Iconic Rides | Doc Wob
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Hi and welcome to iconic rides. Every
now and then we get invited to something
special and today we are here at
something very special. We are here at
Doc Wob in the beautiful English
countryside to talk dirt bikes. Doc Wob
is owned by Rob Walters who have built
many iconic dirt bikes over the years
which have gone on to win many global
events.
Rob, thank you so much for having us
here today. So, tell me, who is Rob
Walters and where are we now?
>> Uh, we're just at home in my office.
This is where we do the podcasts. Um,
I'm just a bike mechanic
>> from Worcester. Nothing.
>> I think just a bike mechanic is a little
underplayed right there. Um, but first
I'll go into Doc Wob. Where did that
name come from?
>> Uh, it's a bit of a long and drawn out
thing. I used to do an article with Dirt
Bike Rider magazine, the big magazine in
the motocross industry. And they were
doing they wanted to do a how-to. How do
you change tires? How do you put
stickers on? How do you bleed the
brakes? And they wanted an angle on
that. So, they put me in a white coat
and a stethoscope. and my neighbors
always wobbly so they just got shortened
to do wobb. And then when I started the
business that's what everybody knew me
as.
>> That is great.
>> So it seemed silly not to use it.
>> What a great
>> but also added to that I went I was in
the states a lot working and I needed a
work visa.
>> So they had to put me on the magazine as
employee staff so I could apply for the
work visa spend the time in the states
because I was in the states 15 years on
and off.
>> Nice. Okay. So now I'm always going to
visualize you with the the white coat.
>> That's the white coat and that's where a
lot of people know me from.
Where did your passion for dirt bikes
actually come from and who was your hero
growing up?
>> I've got no idea where my passion come
from. I was just a kid. My my parents
are both school teachers, not into it in
the least.
>> Um, friend of mine had a little bike and
I got on that and that was me done
>> really for life.
>> What age was that would you say?
>> Seven or eight probably. And I didn't
get my own bike till I was 15.
>> Just wanted one more than life itself
and you end up getting one and now we've
got a few. So it's okay.
>> Just a few.
And then Mahero, it's got to be Dave
Thorp
>> from our generation. You got a guy
called Dave Thorp. He was like
three-time world champion,
>> but at the top of his game for many
years.
>> Nice.
>> And like when the first Grand Prix, the
world championship I went to was him in
like 85 at Farley Castle, which is where
we have one of our events now. And to
see him come from last to first, he
crashed in the first turn. And the whole
place was just like a a sea of people.
It was unbelievable. And I stood behind
his dad who was his mechanic. It was
Keith right there, the pictures. And I'm
like, that's what I want to do because I
knew I wasn't fast enough to be a rider,
>> right?
>> But I'm like, I did used to race, but I
wasn't good enough. I ran out of money,
ran out of talent pretty quick,
>> right?
>> I figured I could be a mechanic. Yeah.
So, I stood there behind Keith and I
tell Keith to this day, you were the
reason I do this now.
>> Wow.
>> It's okay. Well, honestly, that's such a
lovely story though. It's great to see
someone come from bottom to top and
really follow.
>> Yeah. I mean, I have no no A lot of
times people their family get him into
it. I just didn't know anybody. Didn't
know anything. Who are the type of
customers that come here to Doc Wob for
a rebuild for an iconic dirt bike?
>> We don't do so much of that. We do a
few. I mean, they're quite wealthy guys
usually cuz they're not cheap. We We
don't do cheap. Um most of the bikes we
build we own. So, we buy them, we build
them, we then race them and sell them.
That's tends to be the most. Um we did
have a business where we sold bought and
sold used dirt bikes, but that market's
really hard work now. So, we've moved
our business interests into the titanium
and the fasteners and the stuff we make
now.
>> Yeah.
>> Um, but as far as the customers, yeah, I
mean, they're, like I say, they're
fairly wealthy individuals. Usually,
they've got good tastes. They know what
they like. And because I've been around
from the 80s, I know what these bikes
are supposed to look like, how they're
supposed to work. There's a lot of guys
you see doing restoration work and
you're like, "Oh, yes. Lovely, lovely
workmanship, but it looks wrong because
you haven't done this the right color or
you haven't done that the right thing."
Whereas, if you want it to look like
it's supposed to look, well, that we can
do.
>> Well, you pay for quality really, don't
you?
>> Yeah. I mean, I don't know. There's
plenty of people who could do what I do.
There's not many people who can be
bothered.
