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welcome back @injunjack
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I was never happy with any of the work I farmed out (track, not road). Did all my own engine and suspension work, and even changed and balanced my own tires, as I considered it tantamount to packing one's own chute. But I did let a strange factory in a foreign land build the bike. @injunjack:
shop built so called custom bikes suck big time. You either do build your chopper/bobber your self in your own garage / backyard or you don't brag about the result.
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Someone needs to explain to me how Real McCoys doing Buco named gear is any different to the American clothing company who licensed the name Von Dutch?
And I won't be accepting "but Real McCoys stuff is really well made, in Japan" as answer. So are many brands who aren't riding the Buco name.
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Is anyone claiming that it's not the same, @Megatron1505?
It's licensing…
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No back story.
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Then I guess my point being that the licensing of an iconic brand name, particularly when that name represent an individual, seems a little shallow and vacuous whether it is Buco or Von Dutch.
I get that the execution is markedly different in terms of quality, but still…
I like that brands are influenced by the classics, that's why they are classics, and interpreting or tweaking is one thing, but adding a label bearing the mans name just comes off a little lame to me.
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Was Buco not originally a brand though, started by Joseph Buegeleisen?
Von Dutch was an artist whose works were licensed and turned into a brand, like with Don Ed Hardy.
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Buco was an amalgamation of his name and the word corporation Bu-Co.
I understand the mechanics of why, I just don't think it's right.
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Same could be said about the Lee (Originals or Archives) that are licensed to Edwin, Warehouse and RMC?!
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So the opinion is Mega doesn't like soulless Brand Licensing dressed up as something spectacular? got it
Good boy
