Lincoln Electric Equipment and Ohio Chopper Shop Featured on Discovery Channel Biker Build-Off Show


Cleveland - With Lincoln Electric serving as its official welding partner, Mentor, Ohio-based Leroy Thompson Choppers and co-owner Scott Webster are competing on the Discovery Channel's popular Biker Build-Off program in an episode scheduled to air in early February.

Each episode of Biker Build-Off pits two custom shops from different parts of the country against each other to showcase their skills, personalities and creativity as they build a custom bike. Leroy Thompson Choppers is competing against Stinger Custom Cycles of Cedar, City, Utah. The show spent a week filming on site at the company's Mentor shop in late November 2006.

"I could not be more excited about this opportunity. First, to show what Leroy Thompson Choppers has to offer, and secondly, to see and learn how a TV show works behind the scenes. The bike we built is so different than the typical bike you see on the series, yet it's practical and rideable," said Webster, co-owner of the custom shop which, unlike other builders, also builds its own frames.

Webster, who is known for his unique and constantly evolving bikes, uses a variety of Lincoln equipment on a daily basis and for the show, including a Precision TIG 225, Power MIG 225C and Procut 55 plasma cutter. The shop also uses Lincoln SuperArc L-56 MIG welding wire and auto-darkening helmets.

Biker Build-Off can be viewed on Monday nights at 9 p.m. on the Discovery Channel. Check local listings for further details.

About Leroy Thompson Choppers
Leroy Thompson Choppers is a full-service custom shop located in Mentor, Ohio. In addition to unique bikes, the company also designs and manufactures high-quality parts and accessories for the v-twin marketplace. Leroy Thompson Choppers attends national rallies year round and hosts a Rat Rodder/Rockabilly event in Mentor each summer. Scott Webster and his team are currently using their talents on a new one-of-a-kind "metal blend" billet part line for autos and custom motorcycles. For more information, visit www.leroythompsonchoppers.com.

About Lincoln Electric
The Lincoln Electric Company, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, is the world leader in the design, development and manufacture of arc welding products, robotic arc-welding systems, plasma and oxyfuel cutting equipment and has a leading global position in the brazing and soldering alloys market. For more information, visit www.lincolnelectric.com.

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