>> Mhm.
>> So, it's painstaking. And, you know, if
you had to count all the hours we spend,
I'm sure we don't make any money.
>> Wow. That's crazy. Well, I know that
you've got a small team behind you, but
very highly skilled. Tell me a little
bit about them and what their roles are
here.
>> Well, Tonyy's my workshop manager and
he's my right-hand man really. I mean,
I'm quite often darting around. I'm on
the phone, but Tone's just in the
workshop, head down doing his thing. Um,
then we got Harvey who's the sales
manager. Harvey looks after the sales
side. Any orders come in, he deals with
my wife who's also the admin, and she's
the admin for the events as well. So,
she oversees all the paperwork side. So
between her and half, they saw the
orders out, payment links. Then we've
got Darren who works in the warehouse
packing and helping listing parts,
taking pictures, listing parts. And
we've got Martin who's our engineer.
Martin works three days a week. And uh
he was former Ministry of Defense
engineer, and he um
>> he's a whiz. He makes like one-off stuff
for us, sample stuff. We um we do all 3D
printing. So when we make something, we
have to 3D print it to make sure that
when it goes to a CNC machine and we
make a 100 of them, it fits. It works.
>> Now I understand that you use some very
exotic materials when building. Can you
tell me anything about that?
>> Mostly titanium. Um like that's the bolt
business. I started the bolt business
because when I was restoring bikes, if
if I can't find it, that would sound
big, you can't get it,
>> right?
>> And we were all mechanics have got a
little stash of titanium bolts cuz a set
of bolts for a bike were traditionally
£45,000 just for the bolts.
>> Wow.
And so I started looking into it and
with modern manufacturing techniques
that price has come right down and you
can buy the material in big enough bulk,
cheap enough. Um, so I went to a Formula
1 friend of mine who's manufacturing
wheel nuts and all that stuff. Sat with
him and we talked about
material specs and how to make the
stuff. So um, Martin helps us with all
that side of things.
>> Brilliant. Okay, lovely. Um, do you have
a favorite bike that's been through doc
wobb and why?
>> I think the white Chesterfields for some
reason. All the bikes we've built. Um,
we did a black Chesterfield Yamaha one
year and we did a white one and the
black bike was more iconic, but when we
built it, it looked looked lovely, but
the white one really popped. I don't
know why,
>> but that white Chesterfield bike and we
had an American rider Mike Brown and he
really went fast on it.
>> Nice.
>> So, not only did it the bike looked
good, he made us look good.
>> Brilliant. That's really good to hear.
Another part of your business is
promotional events. Tell me a little bit
about these and how they came about.
>> Well, we always used to build bikes for
a vets event called VMXDN Farley from
0809. We'd build bikes. We'd show up
there because the American riders would
come in. They'd come in cuz they knew me
and they knew that we' provide a bike
that was okay. Otherwise, they don't
know what they're walking into.
>> So, once you said, "Look, well, we'll
build a bikes, they'll be this, they'll
be that." And then you get a word, you
get a name for it. So, that was always
good. Um then in like 2021,
Dave King, who's my friend who was one
of the promoters for the races, he had a
falling out with the other promoter and
they were going to let him go and he
said to me, "Or if I weren't here, would
you do it?" I'm like, "No, I'm done. If
you're done, I'm done." And then we got
talking and I said, "We should do an
event ourselves. I think we can do
better than this." So that's basically
the seed started.
>> We then approached certain tracks. We
ended up with Fox, which is an iconic
British Grand Prix track from the '90s.
And because the Evo scene was always up
to an 89, then they moved it. It was
really hard to build these bikes. It was
all right when 10 years ago, but now
there's no parts. So to keep the bikes
affordable and in everybody's memory, we
moved the the parameters to like 08,
>> right?
>> And that when the two strokes kind of
were the best. And so that's what we
moved it to. And it just it's blown up.
It's absolutely. You couldn't have
wished for how busy it is. It's now the
biggest event in the country. The
biggest pets event in the world and
>> you must be very very proud.
>> We get three or 400,000 live stream
views. We were sponsored by Factory
Yamaha Corporate Factory Fox. All the
big brands.
>> No, that's
>> and we've got the range now on as a high
street. They're high street sponsors for
us. So the range Wilco home base.
>> Wow.
>> They're title sponsors for both events.
I mean this is high street stuff.
>> Um amazing. That's mainly because Chris
who owns it is an enthusiast. Let's not
kill.
>> You must be so so proud of yourself.
