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He goes all out and everyone is different. No wonder he has such a fan base. Did this one for my son at a BASF Auto Refinish get together last night in Houston. Super nice, cool, personable and down to earth guy but damn you could just see his mind racing. Probably helped that he wasn't limiting his autograph session to 45 minutes, but maybe some in the moto industry could learn a thing or two from people like him. And that wasn't said to start a fight either. Great marketing = more money.
I would love to have a shirt signed like that by him.
Matthew
The Shop
Next, I'll bet you tell us that you don't know what a bucket list is.
If you think factory bikes are trick, you need to take a look at this guy's work. One car can take him 3-5 years of work to make, and every part except the drive train is completely hand made. One example I remember seeing was an A-arm for the front suspension. When it was installed, you could not see any bolts anywhere in the suspension, even the bolt holding the coilover was hidden. He made a special tool to hold up against the A-arm that, when twisted in just the right way, a part of the A-arm would come off to reveal the bolt holding the coilover in place. And this is for a part of the car that few people ever see!
Though my favorite hot rods are from other builders, you have to respect his work.
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Meet the Chicayne - 1200hp in an unassuming, gangster looking car.
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And I see where Grape Ape made a funny. LOL. Even funnier though is that my wife laid her cell phone down and our cats picture was up on the face of it. Chip asks "who is that" to which my wife replied "that's our cat, Johnny O' ". Foose says,oh so you like motocross?
I would love to have that autograph!
Thanks for sharing this!
James Stewart on the other hand... does his "art" on the track.., he has a job to do...a dangerous one at that...if he hung out to sign for everyone who wanted his sig, he would be there for 2 days. Get some perspective, Foose has nothing else to do but hang out when he is at a car show...JS day starts early, track wal, riders meeting, has to do 2-3 practice sessions, get his bike set-up, get his mind focused, win the heat race, than go race 20 laps in a very dangerous sport with only one acceptable outcome in mind, victory.
The situation is completely different, no comparison except they are both super talented and nice guys.
http://js7.com/
One thing that would be mega cool is if he brought along 2 or 3 kids to an SX in his private jet from the ghetto area he is not far from. He could spend some quality time with them on the flight, than have Sorby entertain them on race day...may or may not be feasable I just pulled that one out of the air...the make a wish foundation would be cool to hook JS and some kids up as well.
The ride days on the off season seems perhaps the best becasue he can interact with a ton of peeps than...for me when I was a kid, it wasn't an autograph that was a big deal, it was some interaction with a rider. Only non racing days would allow him the amount of time to do that.
the old 2 day format for the nats was way cool, on saturday you could go to the hotel where all the box vans and riders where hanging out in the parking lot. There was no fence around the box van and you could get up close to the bikes, mechanics and riders.
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