In Season 15, Episode 6, Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz visit Mendocino county artist Larry Fuente, who has an item on permanent display at the Smithsonian, a property full of fascinating creations and artifacts, and a head full of stories and flair for telling them. Fuente shows them some of his animal-motorcycle hybrids, including one Harley Davidson with a carousel horse placed atop it, and another with a taxidermy hog's head mounted in front.
The real material treasure is Fuente's Cowasaki, a trike that is half cow, half machine, and — according to its creator — capable of speeds of more than 100 mph. Fuente said he appreciates that the pun that came from literally combining a cow and a Kawasaki and "it just seemed like it would be perfectly stupid. Stupid seems to be a good reason to do a lot of things that I do."
Sometimes Mike and Frank's greatest treasures aren't the things they uncover but the people they meet, and Larry is a perfect example of such a rare find. "Frank and I always say we're looking for the unusual and we're looking for the impossible," Mike says. "And when we say that, we're not just talking about the stuff. We're talking about the people, man. We're talking about the stories, the places we travel; all of that rolled into one good time today." Fuente's art is amazing, but his energy and personality were the true rare finds of Season 15.