Like what?
>> It's weird how it's blown up. Yeah.
>> Such an incredible journey. Before we
go, I'd love to take a little look at
some of your bikes. What sort of bikes
do you have ready and available for us
to have a little look at?
>> We've got the Yamahas we've built for
this year's VMXDN Fox and Farley Castle
Vets. Um so we've got um a New Zealand
guy called Ben Townley on one. We've got
uh Allesia Chiod, three-time world
champion Italian guy. We've got Ryan
Cypes, Phil Nicolleti, and then for
Foxhill Farley. We've got Sam
Sunderland, who's two-time DAR winner,
and Guy Martin, who's TB guy.
>> So, they're going to be racing those.
So, they're here. Uh we've got a few
other bikes dotted around the place, but
at the moment, we're three weeks away
from the event. So, we're head down just
making sure these bikes are 110%.
>> Of course. What do you need to do within
the next three weeks then to make sure
that these bikes are just and spam
and ready? Well, we've built them, so we
need to put them through heat cycles,
basically where you warm them up, cool
them down three times just to bed
everything in.
>> Okay.
>> Um, these are 22-y old bikes, so nine
times out of 10, you put fuel in them.
Even though we've completely rebuilt
them, something's going to leak,
something's not right, something's going
to rattle. So, we have to go through
each bike individually. Um, each bike is
different. They look the same, but each
rider's got different weights, spring
preferences, handlebars, grips. We have
to personalize them to the rider before
they've even seen them.
>> That's so we have to get them somewhere
near
>> Unreal. So there's all that kind of last
minute prep.
>> What type of person are you when you are
watching your bikes race? Are you a
nailbiter? Are you a shoutter?
>> Bag of nerves. I'm just
>> The trouble is with putting bikes on
track, it's all well and good making a
bike look pretty and people taking
pictures.
>> You put a bike on track in the hands of
these guys best in the world, they're
going to break it. It's what they do.
They broken.
>> You kind of expect for the rope to
break.
>> They weren't they weren't reliable 25
years ago. They're certainly not now.
You know, it's 25 year old material,
most of it. And these guys are riding
them like a modern bike. And the riding
style's changed now to be much more
aggressive cuz the bikes can take it.
But they're taking that aggressive
riding style and riding these old 2000
2002 bikes and stuff's going wrong. We,
you know, we've got a pretty good record
of bikes not breaking, but there is five
on track. So, you're just making sure
they're all going all right, making sure
everything sounds good.
>> Yeah.
>> And just trying to also trying to watch
for lines. If there somebody else has
got a good line, I'll tell them. Um
because I don't go to the start so I can
watch the whole the whole race, but the
mechanics take the bikes down with the
pit boards and all that stuff and I just
stand there like on me own.
>> Oh bl shaking.
>> I just want it I want it to be over. I
just want it to be over.
>> Yeah.
>> Well, it sounds like such an amazing
day. Hopefully we can join you.
>> Yeah. Come down and have a look. It's a
really good day. It's a little bit
hectic.
>> Okay. So, before we go and take a look
at some of the bikes you have here, can
you tell me your top three bike garage
if you could have any three iconic bikes
from the past?
Can I have just three? Um,
Yamaha YM500. There's a bike Yamaha made
in 87 and 88 when I was doing the world
championships and I was working with KTM
and Yamaha never made a production 500.
They never made a watercooled and it was
just aluminium frame 18 years before
they came out in production with
aluminium frame. They only made it for 2
years. It is the coolest thing you'll
ever see and it still looks cool now.
So, you know, it was it's ungodly that
thing. Um, Dave Thorps factory Honda. I
was lucky enough to get the job of
rebuilding that and to be able to see
inside all the engineering was off the
scale.
>> I can imagine.
>> And then, uh, a Renaldi 250 Yamaha, the
Chesterfield bikes, they were iconic.
>> Yeah.
>> And that's what we try to replicate. um
or any ProCircuit built bike cuz the
ProCircuit guys do such a brilliant job
and they support us and I help Mitch out
who owns ProCircuit. It's a big company
makes exhaust pipes aftermarket stuff.
Their race bikes are
off the scale.
>> Phenomenal. Well, thank you very much
for that. So, shall we go and take a
look at some bikes?
>> I can show you what we got here. Yeah,
no problem.
>> Let's go.
>> So, Rob, tell us a little bit about
where we are right now. So this is what
we call the orange workshop. This is our
restoration shop. This is where stuff's
in bits for quite a long time, for
months,
>> because we can't start something and
then need the bench space, put it all
away, get it all out again. So it just
has to be like this is for four months.
