Article: `Biker Boyz'.

Byline: Chris Hewiit

"Biker Boyz" is like Anna Nicole Smith: something genuine in the background and a whole lot of fake up front.

The genuine stuff is fascinating. "Biker Boyz" is based on a magazine story about Los Angeles guys who are numbers-crunching businessmen by day, pavement-burning motorcycle racers by night. That's an intriguing dichotomy and, in its look behind the scenes at the dangerous way these guys seek thrills, "Biker Boyz" investigates a previously unknown subculture, like Atlantis or the Osbournes.

Still, a documentary would have been a better way to go with this material, since "Biker Boyz" ladles on a deeply dopey soap ...

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