So what have we got here, man?
ADAM: I've got a 1973 Husqvarna 402-stroke old dirt bike.
Man, this thing looks beat up.
I see you put your custom racing stripe on there.
[engine revs]
ADAM: I'm coming out to the pawn shop
today to try to sell my 1973 Husqvarna dirt bike.
I got it passed on from a friend thinking I would fix it up,
but never happened.
So it's been years.
So I'm just ready to get rid of it.
COREY: This bike was the bike to have back in 1973.
Husqvarna was known for, I mean, completely
over-engineering their bikes.
Compared to Hondas, and the Yamahas, and Suzukis,
they were heads and tails better than them.
Problem was is they costed about a third more,
so no one could afford them, really.
Husqvarna is a Swedish company that's
known for making chainsaws and lawn mowers,
but they also make some really badass dirt bikes.
And back in the '70s, this one was top of the line.
CHUMLEE: Technologies came quite a ways
since this bike was built.
Yeah.
I mean, the whole exhaust pipe right next to your thigh,
that could be a problem.
Now, they got shocks that give you almost 3 feet of travel
in the back of these bikes.
I mean, this thing might have 6 inches at best, which means
you're going off a jump, and you're going to feel
every bit of it in your back.
I'll tell you what, though, man, that 400cc two-stroke in there,
probably just as fast as any Harley out there today.
ADAM: Really?
Yeah.
A two-stroke engine has pistons that fire
twice as often as the engine in your car.
They deliver a lot of power for their size,
but the problem is you have to mix oil with the gas,
which creates a lot of smoke.
So what are you looking to do with it, man?
ADAM: I'm just looking to get rid of it.
I mean, if you guys would give me $400 for it
just to get it off my hands.
$400 is going to be a little steep, buddy.
I mean, it's--
I'm more in the $100 price range.
ADAM: Really?
Yeah.
Will you go $250?
I've got an idea for this bike that's going
to cost me a couple grand.
So what are you willing to do?
I'll go to $125.
Hmm.
I guess it's better than sitting in my garage.
- All right, man. - I'll do it.
COREY: Let's go write it up, dude.
ADAM: All right.
I ended up settling on $125.
It's good enough just to get it out of my garage.
So I'll take $125 and get rid of it.
COREY: What's up, Danny?
DANNY: I own Count's Kustoms here
in Las Vegas, where we build really cool
hot rods and insane choppers.
Shannon, check this out, brother.
SHANNON: Oh, boy.
What do we have here?
COREY: I got a 1973 Husqvarna 400cc two-stroke Enduro.
Yeah, we're hoping you can work your magic on it.
Maybe some black magic.
[laughter]
DANNY: I remember bikes like this.
This is the kind of stuff we used to ride when I was a kid.
So it's a really cool vintage for a bike.
Husqvarna, there was nothing like it.
Back then, it was the king of the hill.
These old dirt bikes are way cool.
Being a Husqvarna back in the early '70s,
that was really one of the best dirt bikes you could ever get.
You know, to do a full restoration on this,
I don't know what that's going to take.
It wouldn't make any sense to do a restoration on it.
DANNY: Right.
COREY: Dirt bikes today and dirt bikes in 1973
are two completely different worlds.
Absolutely.
But since it's an Enduro, which means it was street
legal, or it is street legal--
Yeah.
COREY: I got to thinking, we could take that, you know,
400cc two-stroke husky motor and put it in a bobber frame,
Springer front end, and turn this into a really cool rat
rod bobber kind of thing.
You know, I don't want to spend a ton of money into it,
but it's definitely got to be cool, man.
DANNY: A lot of style.
That'll be fun.
COREY: It'd be cheaper to have Danny
do a complete restoration of this bike,
but it'd be a real limited market.
I think turning it into a bobber, which
is pretty much just a custom street bike,
would make a lot more money.
You got any idea what this is going to cost me?
DANNY: You know, Hoss, I got to say,
we're wandering into some uncharted territory here, man.
So to be honest with you, there's no way to know
what this going to cost, man.
I don't know.
COREY: All right, man.
Well, let's hope I make some money on it, right?
We'll do our best. You know it.
You know it.
COREY (VOICEOVER): I don't like giving somebody a blank check
to start a project with.
Danny's never really done me wrong.
But with a big custom job like this, there's always risks.
So I just hope it doesn't come back to bite me in the ass.
DANNY: You guys ready for this, man?
COREY: You know, I don't even know what to expect, man.
DANNY: It's going to be interesting.
You're going to love it. Shannon's been out testing her.
We should see him any second now.
Check it out.
[engine revving]
COREY: Wow.
[laughter]
DANNY (VOICEOVER): The bike needed help in every aspect.
But we had some crazy ideas, and the bike is bad.
COREY: It's definitely the coolest Husqvarna
I've ever seen.
DANNY: Absolutely.
Corey's reaction brought a smile to my face.
He's like a kid in a candy store when he saw this thing.
Dude, we did a ton of stuff to this bike.
I mean, we had to take the down tubes to the front
and stretch them up real high to get
the neck higher up on the bike, like a street bike.
All the suspension was cut completely off.
Did a whole hardtail rigid setup on it,
like an old-school chopper on it,
and basically did whatever we could to make this thing
rideable on the street.
It's really been cut up a lot for you.
COREY: OK.
So do you have any idea of what I'm into it, man?
DANNY: Well, we're 80 actual man-hours in it,
plus the parts that had to be done.
We're about $8,500 bucks in this bike right now.
COREY: $8,500?
Yeah, but it's certainly a one-of-a-kind piece.
Nobody's got it.
COREY: You know, I don't like buying
one-of-a-kind things because I can't figure
out what to sell them for.
But, I mean, this is-- it's going to be interesting, man.
There's no way to really put a value on this bike
if you're going to resell it because they don't exist.
It's not like you can look through history and say,
oh, OK, a '74 Husqvarna turned into a street bike is worth--
there's no such thing. COREY: Exactly.
So it's worth whatever somebody
is going to pay for it, but I bet you
can get your money out of it.
COREY: I'm going to mark it $20 grand on the showroom floor
and--
DANNY: And see what it will bring.
Yeah.
Make an offer of what it's worth.
That's kind of the way I'm going to have to price it.
It's-- DANNY: Yeah.
COREY: It's [bleep] beautiful, man.
It really is. You guys outdid yourselves.
Hey.
DANNY: Appreciate it, brother.
COREY: I mean, it's--
I'm speechless, man.
Chumlee, keep an eye on him, man.
I don't want him to get hurt.
Don't forget your helmet, Big Hoss.
I'll get in there and get it in a second.
DANNY (VOICEOVER): This bike speaks to a specific audience.
For the guy that wants something that is 100% unique,
that's crazy, this bike is really
going to be a gem for somebody because it's
just cool from inch to inch.
All right, Chum, I'm going up and down the strip a few times.
I'll take your truck home.
[music playing]
[engine revving]
COREY: The bike drives awesome, but I
got to call Chum, see if I can catch him before he gets back
to the shop, because I didn't even check to see
if this thing had gas in it.
Thank God.
CHUMLEE: After all the things Corey's done to me,
it's payback time.
What up, Big Hoss?
Bike ran out of gas, dude.
Help me load it onto the back of the truck.
Yeah, I'm on lunch break, so I got to get out of here.
[bleep]
[chumlee chuckles]
[sighs]