i bet when they were all in ace hardware they just agreed to buy one of each thread pitch because in the cut scene they were just all looking at each other like " which one do we get " lmao
That camera it's new to me! That looks like a interesting alternative to Disney's GoPro.💯 In matters to that beautiful flourescent chopper, I would keep the frame, weld a support for a springed seat on it, swap the lame unfinished supercharged engine (sell it) for a smaller reliable one - along with its respective acessories, a decent fuel tank, etc. - Otherwise: sell it to the other gentleman in the 1st episode! The one who worked on it and wants to buy it from you. GET YOU MONEY BACK! 😉
It was cool to see the exhaust pipes slowly get more and more blue as the video progressed. Goes to show the bike was truly never ridden for more than a few minutes.
I worked for Snap On Tool when OCC built the Snap On bike. Discovery charged Snap On over a million to build the bike. In addition, Snap On was required to pay to use the bike at trade shows for 2 years. Snap On management ended up having Alen Ness build a nicer bike for under $100k. We had several trade shows where both were on display together. The Ness bike had much better fit finish and quality.
I'm surprised Snap On is still in business with poor decisions like that. What a complete waste of money. I bet you can count on one hand how many tool sets they sold from the marketing campaign.
@@spartanx169x They're in business because a whole lot of mechanics swear by their business model of charging big money to bring you hand tools on a truck.
The Snap On Bike was in Cambridge Ontario at Canadian Tire for a weekend a bunch of years ago. For a bike that was never really ridden it sure looked beat up...
How is it that he is able to ride this good looking POS on the roads with out a license plate or a headlight? I understand the hand signals are legal in some states.
@@stclairstclair Yeah, $1,750 a year for insuring a bike you might actually get to ride 50 miles in a year. OCC choppers are beautiful as yard art but nothing anyone could ever consciously buy to ride. It hurts my heart a little to imagine all of the poor suckers who bought these pretty boat anchors thinking they could ride them for any length of time. And that insurance quote was a good dose of reality as well. Motorcycle insurance for someone his age should be way cheaper, that's like $150/month. Probably still less expensive than the monthly repair/maintenance bill for that heap.
Man, as someone who has a ton of roots style blower experience including countless explosions, I myself wouldn't dare to send that thing the way it's set-up. There's no pop-off device (that can be seen. at least) and no shield or guard between the blower and the riders chest/neck/chin. Anything that would cause a backfire through the intake (worst case scenario a hung intake valve) has the potential to set that thing off like a little bomb. No bueno! And no, I'm not being a Karen here...the freakin thing is dangerous, period.
At 22:30 dude jumps in to help his friend with putting the battery back in. His friend didn't even need to ask. He just jumped right in. Thats a true friend and a good dude. His friend could have done it by himself, but he knew if he helped it would be easier on his buddy. Good dude.
I love how much the guy with the long braids is smiling. Like he's a kid again. As much as you say "don't buy", it feels like everybody loves this bike.
The problem with occ and all the other auto building shows, is that over time the 1 thing they all had in common was building with insane time constraints. 2 months, 2 weeks, 1 week, 3 days to get a complete thing made. OCC, Biker Buildoff, Boyd Cottington, Chip Foose, fast n loud..... All ended up trying to make 1 off cars in ridiculous time frame, and all these shows ended up being a race against time instead of building.
It's the same issue with latter seasons of Mythbuster's. The producers got involved too much and dramatized it. Early Mythbusters was way better, I couldn't stand all the fake charisma. Shows like OCC were even worse with the drama and fakery. Just give me a show documenting a real bike shop without setups and personality drama.
Even though Boyd was not the best person around, I'm pretty sure all his cars were drivable, even though they might not be street legal. Same with the stuff done by Foose.
Can you give me a time stamp? I must have blinked and missed it 😂 Oddly enough, what he did is illegal in the UK and Europe. They have to clearly mark when they are being sponsored or running a segment for a sponsor and identify who it is. Pretty sure it's against the rules of YT as well.
Where I live in Canada one of the Dealers took on the Orange County's line in their sales department. Arrangements were made to bring Vinnie from Orange County to come up and they would do a ride to show the bikes to potential customers. There were I believe seven bikes brought up from the states in a trailer. When they went to do the ride, only three of the seven would start. Vinnie and the dealership mechanics screwed around for about an hour trying to get those bikes fired up but it never happened. They did the ride with the three but ran out of time so many of the folks who had signed up for the ride were turned away. The dealership had ordered ten bikes for stock. Three years later they finally managed to get rid of the last bike at a number below cost just to get rid of it. An acquaintance of mine worked at that dealership and he told me that the management almost went of a three day drunk when they finally managed to get that last, his words, "Turd" out the door and gone...........
Just goes to show that bikes should be built by engineers, not freakshow "entertainers" with little idea about _anything at all._ Engineers like Allan Millyard, for example.
Sell it for the same he got it for, the 10k. -5k since it has much much more wear than when he offered 15. While its in better running order its also now less showroom ready, being dirtied up after so much running. Besides, He's gunna make enough on these videos to make up for it anyway! I'd keep that watch though. That prolly could fetch a decent penny itself too.
Calling Geico to try to insure this bike was seriously the classic topping on the cake. LMAO. Only thing that could have been better was calling Paul Sr. trying to get some warranty work done. LoL>
Absolute best insurance call! The price is cheap. If that is comprehensive with accident, damage, fire and theft plus breakdown cover in Orange county then go for it!
@16:50 if you watch the American Chopper episode featuring the build of this bike (S11, E2), you’ll know why the motor mounts were messed up. The engine and supercharger didn’t line up properly and their solution was to redrill the motor mount holes by hand to shift the engine over. I’ve visited the OCC headquarters that used to be in Newburgh, NY three different times when I was working in that area, and I was stunned at how bad some of the welds looked on those bikes when you get to look at them up close and peek into the nooks and crannies (as well as upward from the bottom)… those angles that the TV cameras never saw. I wouldn’t be caught on one out on the road.
Great eye! Great catch. I could not enjoy the show because of the shouting and fighting. I honor and respect my Father ( as well as my mother) but the father and son fights put me off to that show.
@@Taino871 In many episodes, they'd just need a tank and grab one that was already made and just put the necessary holes for fuel and the filler cap. If they didn't go for those cuckoo designs, he would most likely pull entire frames already welded and so on. Then you compare that with Boyd's show, where a lot of stuff from panels to wheels were manufactured in-house and they showed it being done on camera.
I was racing in Wallkill NY at Walden A Motocross track and my dad wanted to stop by OCC, they were closed so bummed we didn't stop there though, this was 2003, Miss ya dad,
@@helium5912 What are the chances the dude that built the bike is literally a 20 second walk from their shop? How lucky they were. Instead they had guys working on the bike who didn’t have a clue and they kept screwing it up more and more. I kept watching to see when they were going to have him come look at it and it never happed. I can’t believe it. Smh. 🤦🏻♂️
It didn't fit the script. His neighbor takes pride in his work and definitely would have got this thing running right. Not to consult him and take it to Harley was weak. Now this bike has a black cloud over it.
I recall on one of the build contests Jesse James referred to OCC and cake decorators. The builds for corporate customers were essentially trade show attractions, but that's what the customer wanted.
I saw most of an episode of their dumb TV show once while visiting my late friend Don, who was ill. My take then was that they made garbage that can't be ridden. Ironically, Don's friend showed up on the chopper he bought used, a BMW boxer twin that was something you could ride and likely faster than what OCC was building...
If it was the same TV contest I remember the Teutles didn't even build a motorcycle, as I remember they built what looked like a floor creeper, a flat board with tires and a motor????
@@12babyapes59 There was one build off between Jesse James, OCC, and PJD, then there was another with all three plus Gas Monkey. I didn't see the one with Gas Monkey, and maybe that was from that show.
Kinda neat watching you work on one of these legends, I’ve ridden my whole life, I felt like these were all expensive show pieces, and wondered about reliability, guess I don’t need to wonder anymore !, great video, stay safe, keep the shiny side up !
As a guitarist, I have two guitars that we call wall hangers, they look lovely, but are unplayable....Seems OCC bikes are the equivalent to this, they look the dogs bollocks, but are 100% not roadworthy..
