October 24th, 2007 1 Comment

Bring EXILE CYCLES back to TV

Russell Mitchell, tattooed-bad-boy bike builder of Exile Cycles (and formerly of “Build or Bust” on Speed TV) wants us to help him get back on television.

From the Exile website:

“As many of you may know I love doing the bike shows and it seems I’m at a different one in a different State every weekend. I get so many people asking me when I’m shooting the next Build or Bust series and sadly I don’t know whether we will because we don’t actually have control over that. That set me thinking recently as we have so many good ideas for our own TV show. So here’s where you guys can help me out. I’m pitching some great new ideas to the networks right now and would really appreciate the Exile fans out there helping me out. Your comments about how you wanna see the Exile crew back on TV causing trouble would show the massive support we receive from you all. So why don’t you write a quick e mail to say just that and send it to media@exilecycles.com and with any luck you’ll see me and the crew back on TV, hopefully with our own show.
Cheers.
Russ”

It definitely seems that motorcycle programming has been phased out to almost extinction and the new trend is tattoo shows like LA Ink, Miami Ink and Tattoo Wars. With Jesse James without a show and Billy Lane trying to dig out of heaps of legal problems, Russell does seem like the next in the natural selection.


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left to right: Russell Mitchell (the man himself), Mad Max (one of his creations) and one of the times I met Russell at the 2005 Myrtle Beach spring rally.

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  1. kickstand says:

    Why would I want him back on TV? I tried to talk with him at the 2008 Grand National Roadster Show… I had a better looking trike than his… right across from him… it even took 1st in Class!… He chumped me off and treated me like I wasn’t even there. All I can say is: “Hey Russell, go paint your nails! You’d probably have more luck with extreme makeover… Lord knows you need one!”

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