"APPLIED MACHETE" - TAKEN FROM 'STREET CHOPPERS' WEBSITE . . . IRISH RICH QUOTING IRISH RICH FROM 2005 . . . HE WAS RIGHT THEN AND IS BANG ON THE MONEY NOW . . . EVEN IN SOMETHING AS 'FREE FORM' AS THE WORLD OF CUSTOM BIKES, CERTAIN THINGS ARE SELF EVIDENT, TRENDS, FADS AND FASHIONS COME AND GO BUT THE RIGHTLY ACCEPTED PARAMETERS OF 'CLASSIC' DESIGN WILL ALWAYS REMAIN . . .

So many of the things I have loved all my life, certainly since I was a young kid, have fallen victim to fad jumpers, marketing wankers and money grubbing charlatans over the years it's a fucking miracle the 'good guys' are still with us at all . . . . skateboards, hot rods, punk rock, choppers, you name it and the chance is it's been well and truly raped by the keen eyed hawkers of 'the next big thing'  . . . .

Thank fucking god the clowns and the swindlers generally fade out and die off, leaving behind those with the genuine, heartfelt and passionate belief in the 'noble cause' . . . . and now that a lot of the shit has been flushed down the 'fashion dunny' in the field of custom bikes and custom bike building, those kind of guys are still here and ready to help . . . .

So, go on, pick up the phone and dial the number, this is what they do best, it's what they've always done and will continue to do . . . . long after the next big thing has come and gone . . . .

*** IRISH RICH IS ONE OF THESE CARRIERS OF THE FLAME, YOU FIND GUYS LIKE HIM, NOT ONLY IN THE STATES, BUT AROUND THE WORLD . . . HE POSTED AN EXTRACT FROM AN ARTICLE IN "STREET CHOPPER" MAGAZINE FROM 2005, FEATURING A STATEMENT HE MADE BACK THEN AND IT RINGS SO TRUE TODAY, NEARLY EIGHT YEARS DOWN THE LINE . . . . CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR ON POST TITLE TO HAVE A FLASH ON SOME OF LIFE'S TRUTHS FROM A BLOKE WHOSE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW . . . THANKS TO "APPLIED MACHETE" AND "STREET CHOPPER" . . . .  Applied Machete: From the Street Chopper website.....