@@Ian-lm5ep LOL that's funny as I keep considering getting a les paul but I'm incredibly, it's quite a skill actually, INCREDIBLY good at knocking guitars over. Even in stands. I've a wooden floor where I keep my guitars which is not helpful. I've managed to break the headstock on others more than once, and while I love Les Pauls I'm scared to get a real one as they are notorious for snapping necks when knocked over. So I think if I got one I'd scared to actually use it, it'd tend to hang on the wall. My telecaster is fantastic, its headstock seems designed for clumsy oafs, it's got basically a 0 degree back angle. I'll get a les paul "style" I think, cheaper .. and one that looks like it can take a toppling. Les Paul body with telecaster headstock is the dream, why is this not made!
You do realize that the majority of the bikes made on the show, were literally NOT made to be ridden. They were made to be interesting art. This is nothing new. For the better part of 5 decades there have been people making Choppers that were meant to be looked at, not ridden. As a very young man, I used to look at some of the bikes on the covers of magazines like Chopper, and said, "that's ridiculous." But the show served as a vehicle for company exposure. For weeks, people would tune in and hear the company's name over and over and over. Then the company gets to put the chopper in their lobby as a conversation piece. I saw the bike made for Bill Murray, down here in Florida. It was fun to look at, especially because I had seen the show. I also saw several of their "show bikes" down here in Daytona when they brought them down. Fun to look at. It should be noted that the vast majority of Orange County Choppers were NOT like this chopper in the video. They were what they called "production bikes." Those WERE meant to be ridden. I cannot speak authoritatively about them because I have never ridden them, but I have seen people who did own them, and they all enjoyed riding them. I think what's lost on people is that OCC was just a custom production chopper business. One of those channels was looking for reality tv content for shows. So they contacted OCC. Paul Jr has an artistic talent, so the channel wanted him to make art. The world came to know them for Paul Jr's art. But that's a tiny fraction of the motorcycles they built. Thus, I would classify the title of this video as clickbait. If he were being honest, he would have said an OCC Show Bike. Every problem he has with this motorcycle is because it was meant to be art, not a daily rider. But his title lumps this bike in with all of their daily riders.
@user-rr7bv6my4e As somebody who has made custom furniture, some of it is meant to be more functional and less art, while some is meant to be less functional and more art. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but Jesse James did Monster garage. Those vehicles were Not meant to be daily drivers.. For Geico, that bike served its purpose. A tax write off for a promotional activity. And it gave them something to look interesting in their lobby. It might simply help to understand that it was never created for somebody like you or me to ride everyday. It's like looking at a Top Fuel dragster and saying, I don't see the point of a car I can't drive to work everyday. See my point?
They made theme bikes for businesses but they also made production bikes for customers. Customer bikes started at about 80 grand. I had a former co-worker who was a huge fan of their show and spent $80k buying his "dream" OCC bike as a retirement gift to himself. I spoke to him some time ago and he said it was absolute crap. Stock frames and Harley engines, maybe the handlebars and fenders were fabricated in house, the rest was cheap Chinese parts. Parts broke off, it misfired within months, and no warranty work was honored and customer service was non-existent. He said he took a bath, lost $80k on what was essentially a shiny $2500 bike.
I know someone who bought a Big Dog for something like $50,000. It was a hundred times the bike an OCC is. He kept it for 2 years, put something like 1500 miles on it, and was hard pressed to sell it for $8000. The entire custom chopper fad was total bullshit. Only an idiot would buy any of them new.
He probably wanted to buy it for nostalgia purposes and possibly the engine. You take the engine and supercharger, install a replica engine, and use the engine for a more useful bike.
Shaun, your description of OCC's mission was spot on. Senior's brilliance was in the packaging, not the product. And the outcome? About what you'd expect.
I found it funny that when they made a bike for the younger employee (I wanna say Cody) it was a much smaller and lighter bike and seemed like the one practical bike I've seen them build. Although I don't know if the stick shift is very sensible. But idk much about motorcycles and I didn't watch it that much, so I might have some details mixed up.
I built a Big Bear Chopper for my 50th Birthday and had a kit delivered to my house from Big Bear California. It was a fantastic build. I am a remodeling contractor who thought they could build a chopper after watching Orange County Choppers on TV. I was correct. If these bubble heads could build these bikes I thought I could too. It was a fantastic build and the bike still is running today. It's called the Sicilian Venom after my Sicilian Heritage. It is painted Green White Red after the Italian Flag. I can't wait for your next episode and figure out what happens to this Geico Bike. I truly think that Paul Jr, was the true brains of the operation and had great artistic visions. The Old Man was good at welding fences and what ever was to be welded except motorcycles, lollll Love your channel!!!
A kit like you did would be the way to do it for sure if you are doing it for yourself. I used to work at an aftermarket shop and built 17 bikes when I worked there from the lift up! That's what I called it because I would start with an empty lift,raise it up and go from there! They were all custom too however the person wanted them and ordering parts from so many different manufacturers and suppliers was such a nightmare! Things showed up that were nothing like the description or just made not to spec, customer would want one thing but it would not physically work on the bike, but I did lots of fab work so they thought I could make it work and they want it by the weekend too!! LoL a kit would have made things so much easier!!
I've never watched your channel until tonight and I watched these 2 videos for 45 minutes. And then out of all on ramps in the world to watch you ride this thing for the first time ever... you take the same on ramp i take every day 😂. Bonny Oaks!
It's the same as the MTV show Pimp My Ride with West Coast Customs back then, where the cars were only pimped for show purposes and only had to last for the episode. The rust wasn't even removed, it was just covered over with kilos of filler, Show cars that have never been used in real life. There were also nasty sayings like "It only needs to last until the camera is turned off"
To build a car or motorcycle that runs and not just for show should at least take a couple of years if not more depending on what you want it to look like and run like
@@PhillipPashley-j8m How the hell should it take a custom shop a couple of years to build a motorcycle or even a car? That's absolutely ridiculous. A meticulous shop with plenty of skilled staff should be able to complete a quality build in a few months if all the parts are available.
Pimp my ride was even worse because they wern't building new cars for celebs. They took what was alot of the families only vehicle and turned it into a hunk of junk.
Tavarish has the pink van from the show. In his first video about the van he stated that PMR bought a very similar van (in better condition) and modded that one. The original car was very probably sent to the junkyard after being ripped apart.
Had one of those pimp my ride cars roll through my shop right around the time I got started wrenching on cars. Yeah we found a rust spot and per state rules we had to see how much rot there was. We dug about 4 pounds of bondo out of the rocker panel ( which was exposed after the side skirt fell off cause it was attached to the 4 pounds of bondo ). We had to tell him it was uninspectable and the father understood when he saw the literal pounds of oddly shaped bondo chunks on the floor. I can’t remember what car it was but I know the dad was telling his kid they were going to trade it in. He asked us to put the side skirt on well enough to get it to the Toyota dealer. When he came in a week later he said the dealer offered him 1000 bucks for the reject and he told his son to take the offer. Hope it met its end via cash for clunkers cause it was a rotten death trap
I got to see a couple of the OCC bikes when they came to my trade school. They had tons of weld splatter that was painted over and a bunch of other things that showed how little they actually cared about the quality of the finished product. As long as it looked good enough from 10 feet away, they didn't seem to bother them.
I've driven that stretch of interstate probably 20K times, but never on a supercharged show chopper. And from what your video shows, that's a good thing!
I mean how is this even street legal at all? This is a ticking bomb that if you crash on a open road not only you mangle yourself or even d-e but you also damage and can cause harm to others ... Not only is risk to drive it but feels like its a magnet for lawsuits too ... Hope this doesn't happen and they know what they are doing. Even being in that room inside the Dyno was too much for me, something snaps, takes other thing off its like shrapnels fly around even that dude didn't realized that a oil pump hose snapped he kept "driving" it crazy... The 1st thing I see a bunch of fluid and gas blows up they be like nah we just stand here and ride the Dyno next thing they know they are in a puddle of oil. I don't get it.... awareness and self preservation next to zero. The videos are still interesting in a sense we learn what some people can build and educational too because you learn not to repeat their mistakes :D
Dude this video was awesome! I love how you do your ads! Just simple and straight forward. Not pushy but helpful! Great stuff man! That bike is insane! !!! You got massive cohonas bro!!! Grande Jeuvos!!!
