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Posted: 1/22/2021 8:21:38 PM EDT
With, predictable results.
 Why you SHOULD NOT buy an Orange County Chopper Sounds like he will be improving it though. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 8:35:01 PM EDT
[#1]
More entertaining than I thought it would be. I like some choppers, but I haven't seen any with an OCC label that I care for.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 8:40:35 PM EDT
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Cant believe they are still in business.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 8:43:02 PM EDT
[#3]
One of my customers bought the AMG bike they built for Mercedes, it is a huge piece of shit.
The left grip twists to control the head light and it’s so sensitive, every time you take off you flash the high beams  It’s pretty retarded, I have a pic of it somewhere I’ll try to find it. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 8:45:06 PM EDT
[#4]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Cant believe they are still in business. ....and he's looking to move to Florida to come down here and tell us how much better it is in NY. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 8:51:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: ....and he's looking to move to Florida to come down here and tell us how much better it is in NY. Don't they all? Fucking halfbacks. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 8:51:40 PM EDT
[#6]
I just assume that a man that rolls his jeans up prefers the company of other men.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 8:53:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I just assume that a man that rolls his jeans up prefers the company of other men. Doesn’t everyone? Who wants to hang out, drink beer and shoot guns with a bunch of cackling hens? |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 8:57:59 PM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Cant believe they are still in business. They took a huge loss back in 2016 when they auctioned off their new $13 million headquarters for just over $2 million. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 8:59:28 PM EDT
[#9]
Quote HistoryQuoted: One of my customers bought the AMG bike they built for Mercedes, it is a huge piece of shit. The left grip twists to control the head light and it’s so sensitive, every time you take off you flash the high beams It’s pretty retarded, I have a pic of it somewhere I’ll try to find it. Have they ever built anything that was worth a crap? |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 8:59:33 PM EDT
[#10]
I know a guy that bought one of the OC choppers, no one could convince him not too. After a few months he was begging people to buy it from him, totally un-ridable POS. It looked cool but was not practical at all. A bunch of us were going on a road trip so he rented a bike that was more rider friendly and left his $90K chopper at home.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 8:59:40 PM EDT
[#11]
Soon to be Florida man
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:00:36 PM EDT
[#12]
Here it is, one of the few bikes I actually hated having to test ride
 The thing handles like absolute shit, their bikes are a joke |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:00:59 PM EDT
[#13]
Image search... Michael Bloomberg Orange County Choppers.
If you dare. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:01:29 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Cant believe they are still in business. Evidently they still find fools with enough money to pay $80K for a novelty turd. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:02:51 PM EDT
[#15]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I just assume that a man that rolls his jeans up prefers the company of other men. Looks like it's the only way to keep the pants out of the drive belt. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:05:44 PM EDT
[#16]
I think about 99% of the custom choppers built by every custom shop is a piece of shit.
My buddy flew up east somewhere to buy a Redneck Chopper. Broke down within 100 miles and had to have it shipped on home and buy another plane ticket to get himself back. Had non stop problems and sold it with in a couple years for half what he paid. Guy that used to come into Hooters bike night with some chopper from one of the build off shows had it towed home on a rollback like three weeks in a row. Might have been a week in between one of the breakdowns. Never saw him bring it again that summer. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:08:35 PM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Here it is, one of the few bikes I actually hated having to test ride https://i.ibb.co/dBk95vm/253411-D1-C0-C8-4-D1-B-B760-3-B3-EEE3-D3061.jpg The thing handles like absolute shit, their bikes are a joke |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:09:06 PM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Don't they all? Fucking halfbacks. I don't think you understand what a "halfback" is. NY to FL would only be the first step. He'd then have to move to NC or thereabouts to be a halfback. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:16:07 PM EDT
[#19]
Orange County Choppers, the collection of the best parts Jr can pick up his phone and order someone else to build for him.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:22:32 PM EDT
[#20]
Ive had my Yamaha raider for 11 years 60k miles without any issues. 1900 cc , 100hp stock, I added street sweeper exhaust. When I get up with the gang they poke fun of me for not having a Harley but I’m never working on my bike all the time like they are.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:22:35 PM EDT
[#21]
So much fluff in that video just to get to the point. What the hell?
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:24:39 PM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: So much fluff in that video just to get to the point. What the hell? |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:27:01 PM EDT
[#23]
My $6000 Honda has never left me stranded.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:27:32 PM EDT
[#24]
Cartoon caricature of a motorcycle.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:35:38 PM EDT
[#25]
Wasn’t odd to run into Paul Sr. riding around here. Mikey was always cool to run into, tho.......funny dude.
