Why you SHOULD NOT buy an Orange County Chopper
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- Опубликовано: 21 янв 2021
- So I bought the Bike from the TV show Orange county choppers but the big question is, will it live up to the hype, and if it doesn't what do we do with it?
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When I was 8 I was in love with choppers. Now I can see why, I was 8.
Big wheels made all us kids love choppers 🤟🏻🇺🇸😜
😂😂
hahahaha
Ha nerd I was 2 when I broke my dads toe with a wrench from O.C.C
Such a relevant comment - for 90% of guys. Maybe when I've earnt enough I could own one. I seem to remember being super uncomfortable/awkward riding that particular chopper tho, so maybe I'm biased to not owning one.
Edit - maybe he should've never met his hero (or ridden it).
I thought every episode of OCC described why not to buy their bikes, In great detail .
This is probably the best and smartest comment yet. 😆 you nailed it
@@mooselightning8391 Thanks. Not the most popular opinion , but I stand strongly behind it. There are a few of us that wouldn't be caught dead looking at an OCC bike, nor less owning one.
You ruined it by responding .
@@Thonglover37 this makes absolutely zero sense
Me too😀 I actually talked my aunt's partner out of buying one, he had done a charity ride on route 66 on a chopper and wanted one to bring back to the UK, I said for the money your going to spend he could probably buy two decent Japanese sports bikes he could actually ride and hold their value, and both Paul teutels are so far up their own arse's they can lick their own tonsils 😀 thankfully he listened and got himself a Rick Fairless chopper and a Yamaha R1
As a kid I was a huge fan, I was raised in Rapid City, the largest city in the Sturgis area. My birthday is August 8th, which is pretty much always right in the middle of the rally. On my 9th Birthday my parents left me with a babysitter so they could attend some concert at the rally. Turned out my parents would meet the OCC guys backstage at the concert that night and tell them how i was a huge fan, and how they felt bad to be missing my birthday to be there, well the OCC guys made sure to make i still had a great birthday, Paul Jr gave my folks the OCC sunglasses he had been wearing, and Vinnie gave them a well loved biker flat bill with the tip all bent up and signed it. So no matter how the show has aged I got nothing but love for those guys. That was a pretty cool birthday gift.
I remember most of the bikes they made on the show being revealed at big show rooms and conventions. I always thought they were more display pieces than rideable bikes.
they totally were
Exactly you don't buy Jimmy Choo shoes and then wonder why your 100m runs are slower and your 10k runs are impossible.
@@cafe405Well i can walk on Jimmy Choo's and be fine not a sprint of course.
But if i buy a 80K chopper (i can get a Ducati for that) it better be super comfy while riding it.
Yet idiots still bought them
@@deeznutz8320you can get almost 3 ducatis for that
I'm really amazed anyone could ever think OCC bikes were of any value on the road. It was pretty clear from the show that most of their builds were not designed to be functional. They were display toys. It was even more obvious in late seasons when most customers were companies that commissioned some eye-catching bike with their logo for a charity auction event.
- I want a CLEAN bike.
- OK, lets remove everything that make it usable and add some spikes.
Made for a Parade.
Jesse James, for as demonized as he became, was the first to say it. When they did the "biker buildoff" with OCC (Father vs. Jr. Vs. Jesse James), Jesse said at the end that at least his bikes could be ridden.
@@maxxxmodelz4061 Thanks. I knew some other bike builder had said that in another show but I couldn't recall which one. And if I remember well he participated twice and on his second run he said that this time he was not facing clowns.
@@christianbarnay2499 Yeah, he literally disliked OCC it seemed. I remember how he was making fun of Jr. for making a "rivet" bike. Jesse said, "I remember my first time making a rivet bike". LOL. Which was true, Jesse did make a bike like that, except he did all the rivets by hand, not a machine.
This was eye-opening. I realize on all these chopper/hot-rod type shows they never emphasize the safety or performance.They emphasize stuff like how the hood ornament is actually the flusher mechanism from a space shuttle toilet, or something like that.
Clever user name
They're built for show. Not for safety, performance, or comfort
While I always knew that these shows were looks first, everything else second (because lets face it, all choppers and hot rods are inherently compromised for actual transportation purposes, that's just not their thing*, and basically all cars made before the 90s, and a lot even back then, are horrific for safety by today's standards, with no way to fix them), there was one specific moment that I remember, that hammered it home harder and made it impossible to ignore:
I was watching Fast & Loud, and they went to put in a larger engine in a car. All good, until they notice that the oil pan interfered with the cross member at the front. I've read about such issues before in magazines, where people had actually put time and effort into their build, and often they'd either figure out ways to move the engine around, or make a custom oil pan to alleviate the problem. One guy converted the engine to use a dry-sump system.
