Holy Crap! Guess who my dad saw tonight?

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JulesMaximus

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Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Paul Sr is perhaps the biggest @$$hole on the face of the earth and Paul Jr is perhaps the biggest wimp for taking all that abuse. It's pretty clear that junior could leave OCC to start his own shop, he's the real talent in the business. I kind of like Mikey though, he's this generations version of Tommy Chong, a vaguely amusing stoner that you can't quite decide whether to laugh at him or laugh with him.

C'mon, I'm sure they do some of this 'letting off of steam' for the show.
 

polypterus

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I remember when the Discovery Channel and TLC used to be science and nature shows. Now it's all interior decorating and motorcycle/car/junkyard shows, what the hell happened? :confused:

dc
 

johnjbruin

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I thought they were from OCC, Orange County Choppers.
They make some sweet rides. I'd love to have one.
 

Originally posted by: FrizQuadrata
I remember when the Discovery Channel and TLC used to be science and nature shows. Now it's all interior decorating and motorcycle/car/junkyard shows, what the hell happened? :confused:

dc

women
 

illusion88

Lifer
Oct 2, 2001
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Originally posted by: FallenHero
Originally posted by: FrizQuadrata
I remember when the Discovery Channel and TLC used to be science and nature shows. Now it's all interior decorating and motorcycle/car/junkyard shows, what the hell happened? :confused:

dc

women

cant live with em cant live without em
 

Red Dawn

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Jun 4, 2001
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Originally posted by: johnjbruin
I thought they were from OCC, Orange County Choppers.
They make some sweet rides. I'd love to have one.

The Fire Bike they made in Honor of the Firemen who died at the WTC is the best looking Theme Bike I have ever seen. It should be as I have heard that it is valued at $250,000! The Carburetor shaped like a Fire Hydrant is worth over $10,000 (it took over 3000 man hours to fabricate) At the Harley Davidson 100th Anniversary some Spooge accidentally knocked it over and damaged some of the Chrome on it. I bet Paul Sr. stuck his size 12's up that guy?s ass for doing that!

Their Theme Bikes look great but they are more for show than riding. They are what you call "Trailer Bikes" as they are too uncomfortable to ride long Distances. They are also extremely expensive but I assume that the Discovery Channel foots most of the Bill for them as American Chopper is their Highest Rated Show, right above Monster Garage (which stars Jesse James, no slouch when it comes to building Custom Choppers)

BTW, one of the biggest Money Makers for OCC is their sales of shirts and hats. Go to any Bike Show and every Vendor there has tons of Orange County Chopper Shirts and Hats. They also has a lot of West Coast Chopper Stuff (Jesse James's Shop)
 

BoberFett

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Oct 9, 1999
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Shirts and hats nothing, I've heard they charge $5 per autograph.

They make some cool theme bikes, and I enjoy their show, but fsck paying money for a signature.
 

McCarthy

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I wonder where they got that 3000 hour thing. It's was a cool carb and all, but say there were 5 guys working on it, 600 hours each, working 40 hour weeks doing nothing but working on that carb's design, that's 15 weeks. I seriously doubt they had five guys working on absolutely nothing else for three and a half months. Just picked 5 out of the air, could be 2 or 50, but you see what I mean.

Then again Ford claims to have spent a billion dollars designing the Tauras. Can't imagine how they came up with that either.
 

Siddhartha

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Oct 17, 1999
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Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Paul Sr is perhaps the biggest @$$hole on the face of the earth and Paul Jr is perhaps the biggest wimp for taking all that abuse. It's pretty clear that junior could leave OCC to start his own shop, he's the real talent in the business. I kind of like Mikey though, he's this generations version of Tommy Chong, a vaguely amusing stoner that you can't quite decide whether to laugh at him or laugh with him.

Way too much drama for me.
 

todpod

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Originally posted by: Dead Parrot Sketch
wonder why they were going to Milwaukee ?


Probably going to visit the people at Milwaukee Iron, who they talk about once in a while. I think that they make fenders and such
 

KK

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Jan 2, 2001
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Originally posted by: PCMarine
So my dad was flying tonight from New Jersey to Milwaukee Wisconsin (We live just north of Milwakee). So when he came home he was was like "oh by the way, I saw the guys from American Chopper on my flight." I was like whoa WTF since he was playing it off and stuff. Paul junior, Paul Senior, and one other guy was on the flight just 2 rows ahead of my dad's seat. Unfortunately he didn't ask for an autograph or anything :( It's pretty cool that my dad got to see these guys in person, since it's pretty dull up here in the frozen tundra :(

Damn, I was going to guess Paul Jr and Paul Sr but you had to go ahead and spoil the question.

KK
 

virtueixi

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Jun 28, 2003
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I wouldn't consider them to be celeberties at all. However, their bikes are so expensive only celeberties can own them.
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Red Dawn

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Originally posted by: virtueixi
I wouldn't consider them to be celeberties at all. However, their bikes are so expensive only celeberties can own them.
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Well their themes bikes are. Their main bread and butter though are lower priced Custom Choppers (still rather expensive)
 

Bulk Beef

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I talked about Ducatis with Izzy from Guns 'N Roses for about half an hour without having any idea who he was.

EDIT: and his girlfriend was HOT!!