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Alan_Hepburn
Aug 20, 2014Explorer
The reality of reality shows - There is/was a how called "Container Wars". The premise of the show was that people could bid on shipping containers, hoping to cash in on treasures that may or may not be enclosed in said containers.They had one show in particular where the winning bidder started unloading his container and way in the back he found a Ural sidecar motorcycle. So, they had an "Expert" come in and assess the motorcycle to try and set a price - that way the winning bidder can know if he made any money or not.
The funny thing is: out here in the SF Bay Area we have a large community of Ural owners, and the bike in question was actually owned by one of our members, and it was that owner who was supposedly the "expert" who knew everything about the bike. The production company had come to him to rent his bike for the show, and offer him the opportunity to be in front of the camera as an expert! We all had a great laugh about it when it aired!
The funny thing is: out here in the SF Bay Area we have a large community of Ural owners, and the bike in question was actually owned by one of our members, and it was that owner who was supposedly the "expert" who knew everything about the bike. The production company had come to him to rent his bike for the show, and offer him the opportunity to be in front of the camera as an expert! We all had a great laugh about it when it aired!
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