What did the Gas Monkey Garage guys do? They cut out portion off the cross member, so that the engine fit. Just cut it out. From the part that literally keeps the left and right side of the car together. I don't think they even added anything to maintain structural integrity.
So uh yeah, dangerous, to the max.
*If they were actually good, manufacturers would still make them like that.
me and my mom would watch this show when i was a kid. She even drove me up to there store in ny. RIP mom
I still remember the golden sentence they said in EVERY single show : "This bike means a lot to me..." 😂
Jessie James said it best. Occ was cake decorators.
Ya for real I think they look cool but they don’t compare to other people in the bike community
I realized they were a joke when Jesse's show was on during the same era.
What sealed the deal for me is Paul Jr is doing a build and he goes and cries,I shit you not: we don't have a tank on the shelf this is going to hold us up getting one.
Meanwhile the week before I'm watching Jesse pound one out from a flat piece of sheet metal because he wanted a particular shape.
Now, what he did to my girl Sandra was wrong and he's a dickhead scumbag for that ,but the man does have fab skills.
He's a little bit like the Axl Rose of fabbing bikes.
He's a dick, but he can get away with it because he's pretty good.
Cake decorators or not, they put out a few bikes that were impressive. The POW/MIA bike comes to mind....
And they didn't do all the decoration, Nub painted for them. Dude is the real artist.
Totally agree 💯!!
“He had been designing it for years, it was his dream bike... not even sure why he’s selling it.”
Calmly explains that it’s a hard tail.
Designed it for years.?? Just a bog standard chopper, could build it a a couple of weekends..lol seen better BSA / Bonnie's in the 70s....!
Calmly explains it's a hardtail and basically a death trap
It was an 8 year old's dream lol
The original owner sold it because his entire spine was pressed into a singularity by the hardtail
Why I'm going soft tail for my custom project. And also trying to keep the costs reasonable.
When I was a teenager I'd watch American Chopper, my older brother had a DVD of it. Eventually I learned to realise "Wait, what? They don't make their own frame or handlebars or other such things? They just bolt together some kitset parts and then weld a bunch of tacky crap to it?" My brother, an accomplished welder even commented that they could have used some additional experience there too! It's like handing a kid a model of a motorcycle, some sheets of paper or cardboard, and a hot glue gun.
It's difficult to respect a craftsman when 90% of his work is outsourced.
I worked on Main St in Daytona Beach for Bike Week during the height of the 2000's chopper craze. These were the bikes that got all the attention by 90% of the crowd.... but there was always a few bikers in the corner grumbling about why these bikes were terrible and how they hated all the OCC clone companies getting all the attention while good builders were ignored. Turns out they knew something most of us didn't. Paying $80k (or winning but having to pay taxes on) for a terribly uncomfortable motorcycle was a bad investment.
If anyone could watch that show 5 times and not realize that they just watched 5 of the same bike being built, with every single other episode being more of the same bike, with the only thing changing being the paint job to tie into some corporate sponsor theme... then that anyone would have to be a heavy derp. As the show was just that, parts bin bikes, all the same... with sponsor paint.
The actual appeal of the show was the awkward family drama... Like going to your best friends house as a kid and having their parents open the F up on them, you could get that same feeling over and over again, just by tuning in. And Discovery knew what kinda social experiment they were running... and it wasn't one about bikes, lol.
They did make some parts custom. Although they bought frames, they bought fuel tanks and many other parts.
Build the same bikes.........I saw that after sea. 1 ep. 4...........different decorations
Exactly
cake decorators
"...we've hit a major snag. I don't know if we'll get this bike done in time...!"
I had a neighbor that had an OCC bike, it was a nightmare. The only thing the bike was good at was sitting in a man cave with lights on it to look cool and have everyone talk about it. It was also good for a photo session with pretty girls around it. He paid big money for it, and in the end he had to almost give it away, I think he got around 7K for it. His wife was ready to divorce him over the whole thing.
Terrible bike, terrible wife.
@@dougbeard7624 ride wife, life good
@@melindakeszthelyi9534 auditioning?
Wow what a disgusting woman.