I just gotta laugh at the irony: An insurance company that advertises motorcycle insurance, and promotes motorcycle safety would put its name on a certified two wheeled death trap. Choppers in general, are not safe (or comfortable) machines, but THIS...
This bike was clearly intended only as a show bike to use as part of an advertising campaign so they didn't put the same effort into making sure it was safe to ride any distance or length of time as they would expect of the usual kinds of bikes they insure.
The article lied :) It never encapsulated "300hp" in quotation marks like I just did, i.e, to be interpreted as if those who built it said that. Sorry, but OCC is clear on this one.
Ok, I just laughed at the very unexpected interjection at 18:42 "lined with Kevlar, the only protection I'll ever need".. "YEAH, WE KNOW!! YOU HAVE 4 KIDS!"
All that boost and special fuel and it basically makes the same power as a Japanese straight 4. Like a super yacht, it's not for going on the ocean. It's for sitting in the harbour and hosting parties.
Bikes and beards! Man you may not read you comments but as a much smaller TH-cam channel I always appreciate a good comment. I just stumbled across your channel yesterday and have really enjoyed it. Keep it up!
there was an episode of top gear and Clarkson once noted that something that is considered an 'art' piece doesn't necessarily have to have any usefulness other then existing as art. so i guess in this case, you are right that this is simply a show/art piece rather then a normal bike
It’s sad really how obvious this is and people still don’t get it. Watched the show all the time and never really saw them try to claim they were making good handling, practical bikes ect. It was always about just looking as cool as possible
@@pipedown7969Thought they had a line of production bikes that were made for the road. They were not part of the show but sold through their shop. The ones on the show were art pieces.
If it don't actually work, its not art as a motorcycle. Because anybody can glue a engine, wheeles and bars together to "look" like a motorcycle. But the art is making it all come together to function as a motorcycle.
Thanks for explaining the business model of the Orange County Chopper clientele. I remember watching every one of the bikes being a hardtail, and thinking, "Why would anyone want to ride that? It would be utter torture to ride it on any sort of long trip." But understanding that no one ever intended to ride them like that, and they were never bought for that purpose all makes sense now.
When you talked about everything being "inverted" or not where they're supposed to be got me thinkin about old times. My dad and his 2 brothers used to restore old motorcycles, and we live in Norway so right hand drive. When my uncle got hold of an old BSA from the UK, my dad was due to a test drive. 500cc kickstart and brakes/clutch reversed. He was in for a surprise :p Stalled it once, got his knee almost dislocated bcause of the compression, but it started and ran well :)
Not securing the rear wheel on the dynamometer can cause a serious accident. Even after the first mistake, you continued without doing it. There is also a risk of lateral displacement. With the motorcycle’s inertia, it could end up in a serious accident within that small, crowded room.
Yeah it's kind of crazy they didn't even consider the shocks depressing when they got on it. They just kept going LOL That Could Have Ended bad. Luckily it did not
Even though the bike has issues, This dude loves to throw in his little passive aggressive digs and then claim hes not insulting the brand. We get it, the bike needs work. It was never built for actual riders.
If you wanted, you could make it slightly more rideable pretty easily. Longer bars, paired with a new thick actual padded seat. Just would put you up higher and further back and bring your arms back.
I agree, then stick a BMW R1300 engine in it, remove the supercharger, bolt on a nice screen, maybe add some rear suspension, and finally some heated grips?
My Vietnam vet uncle rode bikes for 40 + years, he bought one of those new trikes and had a blow out. He died a week later from complications from his wreck. Miss him dearly. R.I.P. Bobby
I actually got the Geico bike running and rode it at speed. I lived in Jupiter, Fl. and was a member of an Offshore powerboat race team which stored pur boat along side of the Geico Team. As the story goes I was asked to retrieve the bike from a shop in Jupiter that was neing evicted.I spent the day getting it running. This was 2018.I actually got a police escort to my favorite watering hole,the Square Grouper. I enjoyed the rest of the day with it and brought it to the warehouse of the owner of team Geico. I got chewed out because I actually rode the bike and didn't flatbed it. Also the bile runs on C6 racing fuel and all I could get was 93 octane which blued the pipes.Nrrdless to say that ended my relationship with the team. Cry baby's the lot of them. So I was the true first to ride that beast.😊
Perfect reason why it's a bad idea to buy something highly modded, unless you know the exact history. Because there are all sorts of people out there that will put pump gas in an engine that requires 110 octane.
Used to watch OCC back in the day for the comedy value, and some of the stuff they did where beautiful art pieces, never once did I consider riding one of them on a public road, my 1999 Fireblade was about 130 bhp I think never a single problem and handled like a dream (sold it in 2015 regretted it ever since)
I didn’t mind the ads honestly. I’ve loved this channel for a while, me and my son watch it every time he uploads. This is the only video that’s been crammed with the ads but I don’t mind watching. Let the dude get his money, he deserves it
What these guys need is an Allen Millyard! All the builders with all the equipment to build a 140 bhp POS that doesn't want to start, and when it does start it runs like a bag of bolts. Millyard builds a bike in his car sized garage, on his own, with basic tools, that has a Viper V10 running 500 bhp, starts on the button, and he can, and does, ride it for hundreds of miles without a problem. Anyone that considers themself to be a motorcycle enthusiast should look up Allen Millyard, and see what incredible pieces of engineering he does.
I feel your pain . I had a very good copy of a bike called "Darla" by Jesse Rooke . It had no rear suspension (hardtail) and the front suspension was backwards with a mountain bike shock. It kicked the builder and 1st owner off and then after I repaired it it did the same to me , knocked me unconscious in the road. The only way you could change the oil filter was to lift the engine up in the frame . I changed the front suspension in an attempt to make it rideable but it lost some of it's cool factor. The guy I sold it to changed it straight back . Some of these choppers are made to be looked at and never ridden
Not all choppers are total failures. A member of my family bought a new Norton & before he took delivery he had it chopped. It came with extended front forks, upturned pipes, a fat Harley rear tire & rim, & topped off with a peanut tank. I don't think it steered too well but the rear suspension was retained & it gave a fairly good ride. Actually it ran pretty well for a chopper. It did have a problem though. Our main highway had just attained freeway status & the distance between service stations was a bit further than the range of that peanut tank.
@@n.mcneil4066 I assume that you mean that it doesn't steer well even for a chopper with raked forks. I would rate any bike that doesn't steer well as a big failure. You don't have a cage round you when something happens and you can't steer yourself out of trouble.
I recall in their shop they sold "normal" bikes too, these were pimped up, but not as extreme as the TV show versions. So I am pretty sure they do have "ridable" bikes, just not these super original TV show builds. This Ace Pro camera ad with a motorcycle in it is pretty rad.
Even their "normal bikes" were garbage. They were thrown together without Locktite and fell apart under normal riding. Nothing fit right and they usually had a foreign made stock Evo clone engine but for a premium price.
I've driven two OCC bikes, one was a custom build for a customer, not a company or corporation. The other was an "off the shelf" bike. Both were absolutely horrible.
A couple of the older guys in the dyno room without hearing protection…Eh? What was that? 😂😂 Nope, I done enough damage to my hearing that I’m going to protect what’s left.
You can tell from the when we met him on the last video that he loves bikes, this is his lifelong passion for sure. He knows his stuff and takes it all to heart. Dudes a pure soul, an excited teenager in a grown man's body.
Hey man they have to pay for all the wasted money to make 2 YT videos on a corporate promo bike that was never built to ride just somehow. They do it by ruining the 2 videos that were the point of the whole thing to begin with. What a world we live in.
I know nothing about bikes, which is probably why i loved OCC when it was on. That bike certainly looks cool, and it sounds great, just such a shame it doesn't have the power they claimed nor is it reliable etc…
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The plumber bike.
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i bet when they were all in ace hardware they just agreed to buy one of each thread pitch because in the cut scene they were just all looking at each other like " which one do we get " lmao
That camera it's new to me! That looks like a interesting alternative to Disney's GoPro.💯
In matters to that beautiful flourescent chopper, I would keep the frame, weld a support for a springed seat on it, swap the lame unfinished supercharged engine (sell it) for a smaller reliable one - along with its respective acessories, a decent fuel tank, etc.
- Otherwise: sell it to the other gentleman in the 1st episode! The one who worked on it and wants to buy it from you.
