Mkay, thanks for the input, I'll probably have to redo some of the HDR and layer mask the handlebars becuase I don't' think there's enough data to pull detail back.
WOW I like that a lot, not way over-processed like a lot of HDR's are. Do you have a problem with noise when you generate your hdr's? I tried the trial of photomatix and all of mine come out really noisy (using a D80,iso 100)
Also could you maybe post an untouched version, I love to see how they make the transformation....that background is killer.