The wife was also from OCC?😊
A few years ago I had an itch to buy a Harley, or cool-looking Victory, semi-looking chopper with extended fork (but nothing like OCC's). Scratched the itch with a one day rental of a 1200cc BMW. Rode scenic mountain roads around Stanley/Sun Valley, Idaho. Had a great time. Returned it to Boise which required me to ride on Interstate 84 for thirty miles. Buffeted by winds, 80-mph trucks, bugs crashing into my face shield, and the knowledge that a slick spot, flat tire or wrong move could end it all in an instant....not fun. Lesson learned: cost me $200 instead of $20k, itch gone.
I worked occasionally near OCC. It was funny to see their transformation as the show became more popular. On my first trip, I wandered into an open garage bay where Vinnie was putting a bike together, he was very nice. Then, they roped off an area where t-shirt were sold by their wives. I stopped by one afternoon,and the kid, was loading five bikes onto their tractor-trailer for a show. I helped him get the Fire Bike up a ramp into the trailer. He could barely reach the forward controls, and they didn't have anyone helping him, crazy. Then, they build the new shop/restaurant right off the NY Thruway. If you are in that area - pass on OCC (if they are even still open) but rather go to the awesome Motorpedia Motorcycle museum nearby, it's a gem!
That big fancy building is empty now.
Paul SR took the company to Florida
@@matthewcaughey8898 Orange County?
The best thing about that OCC pos ... it's not mine.
In 2018, Paul Sr. filed for bankruptcy. Plus, Page Six reports he did so a mere days before the American Chopper reboot aired on TV. There have certainly been ups and downs for the founder of Orange County Choppers, but through it all, the shop manages to stay afloat
@@dopeytripod I mean the only reason they were on the air was for the drama, the personality (an abrasive ass), and just enough mechanical know-how to shit a bike out once a week.
Your mom won’t let you have one. Please stay in your moms basement !!
I know why the guy took a few weeks to accept the $8000 offer. It's the only offer where the prospective buyer didn't come and test drive the bike.
@@dopeytripod More welfare for rich people.
I remember watching OCC with my dad. He would always laugh and say that these guys aren’t building a bike. They were tack welding bits and pieces of metal to the pre fabricated frame and tank then assembling them. As much as he hated Jesse James, he respected that he actually built things from the ground up.
If I was gonna pay 80K for a chopper, I’m buying something Indian Larry built, he was the best in my opinion.
Idk that Rick guy was a good fabricater
@@4G63Tpower I forgot about Rick. He was a good dude and a talented fabricator.
@@tmartin3151 Then he went away in the name of drama
Your dad was totally right.
I don't want to know how a OCC Chopper behaves in a curve.
I allways had to lough, when the old man was sitting on the bike during the test ride and taking about comfort, while jumping up and down on the seat.
These bikes are show bikes, nothing else. Good looking, nice ideas, but nothing to ride with.
Indian Larry was cool but I just watched a Biker Build Off he was in on and I didn’t see him doing any kind of fabricating that was blowing my mind. He mostly bought parts out of a catalog and put a cool paint job on it.
The bit about the “person who gets chosen” to go on a show is absolutely correct. I personally know someone who auditioned for one of those rising music star TV shows. This guy was an amazing amateur singer, and had the choice of an angel. Audition time? Nope, didn’t get very far. He didn’t have a “tragic” or “interesting” backstory. He had too normal a life, not dramatic enough with no “story”.
Imagine that, they want someone on screen who'll be compelling.
@@RaptorJesus You could also say they went with a lesser candidate because they could push some blah blah agenda with their backstory, which is secondary to the whole point of the show, but who's splitting hairs.
My neighbor took out a home Equity loan and bought one of their bikes for 60k. He had the bike for a month and noticed there was rust on a seam on the handle bars. He took the bike back and they told him chrome wasn’t covered in the warranty. About a month later riding around greenwood lake NY he rode over a few bumps and the left handle bar broke off. Some how he was able to stop without crashing. He never was able to collect and that bike was nothing but trouble. The only good thing that happened it was trailered with other bikes to Daytona for bike week and it was stolen from in front of his hotel. He lost 10k from the insurance but he is alive.
A bike is a lot like a woman, having a good looking one that you can't ride, is way worse than having one that rides well, but might not look so hot.
You just broke the internet by red pilling them!
I would say a sprung bobber (with grip) seat, brakes then uprate the engine with a tune and mod. And maybe remove the more dangerous spikes.
Lmao I CAN AGEA ON THAT !