GET YOU MONEY BACK! 😉
You should now buy a Paul Jr. Designs bike, this would be a great review.
luckily the builders had the foresight to paint it luminous green so that at least when you break down you can be seen by other road users.
thoughtful
Not really thoughtful. More like "Hey! Look at meeeee!!! I am broke down!!!!" :)
Makes it easier for Geico's roadside assistance to find you.
Gecko green, just a thought. Any other suggestions.
It was cool to see the exhaust pipes slowly get more and more blue as the video progressed. Goes to show the bike was truly never ridden for more than a few minutes.
😂...my thoughts exactly
or lean@@Mikegastaldo
the bike was never ride more than 15 minutes before !!!!bravo Orange County Chopper !!!🤣👏👏 it sux !!TV shows ........
@@kawanbat7143 yep next let me tell you about Bear Grylls >
Good call👀
I worked for Snap On Tool when OCC built the Snap On bike. Discovery charged Snap On over a million to build the bike. In addition, Snap On was required to pay to use the bike at trade shows for 2 years. Snap On management ended up having Alen Ness build a nicer bike for under $100k. We had several trade shows where both were on display together. The Ness bike had much better fit finish and quality.
I'm surprised Snap On is still in business with poor decisions like that. What a complete waste of money. I bet you can count on one hand how many tool sets they sold from the marketing campaign.
@@spartanx169x They're in business because a whole lot of mechanics swear by their business model of charging big money to bring you hand tools on a truck.
Well, if snap on built a bike it would be around a million I would imagine.
The Snap On Bike was in Cambridge Ontario at Canadian Tire for a weekend a bunch of years ago. For a bike that was never really ridden it sure looked beat up...
Considering how Snap-On rolls business wise, that's fair play! 😂
3 miles per tank... yeah, I'd be reaching out to that dude that offered 15k cash for this thing.
It's a show bike, wow shock and horror 😂😂 to be looked at like when it arrived on the base unridden.. Ffs you guys are simple people
@@Mike.hobbies Oh the Irony with this one....
@@Mike.hobbies "Our bikes have to look good but they also gotta be functional." -- Paul Jr (many times on the show)
@@tommyt1971 functionnal may vary in terms and definitions i guess😂
@@heyitzphil9792 Yup.
Jesse James said that OCC bikes were just for looks and trailer queens. Well, he was 100% correct.
He was absolutely correct when he said that on stage on the bike built of against sr and jr
Junk
How is it that he is able to ride this good looking POS on the roads with out a license plate or a headlight? I understand the hand signals are legal in some states.
@@coyboybc huh?
@@327JohnnySS good looking? No way.
Gets you from point A.... to point A
Best quote ever.
But the quote that had me laughing was the insurance quote from Geico!!!
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😅😅😅
@@stclairstclair Yeah, $1,750 a year for insuring a bike you might actually get to ride 50 miles in a year. OCC choppers are beautiful as yard art but nothing anyone could ever consciously buy to ride. It hurts my heart a little to imagine all of the poor suckers who bought these pretty boat anchors thinking they could ride them for any length of time. And that insurance quote was a good dose of reality as well. Motorcycle insurance for someone his age should be way cheaper, that's like $150/month. Probably still less expensive than the monthly repair/maintenance bill for that heap.
60% of the time, works every time. Mouhahahahah
Man, as someone who has a ton of roots style blower experience including countless explosions, I myself wouldn't dare to send that thing the way it's set-up. There's no pop-off device (that can be seen. at least) and no shield or guard between the blower and the riders chest/neck/chin. Anything that would cause a backfire through the intake (worst case scenario a hung intake valve) has the potential to set that thing off like a little bomb. No bueno!
And no, I'm not being a Karen here...the freakin thing is dangerous, period.
I wondered about the same thing....plus I worried about the belt and the chain.
I was thinking the same, his neck is right over it. That bike is dangerous trash.
Yup. Death trap.
And this from the guy who pulled all the insulation out of his helmet to ride a slingshot dragster......
I wonder if it has anything in the blower
At 22:30 dude jumps in to help his friend with putting the battery back in. His friend didn't even need to ask. He just jumped right in. Thats a true friend and a good dude. His friend could have done it by himself, but he knew if he helped it would be easier on his buddy. Good dude.
I love how much the guy with the long braids is smiling. Like he's a kid again. As much as you say "don't buy", it feels like everybody loves this bike.
They love it from an engineering project or art standpoint, like the Mona Lisa comment from the braids guy.
You love it when someone else owns it, like a boat.
Thats a sign of laughing how shitty this bike performes compared to the hipe... thats what I read in their faces. its unbelieve.
The problem with occ and all the other auto building shows, is that over time the 1 thing they all had in common was building with insane time constraints. 2 months, 2 weeks, 1 week, 3 days to get a complete thing made.
OCC, Biker Buildoff, Boyd Cottington, Chip Foose, fast n loud..... All ended up trying to make 1 off cars in ridiculous time frame, and all these shows ended up being a race against time instead of building.
end of every episode... this needs to be done tomorrow...
100k build needs to be done in a week...
It's the same issue with latter seasons of Mythbuster's. The producers got involved too much and dramatized it. Early Mythbusters was way better, I couldn't stand all the fake charisma. Shows like OCC were even worse with the drama and fakery. Just give me a show documenting a real bike shop without setups and personality drama.
I would never allow anyone to build anything for me that insists on those insane time restraints.
Even though Boyd was not the best person around, I'm pretty sure all his cars were drivable, even though they might not be street legal. Same with the stuff done by Foose.
Comparing OCC to Boyd or Chip is ridiculous 😂 Both have built many cars that worked well and were works of art. Just not for a tv show
If you watch carefully during this Ace Pro commercial, they tune and ride a neon yellow GEICO Orange County Chopper.
Can you give me a time stamp? I must have blinked and missed it 😂
Oddly enough, what he did is illegal in the UK and Europe. They have to clearly mark when they are being sponsored or running a segment for a sponsor and identify who it is. Pretty sure it's against the rules of YT as well.
The ads are getting a little out of hand lol I pay for premium to avoid this garbage 😂
LMAO
17:00 "this bike could fall apart on the road and kill me." Now let's go ride it without a helmet.
And Sammy rides it without wearing boots. Cool sneaks tho, despite them being dangerous for riding.
And apparentyl, no insurance..
Where I live in Canada one of the Dealers took on the Orange County's line in their sales department. Arrangements were made to bring Vinnie from Orange County to come up and they would do a ride to show the bikes to potential customers. There were I believe seven bikes brought up from the states in a trailer. When they went to do the ride, only three of the seven would start. Vinnie and the dealership mechanics screwed around for about an hour trying to get those bikes fired up but it never happened. They did the ride with the three but ran out of time so many of the folks who had signed up for the ride were turned away. The dealership had ordered ten bikes for stock. Three years later they finally managed to get rid of the last bike at a number below cost just to get rid of it. An acquaintance of mine worked at that dealership and he told me that the management almost went of a three day drunk when they finally managed to get that last, his words, "Turd" out the door and gone...........
Just goes to show that bikes should be built by engineers, not freakshow "entertainers" with little idea about _anything at all._ Engineers like Allan Millyard, for example.
Lol where was this????
@@k.v.b.1865 didn’t aaassk
OH YEAH.... BANKRUPTCY!!
I was gonna ask about their "production" bikes and if they were any good, that answers that lol!
Now I understand why Jesse James bikes had more street cred than OCC's bikes.
Because jesse's bikes were made to ride not just to look at.
@@tylerhubbell6410 exactly. Which is why Jesse always made it a point when they would let him to ride the bike some long distance prior to the end.
You should of sold it for 15000
Also, don't forget Indian Larry, he also built bikes you could actually ride
...plus those guys were expert fabricators, anyone can bolt parts together!
If they’d put ape hangers on it, it would actually be more ergonomic. Which is not usually the case
If they put a large anchor on it then it might help it sink faster when they chuck it overboard 😂
I remember alot of kids when I was growing up that replaced the occ chopper bicycle handbars with bmx ones
I just would not ride the thing because it has a blower on the gas tank. If you had a wreck that bike would probably kill you.
@@flattire4243I did that
Sell it to your neighbour (from part 1) who built it so he can finish the bike properly and ride it.
