How much did Vinnie Dimartino get paid from American Choppers?

I am a reality TV Producer and my guess is that Vinnie probably made about $2000 per episode in the beginning (plus his pay as a mechanic). Senior, Junior and Mikie probably got about $10,000 each in the beginning as well. Then, when the show became a huge brand, the teutels made north of $100 million dollars in total, no doubt. They get paid to make $150,000 bikes and the production costs are covered by the sponsor of the week. They sponsor every product that gets requested and they do appearances all the time. Also, the merchandise they are making is astonishing. The show is also distributed in over 30 countries. My guess is that Vinnie became bitter, like anyone would when they all started buying new cars, houses and flying in private jets while he stayed in the shop and did all of the work. It is amazing that they let him go and didn't give him a large taste of that money. If I were him, I would sue for a piece of the profits because one could argue that the success of the show was partly because of his contribution, but he probably signed away any rights early on. So, in the end, I don't blame him. It would have driven me crazy to see Mikey come in Late, Junior not show up and Senior yell at him for no reason. He probably had bike shops all over the country courting him to pay him fairly. He is a really stand up guy and the proof of that is that he hasn't trashed them for the way he was treated. The only thing I can think of is that there is an ongoing lawsuit that is keeping him silent. You know he has a lot of dirt on that family, like Sr. taking steroids, Mikey is a drunk and Junior is probably sleeping with tons of girls on the road. Remember who the talent is in the design....Jason on the computer, Rick on fabrication, and Jim doing the machinery. The yelling and screaming stopped when senior and Junior left the shop to go spend their money. I am done with this show. It was a great run and you can't really blame anyone except the family for not taking care of their guys. That is wrong. I hope Seniors liver gives out from all the roids he has used in the past 10 years!

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