Sounds like a guy that can’t ride them all so he settles
Perfectly said
Sean trying to imitate the show gotta be the funniest thing I've seen all day 😂
There’s a lotta day left
@@j.wright5918 😂😂😂
Yeah he dont quite have the angry man down
LOL i gotta agree these guys are comedy gold
Many wise words in the video & comments. Here in the UK I bought a Skull Choppa (sic) bike in 2006. The original build was… not bad, twin 6 pot front brakes, lotsa performance upgrades to 1900cc. Next owner got the fenders cut down stupidly and had a real crappy grey paint job. I spent the purchase price again for my fix-ups and enjoyed it for about 5 years… encompassing some interesting discoveries about the bad electrical wiring.
The thing about reality tv shows vetting contestants for their charisma and engaging backstory is so true. Even on like American Idol, _every single contestant_ comes up with a ham-fisted underdog story “growing up my little sister had autism, and it was really hard, and that’s how I knew it was my mission to sing good on tv” haha
Or "I was born at a very young age" (que the crying)
They didn't make motorcycles at OCC. They just assembled them, had frames already made, . Jessie James made motorcycles completely from scratch even the frame.
Facts.
Way to regurgitate what Jesse James says. Get original thoughts my man. Be a man.
@@Buyajetfromstevemain you're telling someone to be a man and complaining to a complete stranger on RUclips. Who needs to be a man again?
It's just a shame that he was a world class prick.
@@Buyajetfromstevemain How can you be more original than the truth?
RUclips is getting a little comfortable with the double ads.smh
John Garcia - RUclips is like a boat builder that drills holes in your hull then when their product becomes a complete piece of shit they offer a premium version by filling up all the holes they just drilled. Typical ass wipes.
If you pay for it you don't get adds.
Entitlement isn't an attractive quality.
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RIGHT??? Holy crap every video I’ve seen this week has had a 2 ad intro.
It seem lately I would love to only get two, I had 8 adds in a 11 min video the other night.
My father hated Paul senior for the way he was always yelling at his sons & employees, but I told him he acts exactly the same way towards me and my brother. We ended up both going our own way.
Who cares?
@@HF1.0 You're the only one who cares. Thank you!😮💨
@@HF1.0the person who took the time out of his day to type "Who cares?"
Hope you can make sure the trait does not pass down!
@@ronbelanger4113 Not having kids
I remember seeing Jessi James on a road trip with a hard tail he build. You could see him not trying to grimace after every little bump sent electric shocks up his spine.
I always suspected Orange County Choppers were crap and here is definitive proof.
I did enough shop welding to know these guys were complete hacks and simply makin stuff up. Zero thought to actually engineering or performance
@@michaeltaylors2456 It was always about beauty and it`s not a secret.
@@kaynest9014 Yep, these 'bikes' were always wall hangers.
@@kaynest9014but most of their Bikes are ugly XD
i clicked thinking this was about buying a helicopter.
Could you imagine being some guy watching the show back when it was popular convincing his wife to let him buy an OCC chopper, spending $80,000 on his "dream bike" and when he gets it it is a slow, dangerous, garage queen that he never rides so he decides to finally sell it and now he can't even get enough for it to buy a "nice" Harley?
Sad
underrated savage comment of the week.
You can get a bitchin older FXR or Dyna for 8k. I have a few saved on craigslist and facebook marketplace currently. WAY better bikes than this pile. But yeah, I don't think he bought the bike, pretty sure they made it for him for free/a giveaway/tv show content.
@@JetCityHooligan I've got a clapped out fxr making way more power than this heep. Mine has 127 el bruto though.
Nice bikes around here in the 5s
Custom built to do one thing extremely well: cruising at 35 mph on a recently paved not in public use road for two to maybe three miles with no one else present using a go-pro to record this amazing accomplishment where the rider is wearing full leather, helmet, gloves and a parachute.
I used to watch the show, never could understand how those clowns got more money for 100 bucks worth of metal tubing, a little motor and two wheels than what my 2,000 sqft home costs. Suckers born every minute I suppose.
@Boe Jiden 😄
Because there con artist
Because people with too much money are trying to buy a lifestyle image of someone that wasn't real to begin with.
@Boe Jiden because I voted for him but didn't need to go to his rally's like the Trump people. Was he every really under audit? He cheated on every wife and played more golf than attending church to give thanks to the almighty.
Plus a lot of the builds were promotional company bikes and companies were blowing money out their asses left and right to be marketed on the show.
I had the misfortune of seeing another OCC bike up close at my local HD dealer when that show was at its peak. The mechanics were al gathered around it shaking their heads at the extremely poor build quality (leaking gas tank, rats nest electrical, oil leaks, etc.). Let’s face it, none of those bikes were ever meant to be actually ridden and were made to be displayed in the lobbies of their corporate clients. I for one am very glad that show (and others like it) have come and gone.