He told him he'd give him 15 grand for it when he only paid $10 less whatever all these diagnostics and repairs have cost him anyway
@@dosmastrify
Seems these guys are just messingbaround
Dramatics
@@dosmastrifyHe did say "right now", that's before any work or expenses were incurred for repairs and diagnostics
You can’t polish this turd……. best bike builder in the world can’t make this right
riding position looks like you wouldn't want to be on it longer than 2 minutes anyway
my thoughts pal
only looking at it made me want to call my physio.
This was always my issue with every one of those tv builds. They look like just getting down the road staying in one lane is a stunt trick show😂
Back pain and cooks your chest . Unrideable.
More than once, Senior went wobbling down the street on one of those widow makers and came back and said: “ this thing really handles.”😂
They edited out: 'Badly'.
@@ATEC101 of course they did. why wouldnt they? xD
Honestly I would think if ANY of their creations handled well it would be the makings of a miracle.
😂😂
it is a fancy looking pos
3 miles per tank, you could not pay me to own this bike. you couldn't even make it to the closest grocery store and back on a single tank!
Sell it to the dude who offered $15K and never look back while using your huge new remote control catamaran.
Sell it for the same he got it for, the 10k. -5k since it has much much more wear than when he offered 15. While its in better running order its also now less showroom ready, being dirtied up after so much running. Besides, He's gunna make enough on these videos to make up for it anyway! I'd keep that watch though. That prolly could fetch a decent penny itself too.
This video alone has 3 million views. Which is about 5-10k $ . Plus his other videos have even more views . Way more than the $15kmoffered…
@@TheDigitalThreat much more wear bro he got it running that alone boosts the value by quite a bit.
Exactly. Now that would be a smart investment, a 50% return on your money
@InCountry6970 that watch is worth a few thousand $$
Calling Geico to try to insure this bike was seriously the classic topping on the cake. LMAO. Only thing that could have been better was calling Paul Sr. trying to get some warranty work done. LoL>
Prob. screwed up her numbers for the day, hope she didn't get in trouble.
I figured it wouldn’t happen but the whole video I kept thinking about the insurance price and hoped they would call geico. Good job dude man.
Absolute best insurance call! The price is cheap. If that is comprehensive with accident, damage, fire and theft plus breakdown cover in Orange county then go for it!
Some gutsy stuff right here. I was genuinely concerned for everyone in the Dyno room, especially the brave guy sitting astride it!
I was scared for them 😢
8:30 it's officially a Harley now
@@russellzauner 😂
Thanks for the laugh 🤣. When I saw the actual dyno number compared to all the claims gave me a chuckle.
And all that with a supercharger and race gas...
@16:50 if you watch the American Chopper episode featuring the build of this bike (S11, E2), you’ll know why the motor mounts were messed up. The engine and supercharger didn’t line up properly and their solution was to redrill the motor mount holes by hand to shift the engine over. I’ve visited the OCC headquarters that used to be in Newburgh, NY three different times when I was working in that area, and I was stunned at how bad some of the welds looked on those bikes when you get to look at them up close and peek into the nooks and crannies (as well as upward from the bottom)… those angles that the TV cameras never saw. I wouldn’t be caught on one out on the road.
They pretty much welded crap over already built frame parts and things done by other people.
Great eye! Great catch. I could not enjoy the show because of the shouting and fighting. I honor and respect my Father ( as well as my mother) but the father and son fights put me off to that show.
@@Taino871 In many episodes, they'd just need a tank and grab one that was already made and just put the necessary holes for fuel and the filler cap. If they didn't go for those cuckoo designs, he would most likely pull entire frames already welded and so on. Then you compare that with Boyd's show, where a lot of stuff from panels to wheels were manufactured in-house and they showed it being done on camera.
I was racing in Wallkill NY at Walden A Motocross track and my dad wanted to stop by OCC, they were closed so bummed we didn't stop there though, this was 2003, Miss ya dad,
😅 too much hate😂
Still can’t believe you didn’t have your shop neighbor who knows the bike better than anyone help get it all sorted.
yeah thats stupid move. "nahhh i dont want the guy who built it to work on it to actually fix it".
He probably wants a stupid amount of money to work on it
@@helium5912 What are the chances the dude that built the bike is literally a 20 second walk from their shop? How lucky they were. Instead they had guys working on the bike who didn’t have a clue and they kept screwing it up more and more. I kept watching to see when they were going to have him come look at it and it never happed. I can’t believe it. Smh. 🤦🏻♂️
@@AlexRides808more than he’s paying the dealership to work on it? Doubtful lol
It didn't fit the script. His neighbor takes pride in his work and definitely would have got this thing running right. Not to consult him and take it to Harley was weak. Now this bike has a black cloud over it.
I recall on one of the build contests Jesse James referred to OCC and cake decorators. The builds for corporate customers were essentially trade show attractions, but that's what the customer wanted.
I remember that, "they're cake decorators"
I've always felt that way too.
I saw most of an episode of their dumb TV show once while visiting my late friend Don, who was ill. My take then was that they made garbage that can't be ridden. Ironically, Don's friend showed up on the chopper he bought used, a BMW boxer twin that was something you could ride and likely faster than what OCC was building...
If it was the same TV contest I remember the Teutles didn't even build a motorcycle, as I remember they built what looked like a floor creeper, a flat board with tires and a motor????
Yea because of their stupid young new designer. Was like a lying down snow mobile lol. @@12babyapes59
@@12babyapes59 There was one build off between Jesse James, OCC, and PJD, then there was another with all three plus Gas Monkey. I didn't see the one with Gas Monkey, and maybe that was from that show.
Love watching these older dudes show their expertise. Much respect.
I love watching a bunch of people just come together over something they all enjoy.
Feels a bit like one of those episodes on youtube where someone buys an ex pimp my ride car, and discoveres how crappy it actually is 😅
You mean Tavarish?
It basically is that... Wonder why it would feel like something it almost is...
It is, occ is pimp my ride for motorcycles
I bought Shaq's 99 Denali that Pimp my ride did for him in Laker Gold and purple. Good quality job
Please oh please do more videos with the 2 older gentleman. They are both very knowledgeable and cool as a cucumber
I second that
I misread that as “knowledgeable as a cucumber”
Kinda neat watching you work on one of these legends, I’ve ridden my whole life, I felt like these were all expensive show pieces, and wondered about reliability, guess I don’t need to wonder anymore !, great video, stay safe, keep the shiny side up !
As a guitarist, I have two guitars that we call wall hangers, they look lovely, but are unplayable....Seems OCC bikes are the equivalent to this, they look the dogs bollocks, but are 100% not roadworthy..
Now i gotta ask: what guitars are those?
@@MarmaladeMakitwo Gibsons
Les Pauls for sure. I fight mine daily
@@Ian-lm5ep
LOL that's funny as I keep considering getting a les paul but I'm incredibly, it's quite a skill actually, INCREDIBLY good at knocking guitars over. Even in stands. I've a wooden floor where I keep my guitars which is not helpful.
I've managed to break the headstock on others more than once, and while I love Les Pauls I'm scared to get a real one as they are notorious for snapping necks when knocked over. So I think if I got one I'd scared to actually use it, it'd tend to hang on the wall.
My telecaster is fantastic, its headstock seems designed for clumsy oafs, it's got basically a 0 degree back angle.
I'll get a les paul "style" I think, cheaper .. and one that looks like it can take a toppling. Les Paul body with telecaster headstock is the dream, why is this not made!
@@Ian-lm5ep How's your truss rod set up?
Buying you know OCC bike is like buying a house that's made at a movie studio. There's a front but no inside of no back.
I don’t always agree with Jessie James’ arrogance, but he nailed it when he called the Tootholes “Cake Decorators”. 🤣
That comment has stood the test of time. Agree.
You do realize that the majority of the bikes made on the show, were literally NOT made to be ridden. They were made to be interesting art. This is nothing new. For the better part of 5 decades there have been people making Choppers that were meant to be looked at, not ridden. As a very young man, I used to look at some of the bikes on the covers of magazines like Chopper, and said, "that's ridiculous."