My future BIL has painted some stuff for them. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:37:22 PM EDT
[#26]
Not shocked.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:37:33 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Don't they all? Fucking halfbacks. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: ....and he's looking to move to Florida to come down here and tell us how much better it is in NY. Don't they all? Fucking halfbacks. Wait, are you describing ARFCOM Or the NRA Or...wait a minute here! |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:38:30 PM EDT
[#28]
total piece of shit.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:43:18 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Welcome to the world or "content creators" I like his stuff. It’s a lot more fun than most TV. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:48:57 PM EDT
[#30]
The two stroke bike he showed looks like a lot of fun
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:50:17 PM EDT
[#31]
They were pretty cool pre CNC and pre waterjet. Now it's just more mass produced "art"
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:54:36 PM EDT
[#32]
 1966 Harley-Davidson Chopper: Born Free 6 Invited Builder Caleb Owens I want to build a classic 70s-style chopper like this one. Fuck all that OCC/Jesse James ugly crap, Old-School is Best School. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:55:23 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Looks like they built a bike and slapped an AMG badge on it. When I see that bike I do not think AMG. That’s exactly what they did. They didn’t even build their own engines or transmissions, all of their stuff came in crates. I met Paul Sr. in Sturgis like 15 years ago, the dude is an arrogant ass clown who claims he’s been building bikes since the ‘60’s when in reality he can’t even assemble a fucking tricycle. I know guys who were around in the ‘60’s, and I knew Arlen Ness - none of the real old school builders had ever heard of Paul Sr. before that show aired. Dude is a liar. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:59:46 PM EDT
[#34]
LOL .. 62hp
My SV650 was making 75hp. My "middle weight" Daytona 675 makes 138hp. And I have several friends with R1 / R1M putting over 200hp at the wheel |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:19:11 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't think you understand what a "halfback" is. NY to FL would only be the first step. He'd then have to move to NC or thereabouts to be a halfback. Sadly NC is apparently exactly halfway and where most of them end up. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:20:43 PM EDT
[#36]
Never much of a motorcycle rider. Been around a lot of guys that had factory Harleys and assorted Jap bikes. Was never around any of the customs until a guy I used to work with bought a used Bourgett (spelling?)
Nice looking bike. It was long and low, no over the top body work, actually kind of plain. Black with a chrome springer front end. Think he said it was just short of 9 feet overall. He liked it and road the shit out of it. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:22:21 PM EDT
[#37]
The one sign he rode past looked familiar. I took a screenshot, then google maps.
That shop is like 10 minutes away from me. I actually saw some of their bikes for sale on marketplace today. Small world. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:12:31 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I think about 99% of the custom choppers built by every custom shop is a piece of shit. Guy that used to come into Hooters bike night with some chopper from one of the build off shows had it towed home on a rollback like three weeks in a row. Might have been a week in between one of the breakdowns. Never saw him bring it again that summer. Friend of mine was on Biker Build Off with Bryan Fuller. There's a ton of garbage bikes out there but nothing he's done . . . been a fabricator for 50 years, one of the best I've seen. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 11:10:36 AM EDT
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I always assumed those things were bought as show pieces, not as something to actually ride. Like maybe you take it for a 20 minute spin once a year, but they're really more like sculpture for inbred rednecks who think that choppers are still a token of counterculture.
Hint; if you financed it, it ain't counter culture and you aren't an outlaw. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 11:22:26 AM EDT
[#40]
I never understood the whole chopper craze thing when it was going back in the day.
I would have liked to build my own, but I wouldn't have bought one. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 11:28:11 AM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Don't they all? Fucking halfbacks. Lol halfbacks settle in NC. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 11:30:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wait, are you describing ARFCOM Or the NRA Or...wait a minute here! Halfbacks are NYers that move to Florida. Politically ruin the town, county, or HOA they came to and move halfway back to NY to try again. NC is fucking full of former Florida residents originally from NY. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 11:32:16 AM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Sadly NC is apparently exactly halfway and where most of them end up. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I don't think you understand what a "halfback" is. NY to FL would only be the first step. He'd then have to move to NC or thereabouts to be a halfback. Sadly NC is apparently exactly halfway and where most of them end up. This is totally true. Raleigh / Cary NC is infested with them. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 11:33:01 AM EDT
[#44]
Lol it’s making a few more hp then my 200 pound dirtbike
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Posted: 1/23/2021 11:40:43 AM EDT
[#45]
I do a job that had one of the OCC bikes on display in the cafeteria. It is a good looking bike but everyone you ask about it says its a piece of junk. One of my coworkers had riden motorcycles all his life looked it over and confirmed it a piece of junk. Then on one inspection I went there and the bike was gone. I asked the customer where it went and he just said, 'We put it away.' So off my motorcycle riding coworker and I went to see where it was put. It took us a few hours but eventually we found it, buried in the back of a storage room where they had put a painters tarp over it then proceeded to stack boxes and chairs and shit on top of it.
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Posted: 1/23/2021 12:10:09 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Never much of a motorcycle rider. Been around a lot of guys that had factory Harleys and assorted Jap bikes. Was never around any of the customs until a guy I used to work with bought a used Bourgett (spelling?) Nice looking bike. It was long and low, no over the top body work, actually kind of plain. Black with a chrome springer front end. Think he said it was just short of 9 feet overall. He liked it and road the shit out of it. I think it was Bourgett? that was on a show I watched. The bike looked well built. I was mildly offended when he claimed that running the oil through the frame was innovative. It may have been in 1970 when triumph did it, but it isn't now. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 12:12:28 PM EDT
[#47]
I always assumed at their price point all their bikes had S&S engines. Stock 62HP Evo for $80K? WTF!
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Posted: 1/23/2021 12:13:20 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Cant believe they are still in business. Never, ever, ever underestimate the American public's fascination with gaudy trash. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 12:17:34 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I always assumed at their price point all their bikes had S&S engines. Stock 62HP Evo for $80K? WTF! I think they made a pan-head. I love pan heads! |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 12:31:51 PM EDT
[#50]
I was expecting him to talk about terrible build quality,but he just talked about a terrible riding experience, which should be obvious for anyone with eyes.
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