It's about time for reality TV to come to Pikeville, and I am glad to be the first to announce it.  My friends at McCoy Motorsports will soon be featured on "Metric Revolution: A TV Series Profiling the Metric Motorcycle Revolution."  The series is said to be "coming winter 2006," but the filming has already begun.

After intense competition, the McCoys were selected as one of the ten builders for the sport bike division.  The official announcements and the filming of the first episode were made recently at Biketoberfest in Daytona Beach, Florida.

I have written about McCoy Motorsports before, recounting their move from a storefront to an Internet company.  They now sell products worldwide, and their business is booming.  They still provide excellent customer service to locals, but by appointment only.

One thing I like about the McCoys is that they don't fit the traditional biker image.  When I watch most motorcycle shows on television, I am bombarded with a bad-boy image with tattoos and foul language.  But the McCoys offer a positive alternative of a clean-cut, family business not afraid to speak about their faith in God.

I know about their faith because I have been the unofficial business chaplain for McCoy Motorsports for some time now.  They asked me to start a prayer group with their employees.  So for two years, I have dropped every Tuesday morning and led their staff in a time of prayer, which we always end by reciting the Lord's Prayer together.

Over these two years, I have watched as they have built and rebuilt every motorcycle in the shop.  First, they buy a stock Yamaha R-1, which is a beautiful bike already, and fast.  It can do 100 mph in second gear!  Then they take the bike apart and put it back together again adding turbo-charging and nitrous oxide.  When they finish with a bike, it can do 160 mph in the quarter mile!

But they don't just make bikes fast, they make them beautiful.  They stretch the bikes adding custom rear suspension, racing front forks and high-end rims.  Then they send the panels off for custom painting, and add all kinds of special lighting effects

Sometimes they take everything off the bike so they can send the frame for custom painting.  When it comes back they have to totally rebuild the bike. I am always amazed that they can get everything back together after such radical overhauls.

My favorite bike is Shane McCoy's "Spider Man Bike," but it was Jerry McCoy's bike that won the top spot at the Carlisle, Pennsylvania Sportbiker Build Off last July.  Their bikes have also been featured in magazines like Cycle World, Two Wheel Tuner, Super Streetbike, Cycle Dreams, Urban Rider, and Speed Style Sound.

I have often thought that they were as good as the custom bike builders on television like the Orange County Choppers and Jessie James.  And now, the television producers of Metric Revolution agree! 

There will be ten builders competing in the sport bike division.  Each company will receive a stock bike, and have until March to enhance performance and rebuild the bike.  Every week the television show will feature clips from each of the builders to show their progress.  The audience will even get to vote on the best bikes like they do on American Idol.  But in the end, the bikes will go head to head not only in appearance, but also in speed and performance competitions.

The McCoys expect to receive their project bike in a couple of weeks, and they will start the build-off.  The final episode announcing the winners will occur during Daytona's Bike Week in March. 

For more information, go to Metric Revolution's website at www.metrictv.com.  or the McCoy Motorsports' web site at www.tobefast.com.