But the show served as a vehicle for company exposure. For weeks, people would tune in and hear the company's name over and over and over. Then the company gets to put the chopper in their lobby as a conversation piece. I saw the bike made for Bill Murray, down here in Florida. It was fun to look at, especially because I had seen the show. I also saw several of their "show bikes" down here in Daytona when they brought them down. Fun to look at.
It should be noted that the vast majority of Orange County Choppers were NOT like this chopper in the video. They were what they called "production bikes." Those WERE meant to be ridden. I cannot speak authoritatively about them because I have never ridden them, but I have seen people who did own them, and they all enjoyed riding them.
I think what's lost on people is that OCC was just a custom production chopper business. One of those channels was looking for reality tv content for shows. So they contacted OCC. Paul Jr has an artistic talent, so the channel wanted him to make art. The world came to know them for Paul Jr's art. But that's a tiny fraction of the motorcycles they built. Thus, I would classify the title of this video as clickbait. If he were being honest, he would have said an OCC Show Bike. Every problem he has with this motorcycle is because it was meant to be art, not a daily rider. But his title lumps this bike in with all of their daily riders.
@user-rr7bv6my4e As somebody who has made custom furniture, some of it is meant to be more functional and less art, while some is meant to be less functional and more art.
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but Jesse James did Monster garage. Those vehicles were Not meant to be daily drivers..
For Geico, that bike served its purpose. A tax write off for a promotional activity. And it gave them something to look interesting in their lobby. It might simply help to understand that it was never created for somebody like you or me to ride everyday.
It's like looking at a Top Fuel dragster and saying, I don't see the point of a car I can't drive to work everyday. See my point?
@user-rr7bv6my4e You are missing the point.
The old man made iron fence before occ. My kid played soccer with the cfo's kid he was nice they were jerks. All of them
They made theme bikes for businesses but they also made production bikes for customers. Customer bikes started at about 80 grand. I had a former co-worker who was a huge fan of their show and spent $80k buying his "dream" OCC bike as a retirement gift to himself. I spoke to him some time ago and he said it was absolute crap. Stock frames and Harley engines, maybe the handlebars and fenders were fabricated in house, the rest was cheap Chinese parts. Parts broke off, it misfired within months, and no warranty work was honored and customer service was non-existent. He said he took a bath, lost $80k on what was essentially a shiny $2500 bike.
Oof. They say "never meet your heroes".... Well, you could extend that to "never buy your dream custom chopper" lol
That's a great buisness model take a crappy $2500 "cheap custom" and sell for $80,000 to people that like SHINY things lol $77500 PROFIT
The show was an infomercial
That's a damn shame
I know someone who bought a Big Dog for something like $50,000. It was a hundred times the bike an OCC is. He kept it for 2 years, put something like 1500 miles on it, and was hard pressed to sell it for $8000. The entire custom chopper fad was total bullshit. Only an idiot would buy any of them new.
The guy that actually worked on it and offered $15k for it, must be like "damn, I really dodged a bullet there".
He probably wanted to buy it for nostalgia purposes and possibly the engine. You take the engine and supercharger, install a replica engine, and use the engine for a more useful bike.
Shaun, your description of OCC's mission was spot on. Senior's brilliance was in the packaging, not the product. And the outcome? About what you'd expect.
He was really good at yelling at his son also
I found it funny that when they made a bike for the younger employee (I wanna say Cody) it was a much smaller and lighter bike and seemed like the one practical bike I've seen them build. Although I don't know if the stick shift is very sensible. But idk much about motorcycles and I didn't watch it that much, so I might have some details mixed up.
It’s so awesome too see the old timers getting hyped it just shows how much love they have for their careers I hope to find that someday
I built a Big Bear Chopper for my 50th Birthday and had a kit delivered to my house from Big Bear California. It was a fantastic build. I am a remodeling contractor who thought they could build a chopper after watching Orange County Choppers on TV. I was correct. If these bubble heads could build these bikes I thought I could too. It was a fantastic build and the bike still is running today. It's called the Sicilian Venom after my Sicilian Heritage. It is painted Green White Red after the Italian Flag. I can't wait for your next episode and figure out what happens to this Geico Bike. I truly think that Paul Jr, was the true brains of the operation and had great artistic visions. The Old Man was good at welding fences and what ever was to be welded except motorcycles, lollll Love your channel!!!
Is this going to be a long story?
Does the exhaust go.......
A kit like you did would be the way to do it for sure if you are doing it for yourself. I used to work at an aftermarket shop and built 17 bikes when I worked there from the lift up! That's what I called it because I would start with an empty lift,raise it up and go from there! They were all custom too however the person wanted them and ordering parts from so many different manufacturers and suppliers was such a nightmare! Things showed up that were nothing like the description or just made not to spec, customer would want one thing but it would not physically work on the bike, but I did lots of fab work so they thought I could make it work and they want it by the weekend too!! LoL a kit would have made things so much easier!!
“Bubbleheads” 😆 😆
Cool story bro! Does to run off ragu? Your in N.Y? 😂
I've never watched your channel until tonight and I watched these 2 videos for 45 minutes. And then out of all on ramps in the world to watch you ride this thing for the first time ever... you take the same on ramp i take every day 😂. Bonny Oaks!
It's the same as the MTV show Pimp My Ride with West Coast Customs back then, where the cars were only pimped for show purposes and only had to last for the episode. The rust wasn't even removed, it was just covered over with kilos of filler, Show cars that have never been used in real life. There were also nasty sayings like "It only needs to last until the camera is turned off"
To build a car or motorcycle that runs and not just for show should at least take a couple of years if not more depending on what you want it to look like and run like
@@PhillipPashley-j8m How the hell should it take a custom shop a couple of years to build a motorcycle or even a car? That's absolutely ridiculous.
A meticulous shop with plenty of skilled staff should be able to complete a quality build in a few months if all the parts are available.
Pimp my ride was even worse because they wern't building new cars for celebs. They took what was alot of the families only vehicle and turned it into a hunk of junk.
Tavarish has the pink van from the show. In his first video about the van he stated that PMR bought a very similar van (in better condition) and modded that one. The original car was very probably sent to the junkyard after being ripped apart.
Had one of those pimp my ride cars roll through my shop right around the time I got started wrenching on cars. Yeah we found a rust spot and per state rules we had to see how much rot there was. We dug about 4 pounds of bondo out of the rocker panel ( which was exposed after the side skirt fell off cause it was attached to the 4 pounds of bondo ). We had to tell him it was uninspectable and the father understood when he saw the literal pounds of oddly shaped bondo chunks on the floor. I can’t remember what car it was but I know the dad was telling his kid they were going to trade it in. He asked us to put the side skirt on well enough to get it to the Toyota dealer. When he came in a week later he said the dealer offered him 1000 bucks for the reject and he told his son to take the offer. Hope it met its end via cash for clunkers cause it was a rotten death trap
I got to see a couple of the OCC bikes when they came to my trade school. They had tons of weld splatter that was painted over and a bunch of other things that showed how little they actually cared about the quality of the finished product. As long as it looked good enough from 10 feet away, they didn't seem to bother them.
Orange County Dung
@@FXSTB-iOCD? Definitely not.
Now that you say that, I noticed not ever once they showed any close ups to where you can see any welds or anything like that when they were on air
Cosplayers have the 5 foot rule. Can't see the hot glue and duct tape holding it together. 🤣
Yep, nice from afar, but far from nice🤷🏼♂️
I've driven that stretch of interstate probably 20K times, but never on a supercharged show chopper. And from what your video shows, that's a good thing!
I mean how is this even street legal at all? This is a ticking bomb that if you crash on a open road not only you mangle yourself or even d-e but you also damage and can cause harm to others ... Not only is risk to drive it but feels like its a magnet for lawsuits too ...
Hope this doesn't happen and they know what they are doing.
Even being in that room inside the Dyno was too much for me, something snaps, takes other thing off its like shrapnels fly around even that dude didn't realized that a oil pump hose snapped he kept "driving" it crazy...
The 1st thing I see a bunch of fluid and gas blows up they be like nah we just stand here and ride the Dyno next thing they know they are in a puddle of oil. I don't get it.... awareness and self preservation next to zero.
The videos are still interesting in a sense we learn what some people can build and educational too because you learn not to repeat their mistakes :D
Dude this video was awesome! I love how you do your ads! Just simple and straight forward. Not pushy but helpful! Great stuff man! That bike is insane! !!! You got massive cohonas bro!!! Grande Jeuvos!!!