Visibly poor build quality even defeats their purpose as decorative sculptures. I guess it’s a good thing that they had their heyday in the standard definition TV era.
Haha, and started for just long enough to rev the engine to rev limiter a couple times for the crowd :)
@@volvo09 rev limiter set @2800 as to not break welds,,
Agreed.
I never understood why a company should buy and expensive bike to put on display. Thinking about it it is way of pure promotion and the bikes are just not roadworthy. A single owner will use it at some point but not a large organisation.
You should do the following to that bike:
1) Install a front brake.
2) Put a swingarm suspension on the back.
3) Put a Screamin' Eagle motor in it.
4) Put a cover on that damned open primary.
5) Give it a nice paint job.
Great job on the video. Very funny!😂
That’s a spine buster they were giving it away they built it as cheaply as possible.
YEZ ZIR
he said the guy specifically asked for this design
It is a mystery. It does appear to be very cheap and basic. But, that is what they guy asked for? Maybe they gave him a budget for his Dream Bike?
Dream vs reality, sometimes what you want is stupid..... and painful. Looks cool though. I liked most of their bikes, but they mostly looked the same. Spider bike was the best in my opinion.
I remember my uncle buying a chopper someone had built back in the early 80's way before Jesse James and OCC. I was used to riding Japanese bikes, I had a Kawasaki KZ400. The first time I rode his chopper it felt like someone had cut a International tractor in half and lowered it. Total death trap on the road. 60mph felt like 120mph, and my lower back was sore for 3 days lol
Yes. Enjoy your Vespa. I hear they are super comfortable on your way to the market. Ya know... where you sell your Man Card.
Cool story. Is that what your boyfriend did?
@@Frieghtliner1975 na dude its because choppers are utter dog shit
@@Frieghtliner1975 Yes, please tell us more about how tough you are, internet tough guy. The story about when you single handedly took down Bin Laden is my favorite.
@@bigguy7353 . Fat guy on a scooter !! You funny.
I would put the engine and transmission in the bike sitting on my front room. I started building it over 25 years ago. When my wife passed away i stopped the build pretty much. Now I have time to finish it and rebuild the XLCR I love to ride.
I remember seeing a bunch if OCC bikes when i lived up in NY, their HQ was there (idk if it still is) and they would come into town and it was awesome havjng celebrities on TV be that accessible lol
I remember watching those Orange County chopper shows. Those bikes were only made to look at. Some of those bikes were so dangerous. Nothing like having pointy objects sticking off the motorcycle in every direction to kill you.
I worked for Caterpillar when they had an OCC bike built for them. I watched the show regularly and I was excited to be able to see one of their bikes up close. I was so utterly disappointed when I got close and was able to examine it up close. It looked like hot garbage. It was only remotely impressive if you stayed about 20 feet away. I remember the paint looked sub-par, some of the welds looked messy, there were some other details I found disappointing but I can't remember them all right now. I wish I'd just stayed back and didn't have my image shattered.
Fantasy can beatrap.
Orange county had to be more outrageous and quick for the cameras.
Same!
I think it was back in 2005 (I think 🤔), working for Ziegler Caterpillar out of Bloomington Minnesota, the chopper visited our location on its promotional tour or whatever it was, and seeing it up close and in person,.. I 100% felt exactly the way you described!
Utterly disappointing, completely lackluster excuse for a motorcycle (not to sound harsh)
It happens when drama is prioritized over construction quality._
@@primech-128bit that's a fact
@@HarlanDorman that was about the time frame if I remember correctly too. I worked for Caterpillar in Sanford, N. Carolina
i have a 1962 harley pan..rigid frame..jockey shift..me and my spine love it
I love your narration about the breaks 😂
I can imagine everyone giving each other high-fives and talking shit when they finished making that pile of shit
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You have to wonder how these people think.
Do they even realize that they are making garbage?
@@dangrimes5078 low price parts high mark up
I was caught up in that era, I watched all the chopper build shows. Even then I thought the vast majority of those things were ridiculously impractical, it was interesting. I rode Yamaha cruisers at the time as I was unwilling and unable to drop the type of coin it took to buy a Harley. The last bike I bought was a 97 Yamaha Royal Star Tour Deluxe. I took it down to the frame and built a single seat low rider bagger, took me two years. i was super proud of the end results but kept it only for a couple of years then sold it. My wife thought I was crazy that I sold it after putting so much work into it. What she didn't understand was that all the fun and satisfaction was in the work.
That's exactly it, everybody knew it was impractical but they were still an inspiration.
In some way it was similar to a bob Ross painting, they just had better marketing.
