenty there is a 2-part episode of American Choppers showing it’s construction which has already aired.  I’m gonna MythTV it and see how it went.  One interesting tidbit from my Peavey Insiders:  In the episode they trick Hartley by smashing a cheap replica of the "Inspirational OCC Guitar" he gave them.  The episode was edited so that Hartley laughs through it all, but I’ve heard that in real life he was Livid for a few minutes before they let him in on the joke.

Update: Looks like I forgot to turn on Comments & Ratings in the Gallery.  Fixed now.
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