I just gotta laugh at the irony: An insurance company that advertises motorcycle insurance, and promotes motorcycle safety would put its name on a certified two wheeled death trap. Choppers in general, are not safe (or comfortable) machines, but THIS...
They paid for it before OCC built it. Ironic, but not their fault.
This bike was clearly intended only as a show bike to use as part of an advertising campaign so they didn't put the same effort into making sure it was safe to ride any distance or length of time as they would expect of the usual kinds of bikes they insure.
It looks like a nightmare. A Death bike.☠️🤙👋
And geico wont insure you if you race.
Don't know if you consider a Yamaha Virago a Chopper, but that one is a comfortable one! 😊
So they basically LIED when they said it was 300hp. lol
*literally
Jesse James said it best "Those OCC Guys Are Nothing But Cake Decorators" · FACTS..
The article lied :) It never encapsulated "300hp" in quotation marks like I just did, i.e, to be interpreted as if those who built it said that.
Sorry, but OCC is clear on this one.
Seriously, who would actually believe it made 300hp. The jokes on those who actually did.
Dude almost every Harley knew this didn't have 300hp without a turbo 😅😅.. I was like yeah ok yeah right 😅
3:45 "So in classic Orange County Chopper fashion, we pushed the bike to it's next destination."
This had me laughing.
Oh yes every episode on Discovery Channel after Tutus bad temper.
bwa-hahahahahahahaha!
To me it's so typical reality TV that orange county choppers looked good but ran like sheet😅😅😅made 4 TV😂😂😂seriously🎉🎉🎉
*its
Learn to spell.
So glad to see you wearing gear. "Dress for the slide, not the ride"
I learned as a kid when I crashed my trail 70 on a gravel road it's definitely worth dressing for the slide not the ride.
the full race suit with cowboy boots had me in stitches 🤣
Ok, I just laughed at the very unexpected interjection at 18:42
"lined with Kevlar, the only protection I'll ever need".. "YEAH, WE KNOW!! YOU HAVE 4 KIDS!"
I think he said "full kit"
yea its springtime, when people race supersports on street in shirts n slippers
All that boost and special fuel and it basically makes the same power as a Japanese straight 4.
Like a super yacht, it's not for going on the ocean. It's for sitting in the harbour and hosting parties.
You can't polish a turd, but you can paint it day-glo green.
And the "Dorodango" episode from Mythbusters ? 💩☀😱
Work can wait, Sean has important information for us
😁
This is true
@@BikesandBeardsis it though
"In typical Orange County Chopper fashion we pushed it to its next destination" 😅😅😅 Almost spit my beer out lol
Also; "Verdict? -Best bike I ever owned, most reliable." -It get's you from point A... point A. (No mention of point B) 😅
Bikes and beards! Man you may not read you comments but as a much smaller TH-cam channel I always appreciate a good comment. I just stumbled across your channel yesterday and have really enjoyed it. Keep it up!
Final verdict, that bike likes riding a trailer more than it likes being ridden!
there was an episode of top gear and Clarkson once noted that something that is considered an 'art' piece doesn't necessarily have to have any usefulness other then existing as art. so i guess in this case, you are right that this is simply a show/art piece rather then a normal bike
It’s sad really how obvious this is and people still don’t get it. Watched the show all the time and never really saw them try to claim they were making good handling, practical bikes ect. It was always about just looking as cool as possible
@@pipedown7969Thought they had a line of production bikes that were made for the road. They were not part of the show but sold through their shop. The ones on the show were art pieces.
I’m reading the bit about art and imagining Clarkson’s voice. Lol!
@@pipedown7969 Yeah, I actually loved the show. I was a teenager back then and even I knew these bikes weren't made for riding.
@@pipedown7969Too bad they were never cool either. Just making non-functional bikes that look ridicilous.
If it don't actually work, its not art as a motorcycle. Because anybody can glue a engine, wheeles and bars together to "look" like a motorcycle. But the art is making it all come together to function as a motorcycle.
I agree
Beautiful and runs
Ducati 916👍
i wish it did that thing is bad with the supercharger
Exactly. I could bolt together a non working motorbike given the basically unlimited budget they had.
You couldn't make it look good enough for celebrities and businesses to want one. Unless you're by chance also a skilled artist, like those at OCC.
@@albertorivera4745not the best example of a reliable bike 😊, but beautifull and timeless for sure.
I live in Chattanooga and I was surprised when I noticed where you guys were. Love your videos.
Thanks for explaining the business model of the Orange County Chopper clientele. I remember watching every one of the bikes being a hardtail, and thinking, "Why would anyone want to ride that? It would be utter torture to ride it on any sort of long trip."
But understanding that no one ever intended to ride them like that, and they were never bought for that purpose all makes sense now.
You figured that just out? They also said that a thoussand times over on the actual show
You just figured out art and entertainment.
Good job being LATE to the game
Remember the NYFD bike? I saw the wheels off of it laying in the grass at a swap meet a couple months ago
That's why I ride Softail Deluxe...
@@donniebrookins6215 That's odd because the whole complete bike is at Orange County Choppers Roadhouse & Museum in Florida.
I like the fact that you take your time to explain what is happening. Very informative.
Is Geico going to insure it for the original $140,000, for theft? If so I would park it, in front of a bar, in a bad neighborhood.
LOL!
Nobody would be able to start it !
When you talked about everything being "inverted" or not where they're supposed to be got me thinkin about old times. My dad and his 2 brothers used to restore old motorcycles, and we live in Norway so right hand drive. When my uncle got hold of an old BSA from the UK, my dad was due to a test drive. 500cc kickstart and brakes/clutch reversed. He was in for a surprise :p Stalled it once, got his knee almost dislocated bcause of the compression, but it started and ran well :)
Not securing the rear wheel on the dynamometer can cause a serious accident.
Even after the first mistake, you continued without doing it. There is also a risk of lateral displacement.
With the motorcycle’s inertia, it could end up in a serious accident within that small, crowded room.
Yeah it's kind of crazy they didn't even consider the shocks depressing when they got on it. They just kept going LOL That Could Have Ended bad. Luckily it did not
Amateurs, that's why .....
Im putting the guy running the dyno to be in charge of this stuff if it were just me i would be content with holding the front brake lol
@@BikesandBeards What front brake?
That many people milling around the dyno room is dangerous.
You have proven what most of the motorcycling community already knew. OCC bikes were eye candy and NO substance at all. And the candy was stale.
This is actually his second OCC bike.
ONLY IF you were not into THAT kind of candy. They SERVED THEIR PURPOSE VERY, VERY, VERY WELL!!!!
tbh, I'd prefer to look at a classic bike like a BMW R60 or some 50s/60s Honda, than this kind of rolling garbage.
At first I was jealous when you only paid $10,000 for it. But now I’m good.
Even though the bike has issues, This dude loves to throw in his little passive aggressive digs and then claim hes not insulting the brand. We get it, the bike needs work. It was never built for actual riders.
In between quoting Bible verses
@@habibi750 yea lol bible thumpers do as I say not as I do
This is a great story, well presented with top people involved from start to finish. Thank you for sharing.
If you wanted, you could make it slightly more rideable pretty easily.
Longer bars, paired with a new thick actual padded seat.
Just would put you up higher and further back and bring your arms back.
I agree, then stick a BMW R1300 engine in it, remove the supercharger, bolt on a nice screen, maybe add some rear suspension, and finally some heated grips?
If you replaced enough things, finishing it off with a BMW logo, it'll be a pretty good bike.
You might want to safety wire the oil cap while your making adjustments just in case.
Just take the supercharger with 1 lb of boost off for a start.
well...I learnt ALOT about the insta ACE camera...thanks bro
Ikr the sponsorship deals are constant. I can’t even justify watching this channel anymore. It’s one huge walking bill board!
@@chrisjenkins203I got ya, but style pays more. Fortnine is successful and is all style.
@@chrisjenkins203 Between that and the bible verses. I came to watch a video about bikes. I don't need preached at.
@@chrisjenkins203and how he blurred out a friggen gauge because they didn’t pay him for advertising it lol.
Yep. I used to find the channel every once and a while and between the Bible and the not subtle ads? I’m out.