Don't get me wrong because I love Bob Ross but his paintings were also not museum quality but still amazing because of the story.
Same goes for these bikes, I still have a soft spot for them, but they're not worth the price but I always knew that
How much did you make off the Yamaha when you sold it? Did you ever make a video on it?
Yes , all the fun is in making the baby , not maintaining the baby.
@@parkjustin1797 You knew how to spell all that but you did not know how to spell "you", all those times that you attempted to?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The only bike I saw built on that show that I wanted was the simple orange chopper they built for that kid that worked there for a while. Simple and tasteful, unlike the silly things they built on the show, especially in the later years when they were doing the "tribute" bikes that were always ridiculous.
They have an OCC bike at the Hard Rock in Biloxi, it’s been there a long long time and still no one has won it, it’s a beautiful bike and if I won it I’d ride it.
This was really entertaining😂😂 this was good!!
When I was 18 I just had to have a classic car. My dad warned me that I didn’t have enough money to maintain such a car, “it’s going to nickel and dime you until you’re broke”. But I didn’t listen because I knew better. In 24 months I almost gave the car away. Three months later we went to the local Datsun dealer and bought a car that lasted me 10 years with almost zero upkeep.
Datsun🐱👍🏿
What kinda Datsun did you buy?
@@DrMcMoist210
@@bgjb-r1499 Not bad at all.
@@DrMcMoist mine was an old 72' datsun1200
I loved watching American Chopper back in the early 2000's, but I could tell back then those bikes were nothing but eye candy. Rich people buy bikes like that so their friends know they're rich.
Agree the fat tire Harley thing went away around 15 yrs ago and HD is on its way out.
so true
The Show was a Wank ,,, Watch one seen them all Australia
Aye! They're showpieces really if anything at all.
I wish I could get back every minute back I spent watching American chopper
It´s a trailer queen, good for conventions or "meet & greets" or you can show it in your shop window as a dust catcher.
I was always impressed how final adjustments on the custom bike required the right tap of a hammer on a shim.
I was doing an engineering project in NY, when their show was a bit past it's peak, and visited their showroom. I was the only person there, apart from a couple of sales people. A lot of the bikes from the show were in the showroom. A thing that occurred to me was, "Shouldn't these be out in the world, and not here in the showroom"? At the end of each episode, they showed bikes being delivered, or displayed at events. But, somehow, they ended up back at OCC. Up close, I can't say I was very impressed by the build quality, and there were none that I have wanted to ride, on a real road. They were interesting pieces of art, but as motor vehicles, I think I wouldn't ever use one. And the idea of a bike made up to look like a stealth fighter, or a firetruck just seems more cartoon-y than I'd want to be seen on, in public.
You asked "What should we do with it?" at the end of the video. I think OCCs bikes are at their peak performance as static displays. I'd hang it on a wall, or stick it on a display frame, hovering over one of those glass bead gas fireplace pits, on the back patio. But ride it? Nah.
I love American Chopper and still watch the reruns so I feel a little funny laughing at this, but this video is way more fun than I expected.
A fan love your show your, i think should try Arch motorcycle next time I'm curious what your thought on the bike?
What I like about the show was the building process, the welding, the fabricating, etc. I kinda knew back then that those bikes won't handle well.
Yeah, ya don't see too many of 'em racing at Laguna Seca or Willow Springs.
At the beginning they did show some of the fab process. But that didn't last long.
@@donellmuniz590 they'll be liable if the rider dies at the corkscrew. Haha
@@BigChuck525 in the end it became about family relationship dramas
They didn’t fab anything, it was fake
“More American than Chinese buffets” I love it
1:00 where they uses super sport bike appearances instead of choppers.
They really nailed it.
You guys are great and alot of fun ta watch you'll!😂I wish you'd make a small off/on road street legal 4 wheel handicap scooter! Something that I would love to buy! 👩🦼💨😊
“This was this guy’s Dream motorcycle”
*Roasts it for 8 minutes*
Harsh. Haha
i mean, the guy sold it for 8k. so...
You know, nightmares are dreams too
If I remember that episode correctly he had never ridden a bike before. 1st bike so he didn't really have a clue. They really should of educated him 1st.
@@adamportner8102 I was thinking that too. When I got my dream bike, I realized it was not my dream bike.
Everybody wants a hardtail till they get one...people seem to forget, nightmares are dreams too...
Shift tails hurt my puss hahah hardtails till the end
Love my rigid
Well stated.
