Love this show...guys have true passion for antiques and are always very nice to the people. They often up the asking price for people to be fair....very high quality educational television.
Billy Lane was driving on a suspended license and killed a fellow biker and yet people think he is a hero? Makes no sense to me anybody else in a pickup truck that ran over a fellow motorcyclist people would want executed!
Old Man on a Suzuki Dirtbike not a hero but respect the guy for getting back on his feet. Prove he is more than just a screw up. Everybody makes mistakes. It’s easy to fall down into the loser lifestyle. But takes tenacity to fix yourself up.
In the first few seconds of the video, I instantly thought to myself " wow this is a side you never see of america pickers, Mike looks like a different person", then I looked at the date of the video. But that bike is amazing, it's crazy that there is no telling what people have hidden in their garage.
@@getchasome6230 That's what I'm saying. I was there, it was nothing like that. This guy was actually just walking around LeClaire, showing his joint to every old lady he saw, then tossed off into the Mississippi.
He is infinitely more watchable when he isn't talking about 'POPPING' for stuff. I stopped watching the tv show because of that. "I'll pop on that...I'll pop for that!" He sounded like a script from a 80s porno. Here he seems genuine and unscripted. Thanks for posting.
A lot of people say he is a ripp off? How? He offers money, it is up to the seller to say no on a low offer. He wants to make money. I see nothing wrong with that.
youd be suprised at how much of this is about, i visited a place recently called Cae Dai in Denbigh thats got a Sinclair C5 still boxed and gathering dust in one of the many corners there, amazing place but not as amazing as the owners themselves :)
I live 2 blocks away from Billy Lanes shop. And this is right before Billy was sent to prison for killing a man while he was drunk and driving. He actually went to pass a car on the highway and as he was going around the car in front of him he ran into a scooter that was driving in the opposite side of the street. The guy died instantly and Billy was sentenced to prison for 5 years or so.
as far as I am concerned this video was probably made when mike had no experience, cleaning and preparing this bike was essential before trying to assemble it
@Rotaswagga Get some sense. These older folk are either going to end up dying and never making a buck off any of their stuff laying around collecting dust and forgotten about or they're going to have someone like these two guys come along and at least make them an offer on some of their items.
People are so concerned with Hoarding these days. Hang on to your valuables--as long as you're not making some mini-storage owner rich? These fools are horrid pickers. Oh yea, women are notorious for throwing out valuable items and keeping junk. GodBless everyone!
Yep. I've lived in Melbourne for the past 20 years, and I met him in 2005 before he killed that dude. He was an absolute kock when I met him at his shop.
Completely wasted bike, You had who is probably the greatest bike builder in the world right in front of you , and didn't have enough sense to have him restore this bike, You , are no friend of Billy Lane , I know Billy , and these early Harley's are a specialty if his hell, he races them now ( Sons Of Speed ).. leaving that bike as a rotting pile of rust isn't what I'd call ( restoring ) you're a joke .
sorry but didnt that lady have family or know someone who could get her an honest value of the bike 'OR' did she loose out on thousands just to get on TV, 'OR' is the show just fake, I think all the above
@SeriousIndividuals So what, because they know these folks are broke as, and would take anything...at least pay them maybe 100 bucks shy of what it's worth. Why do they have to make $200plus profit. Get a glue? The economy they way it is there, they are desperate. You probably would rip off your Grandparents to get ahead.