My Vietnam vet uncle rode bikes for 40 + years, he bought one of those new trikes and had a blow out. He died a week later from complications from his wreck. Miss him dearly. R.I.P. Bobby
I actually got the Geico bike running and rode it at speed. I lived in Jupiter, Fl. and was a member of an Offshore powerboat race team which stored pur boat along side of the Geico Team. As the story goes I was asked to retrieve the bike from a shop in Jupiter that was neing evicted.I spent the day getting it running. This was 2018.I actually got a police escort to my favorite watering hole,the Square Grouper. I enjoyed the rest of the day with it and brought it to the warehouse of the owner of team Geico. I got chewed out because I actually rode the bike and didn't flatbed it. Also the bile runs on C6 racing fuel and all I could get was 93 octane which blued the pipes.Nrrdless to say that ended my relationship with the team. Cry baby's the lot of them. So I was the true first to ride that beast.😊
So, how was the ride from an OCC perspective? Not a mismanagement perspective...
I ride mine every week.
Yep, that engine is trash
Perfect reason why it's a bad idea to buy something highly modded, unless you know the exact history. Because there are all sorts of people out there that will put pump gas in an engine that requires 110 octane.
Why didnt you just hire a flatbed lmao
“As the story goes” casts some skepticism on the veracity of this claim.
Probably more dangerous to drive than a Kawasaki 900 or 500 Widowmaker
Probably? Both of them are great bikes and this yellow thing is a piece of crap.
Used to watch OCC back in the day for the comedy value, and some of the stuff they did where beautiful art pieces, never once did I consider riding one of them on a public road, my 1999 Fireblade was about 130 bhp I think never a single problem and handled like a dream (sold it in 2015 regretted it ever since)
Also, the Honda would STOP really well! I'd like to see a road test comparison; that would be fun!
I've never seen anyone work on one bike for so long in my whole life you guys are out of control keep up the good work
It's great to see these mechanics come together fixing the bike. I have so much admiration for you guys. The Harley guy is also cool.
That was the coolest part. The team aspect and love for bikes.
I didn’t mind the ads honestly. I’ve loved this channel for a while, me and my son watch it every time he uploads. This is the only video that’s been crammed with the ads but I don’t mind watching. Let the dude get his money, he deserves it
He's braver than me. I wouldn't ride that death trap from one parking space to the next one over. It definitely is a work of art though.
Yeah it sure is a piece
Tbh, I would not start this engine. Who knows how well they put this together, I don't want flying parts of 140 HP engine in my face.
@@KarolinaBielnik Ya, that blower in your face is scary as hell.
I have never seen more pop up ads in a video let alone how many times Insta was plugged. One of the hardest videos to watch.
What these guys need is an Allen Millyard!
All the builders with all the equipment to build a 140 bhp POS that doesn't want to start, and when it does start it runs like a bag of bolts.
Millyard builds a bike in his car sized garage, on his own, with basic tools, that has a Viper V10 running 500 bhp, starts on the button, and he can, and does, ride it for hundreds of miles without a problem.
Anyone that considers themself to be a motorcycle enthusiast should look up Allen Millyard, and see what incredible pieces of engineering he does.
You are so correct. This man is a motorcycle John Browning.
Millyard would scrap it and build something decent with the parts.
Yeh, OCC was all the gear with no idea. Millyard actually knows how to build a bike right.
Millyard hates Harley’s
Again a builder who builds something that’s not going to kill him, or that’s not intended to be a giant lobby decoration
I feel your pain . I had a very good copy of a bike called "Darla" by Jesse Rooke . It had no rear suspension (hardtail) and the front suspension was backwards with a mountain bike shock. It kicked the builder and 1st owner off and then after I repaired it it did the same to me , knocked me unconscious in the road. The only way you could change the oil filter was to lift the engine up in the frame . I changed the front suspension in an attempt to make it rideable but it lost some of it's cool factor. The guy I sold it to changed it straight back . Some of these choppers are made to be looked at and never ridden
Not all choppers are total failures. A member of my family bought a new Norton & before he took delivery he had it chopped. It came with extended front forks, upturned pipes, a fat Harley rear tire & rim, & topped off with a peanut tank. I don't think it steered too well but the rear suspension was retained & it gave a fairly good ride. Actually it ran pretty well for a chopper. It did have a problem though. Our main highway had just attained freeway status & the distance between service stations was a bit further than the range of that peanut tank.
@@n.mcneil4066 I assume that you mean that it doesn't steer well even for a chopper with raked forks.
I would rate any bike that doesn't steer well as a big failure. You don't have a cage round you when something happens and you can't steer yourself out of trouble.
I recall in their shop they sold "normal" bikes too, these were pimped up, but not as extreme as the TV show versions. So I am pretty sure they do have "ridable" bikes, just not these super original TV show builds.
This Ace Pro camera ad with a motorcycle in it is pretty rad.
Even their "normal bikes" were garbage. They were thrown together without Locktite and fell apart under normal riding. Nothing fit right and they usually had a foreign made stock Evo clone engine but for a premium price.
I've driven two OCC bikes, one was a custom build for a customer, not a company or corporation. The other was an "off the shelf" bike. Both were absolutely horrible.
"normal" bikes would not generate enough tv rating.
@@peger Did you not watch the video before commenting? I am very clearly responding to his statement about OCC only doing TV bikes and promos.
No way I'd wrap my body around a supercharger on a "motorcycle" made by TV actors.
When you hopped on I-75, I immediately knew that on-ramp - I didn't know you were in Chattanooga! Neat!
The ponytails guy is a saint
A couple of the older guys in the dyno room without hearing protection…Eh? What was that? 😂😂
Nope, I done enough damage to my hearing that I’m going to protect what’s left.
You can tell from the when we met him on the last video that he loves bikes, this is his lifelong passion for sure. He knows his stuff and takes it all to heart. Dudes a pure soul, an excited teenager in a grown man's body.
@@grey1849 yes he has that energy. It's good to see.
@@bigains in a world where negativity is the new norm, you're absolutely right
“This reminds me of one of my FAVORITE bible verses”
Which I will now read off of a piece of paper because an employee of mine told me to
That super charger belt by your arm kills me, ever times i see it i just have images of someones sleeve going into it
Yep absolutely. That bike is a stupid unridable piece of crap. A 125cc scooter would be better.
The good news is, they can often re-attach the arm with modern surgery.
@@AmericanThunder💀
Look at 8:15 def looks like it was about to happen lol
Actually seeing the bike running made me wonder who thought this was a good idea.
Awesome couple of vids. Well done. Appreciate all your efforts and monies involved.
There was a decent motorcycle video in this camera ad!
The level of talent in that dyno room is epic. Cheers to all you guys
So rad you got it going. What a legend 👏🏼
Nice to have some motorcycles in this ad
Glad I'm not the only one thinking the same thing....sheez! not one, not two but 3!!!! Insta promos come on man!
Hey man they have to pay for all the wasted money to make 2 YT videos on a corporate promo bike that was never built to ride just somehow. They do it by ruining the 2 videos that were the point of the whole thing to begin with.
What a world we live in.
1 minute of this video was enuf for me...
“The ONLY protection I use”
“Yeah we know you have four kids” 😂 took me out
Oh NOW I get it 😂
Im watching for the first time and had to stop and look for this comment. Wasn't expected that voice out of nowhere and say that Lol.
I wonder what Geico thinks about video.
I've always thought the whole Orange County Choppers thing was ridiculous BS. And this proves it....
Yeah. I remember watching 2 maybe 3 episodes back then, and thinking no way are the anything else than trailer queens
They made artworks. Not bikes... I thought everyone unserstood that.
@@linkekingWell, you wroite it yourself. ART WORKS. Decide for yourself which part doesnt fit ;-) ;-)
@@torbenalstrup3902 what are you flapping your lips about? You are not making any sense.
@@linkeking You should probably retake your english classes then, perhaps with a side class named humor.
I know nothing about bikes, which is probably why i loved OCC when it was on. That bike certainly looks cool, and it sounds great, just such a shame it doesn't have the power they claimed nor is it reliable etc…
Thank ypu fpr saving all the owners of OCC bikes from accidents
For some reason I'm getting the energy off Dave that he can fix anything😂
Does all the Harley things, lots of noise, no power, and always breaking down
Just like your overpriced VW parted out European crap...