Love my ridgid,no spring seat.. but,to each their own
I know this is 2 years old but I recently rediscovered this video. I just wanted to say I wish you had had the ability to buy any other occ bike other than this one. This was so specific to one person that I feel like it was just not like the other bike occ did. I would like to see how some of like the production bikes they did ride. Maybe someday!!
Heh, he ended up doing exactly that later on, only to end up with something EVEN WORSE. =)
Fun fact when I was a youngin the motorcycle club me and my dad were in traveled to New York to see their shop. Paul Jr.'s whole crew came out to greet us. We all got pictures and chatted for a while. Actually a pretty nice guy. His father, not so much.
I used to love the show. I remember one time a customer (don't remember who) wanted a bike that was actually fast. OCC said something along the lines of "we don't usually build fast bikes." They ended up just bolting a super charger on it. That's when I thought to myself "oh these bikes are crap and are only for show."
I remember that episode. If the only idea you have is to slap a blower in it to make it faster, you shouldn't be around engines.
I remember "Who rides that long anyway...." on one episode.
I don't know much about bikes but I do remember the show on TV. That thing looks pretty dang cool, if it was just a little bit more practical to sit on, it wouldn't be a bad bike just for cruising around and looking cool.
Great video 👍
I appreciated the nod to Talladega Nights with the hands rising for no reason part
I was trying to remember where that was from. Thanks for jogging my memory!
Dyno testing was a nice touch. Would like to see more bikes get dyno tested
The moment of truth
Dyno testing a pogo stick? too funny!!
Otherwise known as "the lie detector".
In the late 1970s and 1980s I had a 1958 Panhead in a Jammer hardtail frame with a 10" over Springer; no front brake. I road it for about 12 years. In 2002 I had back surgery for 3 ruptured disks. Coincidence?
The title of this video is PERFECT!
I never understood why people would want expensive uncomfortable street bikes that aren’t even street legal in many states.
You are a shame to your name. I would explain why a chopper is cool, even if certain states outlaw them... but, you just wouldn't get it. No one expected that much from you.
@@Frieghtliner1975 No, choppers are fcking stupid. If you want to have fun on the road, then get a sportsbike. A Kawasaki Ninja does what a chopper does x3 with better mileage, 2x speed, better look and 1/10 the sound. Anyone who thinks riding a stupid looking, slow noisemachine with a door-handle moustache and a potbelly is a certified idiot.
@@ParleLeVu Yes, crotch rockets are superior...in the amount of riders they kill.
But seriously that is an apples/oranges comparison.
Image ,,, our number one goal in life
I just saw a bike Lime green, (nice paint!) in beautiful font. " ALL EYES ON ME"
We broke out laughing
I know exactly what to do with it. Take it to sturgis during the rally and sell it at a auction.
And get laughed at
I always thought that OCC did their bikes basically just for show. Whoever the client was never meant to actually ride them. The bikes purpose was to look good and collect dust on some garage pedestal.
Hey! The folding shovel is super handy
I remember when they decided to ride them to the bike show. One caught fire,
Parts fell off another one, could not make it 20 miles.
I saw two OCC choppers on display at Roar to the Shore in Wildwood NJ. As soon as I was up close I could tell they were junk. I looked carefully at all the components and saw the welds (being a certified welder for 45+yrs) and thought wow. Never ever would have bought one good video thanks, I think you show is one of the best out there. But I'm still bummed at you for moving out of PA. but hey you got to do what's right for you and your family so Good Luck.
When American Chopper show up in Poland I was 14. Now I agree that it was reality shows, but then it was something that inspires me. Now, 18 years later, I have my own workshop where after work I'm relaxing building stuff. I thing that everything started when I was watching "American Chopper"
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We have one of OCCs bikes here in my hometown, McPherson KS at the Viega facility. Most unrideable looking bike! 🤣 It just sits in the lobby looking shiny.
Shouldda got a Triumph.
The Rocket 3 is a thing of beauty.
I mean, if you're wanting the most cost efficient motorcycle, having one with spikes all over it is a pretty good option. No insurance fees cuz no one will insure you, no medical fees cuz you'll just be dead when you crash. Hell, no funeral fees because they won't be able to peel you from the frame that's gored your body.
Reality, Choppers are like a fashion show; The designs look cool and serve to build ideas for the real world. Some people actually ride these, some people actually wear fashion show clothing. Most don't
American Chopper got me through a tough time when I lost my job back in 2010. It got me interested in motorcycles, but I enjoyed the drama and the cool looking bikes. I never had any thoughts on ever wanting to own one, bc I knew they looked like they were just for show and not one you'd ride.
