It seems that American motorcycle appetites aren’t limited to the machines from foreign manufacturers such as BMW, Triumph or Ducati.

The motorcycle reality genre is taking some cues from British television with an American version of a popular English series debuting on the History Channel tonight.

A sneak preview of ‘Hairy Bikers’ will air Monday night at 10pm EST and the full show on its regularly scheduled slot of Friday nights at 9pm.

The concept brought fame and the Hairy Biker nickname to British motorcycle enthusiasts David Myers and Simon King who appeared on the English series of ‘The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook’, ‘The Hairy Bikers Ride Again’, ‘The Hairy Bakers’, ‘The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour of Britain’ and ‘The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best for BBC Two’.

The duo's TV shows, dating back to 2006, are a mixture of cookery and travelogue featuring the pair riding motorcycles including the BMW R1200GS, F650GS and Triumph Rocket III.

For the American version, the roles of the Hairy Bikers are played by Paul Patranella and Bill Allen.

Patranella is a four-star, classically trained French chef who loves motorcycles and his riding buddy Bill is a renowned motorcycle mechanic, is passionate about food. These two longtime friends know that food is the ticket to the American experience and that motorcycles are a traveling foodie’s best friend.

Bill Allen, 44, is the owner of Bill Allen’s Motorcycle Company in central Texas, where he’s made a name for himself with his meticulous attention to detail. He’s also a custom bike builder, musician and passionate cook. After graduating from the Motorcycle Maintenance Institute in Orlando, Florida, Bill became crew chief for the American Drag Bike Association, winning a world championship for speed racing. He’s been cooking and throwing parties with his best friend Paul Patranella for the past 20 years. Nearly every Sunday night, he and his wife host what they call their “home for wayward musicians” to support some of their “starving artist” friends.

Paul Patranella, 40, studied at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Austin, Texas. After eight years as chef at one of Las Vegas’ most prestigious restaurants, he returned to College Station, Texas, to open Square One, which features a menu based on fresh, local produce. He later worked as President George W. Bush’s personal chef and served as head chef for the George Bush Presidential Library. Now on his 14th motorcycle, Paul has spent decades riding the back roads of Texas and stopping at local eateries with his best friend Bill Allen.

In Hairy Bikers, Paul and Bill embark on a fun-filled but informative road trip along back roads to immerse themselves in local American history and longstanding traditions. But they don’t just cook and eat with the locals: They do everything it takes to put the meal on the table. This means spearing bullfrogs, trawling for shrimp, capturing gators, cleaning road kill, harvesting wheat for beer and tracking down wild boars.

The filming took the riders on a 65 day road trip Louisiana to South Carolina and from the Great Smoky Mountains to Oklahoma.

"Before we were raising hell and now we're experiencing the country," said Allen, who graduated from the Motorcycle Maintenance Institute in Orlando, Fla. "Instead of going 80 we're going 60 and looking around."

In the series, Bill and Paul explore the different old-school eating habits of various regions, from the southern Louisiana coast to South Carolina’s Low Country, from the Great Smoky Mountains to central Oklahoma and beyond. They drink in folklore and customs as they hunt, gather, cook and eat side-by-side with a colorful assortment of local characters.

Back on the open road, the boys camp, fix up motorcycles, stop at roadside attractions and swing by local biker events. It’s all part of the Hairy Bikers mission to experience firsthand why eating and biking are two of America’s favorite pastimes.

"We don't just tour places, we become part of that. Whatever the process is, we're in the middle of it," said Allen, who rode his 2006 Harley-Davidson Night Train. "We want to harvest. We want to shoot. We want to kill it and grill it."