All we've done is built these. So
they're all Yamahas in here right now,
and it's just
trying to keep each one built to each
ride specific specs, but also keeping
them all the same so they look the same,
>> of course. So they have to look the
same. Tell me a little bit about the
color scheme with all of them looking
the same.
>> Well, the color scheme for this year is
the Yamaha 70th anniversary. Um, we had
an embargo till the first week of July
because they were going to announce the
color scheme for the Moto GP road race
teams, the Grand Prix teams, and the
American teams all the same weekend. So,
we couldn't do anything till the day
after.
>> And then they had the color way. We had
to approve it all once they saw the
design. Um, but it has to go to
corporate Yamaha. They all have to sign
it off. It's quite unusual for us to
have to go through those.
>> Are they really picky? They can be, but
they want it right and that's fine, you
know. And what's really cool is Yamaha
are going to take the pictures we've got
and they put it on yamaha.com.
>> Nice.
>> Which is the first time a restoration
firm has featured on a manufacturer's
website cuz they only feature their own
bikes. They don't feature any third
party. So that's the first.
>> So you said each bike obviously looks
the same. Tell me about the little
different features that each bike
actually has inside of it.
>> Well, what we do, we speak to the rider
and we get their their weight with all
their helmet and the boots and the gear
on. So then the rear springs have to be
measured. We got a measuring tool there
and we have to measure the springs to
make sure they're the right weight for
the riders. American guys just want the
stiffest fork springs you can put in
there because the way their their style
is. European guys,
>> you have to do the fork springs to their
weight. And then they want their own
handlebar bend, their own grip
preference. Some guys will want
different ribs on the seat. Some want
two ribs, three ribs. They are quite
specific. Things like the lever heights
and all that stuff we can adjust when
they get here. And of course tires will
decide on the day,
>> right?
>> And also gearing because we've got so
many options for different gearing. If
it's wet and boggy, we'll have to have
different gearing than if it's dry and
hard.
>> Right. So, how much practice do they
actually get on this specific bike
before a race?
>> Most guys will only see it on like
they'll show up on the Wednesday, we'll
go and ride it for an hour or two. So,
we have to get it really close.
>> Wow. Um, and then there's another thing
with these older two-strokes is the
carburetor settings called jetting,
>> which is they can be really sensitive
and we have we have to use really
expensive fuel and that's also quite
sensitive to the jetting. But when you
get it right, it works good. But we've
got settings from last year, the year
before. So we've got a good base
setting.
>> Yeah.
>> And that's affected by altitude, air
density, the heat index. So we have to
make constant changes. But the good
thing is they're all the same.
>> Yeah. So, but the motors on these were
built by we we assemble them, but the
the actual tuning works done by a guy
called Mitch Payton, a ProCircuit in
America.
>> Okay.
>> And he sends the we send the cylinders
to him. He modifies those for the right
fuel. So, we've got 106 octane leaded
fuel, which is you couldn't use it on
the road. It's illegal for that. But for
race, close circuit race, it's okay.
>> Yeah.
>> And then they make the exhaust pipes.
So, three of these exhaust pipes we
could never sell.
>> Wow.
>> They're special. And he said, "You can't
sell them. If you smash them, great.
They just can't end up in the public
domain.
>> Right.
>> So, he doesn't want them back, but we
can't sell them.
>> Yeah. They're yours forever now,
basically.
>> Well, we'll just have to put them in the
skip when we're done with them. So, he's
worried that they're going to get out
and people are going to see what he's
doing. So, that's the big thing.
Everything's quite secretive with the
racing.
>> I can imagine. It's competitive, isn't
it? Is there a certain build that you
like specifically like yourself?
>> These all the same to me.
>> It's all the same.
>> I like Suzukis. I was a factory Suzuki
mechanic. I mean, I was a Honda and
Kawasaki guy, but Suzukis, they just
like the way they're assembled. I like
the way they put together. So, you know,
I'm yellow. I like an RM. I just do. And
it's just
>> I've got a passion for the company cuz I
work there and they're really nice and
really cool and I really appreciate the
way that they go about stuff.
>> They're just a different company to the
other Japanese guys I work with.
>> Yeah. Lovely. And you said that you have
another garage as well here. So, tell me
a little bit about the process of what
you do in that garage before it actually
the other workshop. There's the
engineering shop. There's the fab shop
which is the welding and cutting and all
the dirty grinding and stuff. So that's
I can take you over there in a minute.