If the battery is dead there is a bad bare wire somewhere could even be on the battery itself touching the frame and grounding it out draining the battery so look for it and don’t forget to change the starter fuse
"Could it still be cool, if it were comfortable and actually stopped when you pressed the brake. If it performed well?" You sir, just described a Ducati Multistrada! ;)
My Ducati Supersport gorgeous and does everything well.
Interesting follow up to OCC. I used to love those episodes back in the day. Never really thought any of those bikes would still be on the road in 2021. I rode a chopper once. ONCE!
I appreciate your brutal honesty. I use to love American Chopper, and this speaks volumes to how that company did business..... a stock 1340 evo in a 80k chopper?!😲
They weren’t about performance, even a little. They never made a secret of that even in the show.
They didn't want to spend real money on that bike because they were giving it away to a fan who couldn't afford to buy one.
I wonder how anyone came up with that value?
Always wondered why the OCC rollercoaster would have cars shaped like sport bikes instead of choppers
Harley Davidson ever said „Don‘t butcher your Hog with parts Unknown“ Great Video Greetings from Germany Ed
Ridden by tough guys who don’t wave and best designed for bar hopping. I always chuckle to myself when encountering this as I roll through another 500-miler on a 20yo used BMW that I bought for $3500.
OK man, you won the fashion contest!
Put it on a pole in the front yard and make it your new SRK sign.
Thank you so much, when i was younger, i really tought they made cool (good) bikes......
I'd like to have a chopper built by army Becker. He was the original bike builder to the stars . I remember stopping by his shop one day back in the early mid 1990s. Their was a punk up learning how to build bikes (Jessy James) . Army got away from building bikes for Hollywood because his wife wanted a drag bike. They were at a trade show and he said if they won the door prize he'd build her a bike . They won and last I heard in the late 1990s she was rank #2 in the world for dragbikes . Arly is a mechanic and actual biker.
FYI Becker built the bike for the twin peaks tv series . Then he got the Hollywood type builds .
No surprises here. Just watching their process of designing and building bikes it was obvious they were driven by style with almost no consideration given to rideability or handling. I watched them build a bike with the tank so high, the rider had to ride it leaning to one side to see the road. Crazy.
Why T.V. and Real Life never and shouldn't really get on.
Yea.... DUMB. Just like the Teutuls.
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they should install a submarine periscope then..
The best choppers are the ones you build yourselves, and I find the the best of them are built starting from a stock machine, with form and function kept in mind. Ergonomics are key to comfort.
That’s exactly the way I always thought those bikes would be. Exactly. I didn’t watch the show a lot, but when I did… the bikes looked uncomfortable, impractical, and underperforming. Just very stylish. If you’re into that.
I would but a hinge at the front of the seat and 2 black springs at the rear of the seat, and then fabricate a Crome cover case for the belt.
Great video. (love how the headlight lens isn't parallel to the ground) I've had the "pleasure" of getting to work on a couple of these OCC bikes and I can say you are 100% correct about them. They're really not meant to be ridden, just looked at.
They look good to a blind person!
Build me a road vehicle that's not suited fr d road plz.
Do that statement make any sense?🤔🤕
@@a.mckenna1574 A lot of supercars are built that way.
I think you mean perpendicular!
@@MyRegardsToTheDodo Could you show me a supercar using a bone stock, of the shelf anemic motor producing a whooping 65HP please?
I'll wait...
If you're about to be impractical, be fun to drive at least. By fun I mean great handling, stoping power, steering precision, power, speed, you name it.
Imagine having paid full price for one of their bikes. That would be so embarrassing. They saved a lot of money cutting corners and then charged rediculous prices.
Just the loose cables are a no go. And even my bicycle has hydraulic brakes, i would not ride this peace of junk.
They're charging that price for the design and work put into a custom bike. This isn't meant to be compared to a retail bike. It's a one-off. $80,000 isn't bad, in my opinion.
And on top of that scenario, when they were hot on the market, a close friend of mine had bought into the OCC energy drink. Yes it's a real thing. Let's just say it's a equal purchase to the bikes, rolling dumpster fire...
Well yeah if you ever seen the show the majority of their business came from creating theme bikes for companies. They most likely made more money creating them bikes and selling OCC merchandise than actually selling bikes to the general public
Tax advantage that company's have . no poor people bought them lol 🤣
Our local MC club had a old timer who rode with deer antlers " like 10 mounts" on his Harley-Davidson and I don't think anyone pulled out in front of him nor cut him off.
Spring suspension seat mod, then cut the headtube off and lower it, reduce the stupid fork rake in the process, then turbo charge it and ride it.