DANNY (VOICEOVER): A few months back, we got a really
special bike in the shop.
It's a 1957 Harley-Davidson Panhead
prototype, made by famous customizers, S&S Cycles.
This baby hadn't been started in 20 years,
and getting her up and running wasn't easy.
If anybody was up to the task, it's my man, Shannon.
We completely restored and repainted this beautiful piece
of history.
And she looks better than new, if I do say so myself.
DANNY: What's up?
EARNEST: There's the man himself.
DANNY (VOICEOVER): Earnest is here today with his son-in-law,
Rex, to pick this bike up.
And he's sure been through a lot in his life,
and I'm hoping that today, we can make things
a little bit better for him.
DANNY: Rex, you brought us this bike.
Heck yeah.
Why did you bring it to us?
Because we heard you're the best there is.
That's what I like to hear.
Ernest, let me ask you, man, when did you buy this bike?
1977.
This bike has history.
And it's beautiful.
It's beautiful.
You want to see your bike? - Yeah!
He can't wait to get his bike.
Come here, come here, come here.
Just hang out right here.
Shannon!
Come on, man.
Bring out that Panhead.
[engine revving]
You hear that?
That's your bike. - No way.
Aw, man! [horn beeps]
Aw, you Did it.
Yeah.
Oh my god.
DANNY (VOICEOVER): We wanted to keep this historic prototype
as original as possible, but she desperately needed
a tune-up from head to toe.
Shannon worked his magic and got her running
again while preserving the original engine, front-end,
and seat.
He also painstakingly fabricated a brand new rear
fender to match the original.
Then Ryan topped her off with a beautiful new paint job,
using a candy apple red with gold leafing, not to mention
the stunning portrait of Ernest's beloved Betty,
so that he could always take her memory along for the ride.
EARNEST: Oh, you guys are awesome!
DANNY: Look at this. Look at this.
Come on, man. - It's so great.
You brought to us what I consider
a historically-significant motorcycle.
This is what I would call a mule bike, test bike.
This bike had a lot of first-off, prototype things
that S&S did.
Shannon made sure that the integrity
of the history of this motorcycle was kept intact.
SHANNON: The sheet metal is original, Earnest,
except for the rear fender.
I had to build you a new rear fender.
Around the light is all steel.
There's no there's no Bondo fixed up.
That came out beautiful.
And here's the thing about the seat.
There was something about that seat that said,
there's history here.
There's importance here.
So the bike is brand new, but the seat tells the story.
Yeah.
George Smith at S&S, they wanted to buy the bike back.
I said, call this guy, not me.
But they did give me a brand new S&S carburetor,
so that's what's on your bike.
So that's a brand new S&S carb.
DANNY: Ryan, this paint.
REX: That paint job is just awesome.
God.
Tell me about this, man.
Ernie, when Rex brought the bike in,
it had an old, faded, candy paint job.
It needed to be freshened up.
And I needed a little class.
And that's why I added the gold leaf pin-striping on there.
And of course, the picture of Betty.
That her? - Oh my god.
Yeah. - Is it correct?
All right.
[kiss] - Yeah.
Yeah.
Is that what you had in mind, Ernie?
DANNY: As you enjoy this bike, as you ride this bike,
as you go out and have fun on this bike.
Bettie.
She'll be with you.
This bike obviously means a lot to Ernest,
and I love being able to take something like this back
to her former glory.
I know after 20 years he can't wait to hop on this baby
and take her for a ride.
I just got to say man, thank you for bringing us this project.
Gentlemen.
Rex.
Thank you.
Thank you, my man.
Thank you guys.