That's the blue workshop we call that.
>> And that was done that's R&D. So if
we're manufacturing parts and we're
making a frame guard, we get a bike in,
we're measuring it, it goes into the
weld shop, goes into Martin who's got
his machine working there. So there's
three of us rather than sending it away
to an engineer in place and waiting for
it to come back. We just stand there for
10 minutes. He'll change it.
>> He'll try it and then stuff turns around
in hours rather than weeks.
>> Nice. So that's where we take stuff
apart
and then everything goes off to be
coated or plated. It all comes apart,
goes to different places around. Then we
fab the frames, then they get powder
coated. So just that's where all that
prep work gets done. Then they come in
here for assembly.
>> Fantastic. Well, I'll be interested to
have a little look in the other workshop
if you don't. I'm not sure what's in
there.
>> Thank you so much.
>> So tell me where we are now in this
workshop.
>> And this is now the blue workshop. This
is where stuff comes to be stripped.
Everything goes to where it's got to go
to the fab shop, the machine shop, and a
way to be powder coated, anodized,
whatever we do. Uh, I've been building
that little Suzuki in here because the
orange workshop's full of Yamahas. So,
>> is this just something like as a hobby
based or is it
>> That was a really special bike. That's a
really, really special 2000 um Travis
Pastana I5. He won the championship when
he was 16 riding that.
>> Wow.
>> So, that's like a bit of a passion
project of mine.
>> Oh, that's lovely. Got great history.
And then we've got a gent in here doing
some loud work as well.
>> Martin Martin the machinist is in here
doing some machining as he as he does.
>> Hi.
>> So tell me a little bit about what is
going on here.
>> We do like oneoffs R&D stuff. We don't
do massive production run stuff in here.
A lot of it's repair work on older
stuff. Yeah.
>> A lot of it is manufacturing
>> newer parts to fit older bikes. So
there's a lot of that involved. Um we
never seem to have a front wheel fits
without some kind of machining. But
Mart's really good. M understands. Not
many engineers understand motorbikes. So
we have to have somebody who understands
how a motorbike goes together.
>> This will give it a nice shine.
>> So that's just really smoothing it over
and giving it a bit of gloss.
>> Rob, tell us about this final little
workshop that we have here.
>> This is what we call the titanium room.
Again, it's blue, but it's the toy room.
This is where all the nuts and bolts
that we make. Mark the engineer sits
there and does all the drawings. So we
manufacture oversized brake kits,
overflow tanks, everything gets made in
plastic 3D print before we go ahead and
make the actual
>> Right. Okay. So, what do we do with the
plastic bit before making the actual
>> We bolt it onto a bike to make sure it
fits.
>> Brilliant.
>> You wouldn't want to use it and then
once we know it fits, we can go ahead
and get these made cuz you have to get
these made by the hundred and it gets a
bit spendy if it's wrong,
>> I can imagine. So, what are these little
parts that we're looking at at the
moment?
>> These are mainly brake carriers that
we're working on at the moment. We make
oversized brakes, so the brake works
better.
>> Yeah.
>> But when you think an oversized brake,
the brake needs to be further away from
the middle because the discs bigger. So,
we make the big discs and we make these
that will work with them.
>> Okay. Okay. And then we've got your
little um nut and bolt kind of.
>> Yeah. No, that's that's that's a bolt
kit that Harvey's picking right now. Um
we manufacture titanium bolts. We
started doing it just for the older
bikes that we built.
>> Then we got into the newer stuff and um
we now supply factory Honda, factory
Yamaha, factory Suzuki, factory KTM,
factory Husqana gas.
>> Amazing huge brand.
>> They all they all buy it off us. We're
technical partners, so we're not
sponsor.
>> Amazing. We don't get a sticker on the
bike, but we get a sticker on the van
and we get the right to use them in any
advertising we want.
>> Brilliant.
>> But that comes with its own. They're
quite hard work as you'd imagine. They,
you know, if they're buying it from
that, you've got to be able to source
the material back to foundry,
>> right?
>> Um, if we have a failure, it goes for
X-ray and it goes into the lab to find
out why it's failed.
>> Okay. And it's kind of pressure on you
in that
>> if I'm watching the TV and a bike
breaks, I'm like, what's broken on that?
