Frames, motors, fenders, exhaust pipes and intricate graphics are going to be involved in Discovery Turbo’s latest series 'British Biker Build-Off'. The sparks fly as metal is bent, twisted and battered into shape and six bike enthusiasts compete to build the ultimate motorbikes.
Discovery Turbo takes viewers on a thrill ride as UK’s best mechanics take their ultimate concept bike off the drawing board, through the workshop and on to the road.
Custom bikes have been around in Britain since the fifties when the rockers roared off on their modified Triumphs and BSAs. Once known only to a small circle of hard-core motorcycle enthusiasts, customizers are now household names and the bad-boy art form has transitioned into mainstream pop culture.
Enter the world of larger-than-life, leery characters whose passions are translated into machines and featured through designing and crafting their bikes from raw steel. Watch the process as heavy metal is cooked, shot, welded, hammered, bent, tortured and twisted into exotic and beautiful forms, built with the aim to create a machine capable of clinching the Build Off crown and to be acclaimed Britain’s best custom bike builder.
The rules of the competition are simple - build the very best bike that you can and ride to the Pro Custom Bike Show, Doncaster on Judgement Day. The talent pushes the boundaries of conventional engineering in their bid to become ‘Best in Britain’ and gain entry into the European and World Championships.
Starting April 5, British Biker Build- Off premieres every Tuesday at 9 pm on Discovery Turbo.
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British Biker Build-Off features six very different characters and six radically different ideas about how choppers should be built. Meet Steve Wheeler, a golf playing death match fan, Paul ‘Tooty’ Moody, the ex-guardsman and all-round party animal, and Stez, the hard man of British Biker Build-off.
Then there’s Jamie who decides to take-up Banger Racing, Vic the mystical magician, and last but not least, Phil Piper, joker-of-the-pack. Every custom bike produced is unique unlike mass produced machines displayed in showrooms.
Though these custom bikes do not have sophisticated suspension or racetrack bed technology, these might be heavy and lacking in BHP, but their big V twin engines churn out masses of torque. So the customized bikes have power and speed. Each episode reveals a level of imagination and innovation never seen before in custom building!