So we have a little we have a few issue
not issues but
>> if you know we work with the teams
they're really good and what what is
good for us then whatever we end up with
the team we can supply the customers
it's not especially for them
>> okay
>> so what we make we sell to the customers
so it's the same stuff as factory Honda
and all these other guys are using every
one of these cupboards
there's probably £200,000 in each one of
these cupboards
>> £200,000 of nuts and bolts
>> in each one and that is crazy
>> so now now we're at the stage where
we're pretty much stocked up we get
really busy time in like September,
October for the race teams.
>> Yeah.
>> They order all their stuff in one hit.
They don't want it dribbs and drabs.
>> Wow.
>> They want their years worth of stuff in
one hit.
>> Then throughout the year, if they change
a break or they change a radio and they
need different bolts, they come on and
we send them just them bits.
>> Wow. That is insane.
>> But it is quite insane. When you go to
the World Championships and
>> and are those competitive prices in
regards to any of the other competitors
selling them?
>> Until we came along, a bulk it was like
£4,000.
>> That's £4,000 usually.
>> That's £1,000 we done.
>> Okay. So you're very very well you very
competitive price.
>> We obviously do cost price to the teams
but they do buy it. We don't we don't we
don't sponsor anybody.
>> Brilliant.
>> We can't afford to. It's too expensive.
>> Amazing. What makes these different to
any others then?
>> Titanium is basically half the weight of
a steel bolt. Stronger.
>> Yeah. It is very light.
>> It's light. I don't know where that come
from.
>> In there probably. Um and it doesn't
rust. Doesn't corrode. Um a lot of the
teams are using it like they'll get new
bikes every three races. Yeah. These
bolts are doing two years. So they're
taking them out of the box and reusing
them over and over again and nothing
else gets used.
>> Just the box.
>> Just our stuff. You just like can you
change it out?
>> So um I say basically if you assemble a
complete whatever the weight of that
when it goes out the door.
>> Yeah.
>> The standard bolts will weigh twice as
much.
>> Wow. Okay.
>> And you know weight equals horsepower.
>> Of course. Absolutely.
>> And you know there's less flex with
titanium bolts which is good in some in
some aspects and some aspects it's not.
So, some guys prefer steel bolts in
certain parts of the bike,
>> right?
>> They're all different. Trust me. All
these guys,
>> everyone just has their own preferences
by the sound of it. And this
>> they're all on the spectrum. Anyway,
>> aren't we all?
>> So, what's going on here?
>> The photo shoots this internet site
called Moto Hunters. Uh they're trying
to recreate the ' 90s days where it was
all girls and bikes. And so, they're
recreating that. They're doing a
calendar, I believe. And then with the
box, the team box, I rebuilt that. That
is a funky box van.
>> Yeah, it was I used to drive one of
those in the states where the factory
teams all used to have like we have five
or six all the same.
>> Yeah.
>> So, I redid it and so the van's a star
in its own right. It's quite weird. But
we use it for events and we use it to go
testing and racing.
>> Brilliant.
>> But these guys are just taking some
pictures. A bit of promo for the events.
>> Yeah.
>> But I think it's mainly for them to um
use on their Instagram pages.
>> Nice. Okay. So, they used to be
obviously the Broly Girls back in the
day and people like that. Whatever
happened to them? What? It's
>> all gone a bit politically correct,
didn't it? So, I think these guys are
trying to take it back to when it was
like a little bit a little bit rockstar,
a little bit punk.
>> I think that's what they're trying to
get to. So,
>> Richie asked me, I said, "I've got a few
bikes. Come take some pictures. I don't
care."
>> Nice.
>> You know, the only thing we can't do is
we can't do Yamahas. It's a bit more
corporate. We can't
>> We got to be mindful what we do there.
>> Absolutely.
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The video features Rob Walters, owner of Doc Wob, a specialist in iconic dirt bikes. Rob shares the story behind his company's name and his lifelong passion for dirt bikes, inspired by his hero, Dave Thorp. Doc Wob's business has evolved from restorations to include manufacturing titanium fasteners and organizing major promotional events, which have grown to be the largest vets events globally. Rob introduces his highly skilled team and details the meticulous process of preparing bikes for races, including customization for each rider and the use of exotic materials like titanium for performance. The tour of his workshops highlights the distinct stages of restoration, engineering, and manufacturing, showcasing their innovative 3D printing and custom machining capabilities. Rob also expresses his nervous anticipation during races and reveals his top three iconic bikes. The video concludes with a glimpse into a '90s-inspired photoshoot, reflecting the diverse aspects of Doc Wob's brand.
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