Orange County Choppers bikes
[3] The splitback features a unique split gas tank originally conceived from theme bikes on the show.
Paul Senior's love of the style led him to create a number of old-school style choppers including: "10-Up Old School", "Greeny", "Maroon and Gold", "Orange Bobber", "The Blue Bomber", "Little Red", "Old School Vette", "Orange Knucklehead", "Pitchfork", "Triumph Flames", and "Sunshine".
In recognition of the show's growing fanbase, a contest was held to select fans which would receive custom built bikes.
Winners include Jeff Clegg's "Corporal Punishment", Susan Morisset's "Female Snake Bike", Joseph McClendon's "Custom Hog", and Bryan King's "Vertebrae Trike".
Season 1, Episodes 5,6,&7, Original Airdates 04/28/03 06/02/03 06/09/03 The "Fire Bike" was created by everyone at OCC, the project holding more emotional weight with its ties to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Paul Jr. welded the piece, which resembles a large rivet with the end opposite the head very jagged, onto a bracket made from diamond plate which was then attached to a cavity on top of the gas tank.
It was the New York City Fire Department that arrived to help and took special care in recovering the bike which was later repaired.
Season 1, Episodes 8&9 Original Airdates 06/16/03 06/30/03 Based around a Harley Davidson replica frame, the Old School Chopper has an 88-cubic-inch (1,440 cc) pan head motor that delivers 40 horsepower (30 kW) through a chain drive to the back wheel.
Most of the fabrication on this bike was done by OCC's former student intern, Cody Connelly, as a joint project with Paul Sr.
[5] Season 1, Episodes 9,10&11 Original Airdates 06/30/03 07/14/03 Designed and fabricated by Paul Teutul Jr., the bike was inspired by the RAH-66 Comanche Helicopter.
The "Comanche Bike" was debuted at an event in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina which saw the Teutuls and Vincent DiMartino fly in on a Bell 206 helicopter, an entrance which required major set-up and timing.
In this build the father and son team focused more on superficial factors like the antlers, paint job, and sleigh look as opposed to the power of the engine or electronics.
An idea brewed in Paul's mind for several months before deciding to make the POW/MIA Bike centered around the POW/MIAs of the Vietnam War.
In a rare turn of events, Paul Sr. took charge of the project, as opposed to his son, as Senior felt a closer tie to the veterans from his generation.
The bike featured massive custom fabrication on nearly every piece with Rick enlarging the tank and Campo cutting the POW/MIA logo into the rear fender as well as sculpting a 3D metal spade which was incorporated into the sissy bar.
Numerous custom parts were fabricated, including a prominent cover plate with 5 stars to symbolize Lance's 5 Tour de France victories, which had to be altered when he won his 6th.
The fuel tank uses the shape and design of Lance's riding helmet, and its paint scheme is the yellow and black of the Livestrong Foundation.
In the commercial he races back to his hotel room, hears the whirring of buzzing metalwork behind the door, and finds the Teutuls (Mikey, Junior, and Senior) with his newly choppered bike I, Robot star Will Smith visited Orange County Choppers to share his view of how the bike should look.
The frame was created using solid hex shaped metal bars (inspired by allen wrenches) instead of the more typical round tubing.
Following the "allen wrench" theme, Paul Jr. bent sheets of 16 gauge cold rolled steel to create hex shaped exhaust covers.
Season 1, Episodes 16 Original Airdate 02/02/04 Built at the request of the New York Jets, and commissioned to for unveiling on opening day at Giants Stadium.
He commissioned the Teutul's to build a modern interpretation of the bike, but specified that he wasn't a big fan of choppers and wanted something in between.
Season 1, Episodes 26&27 Original Airdate 05/03/04 05/10/04 The lawn mower company Dixie Chopper (which bills itself as manufacturing the world's "fastest" lawn mower) hired OCC to build the "Dixie Chopper Bike" as a promo for their own line of lawnmowers, thinking the humor of the word "chopper" (which is both a well-known slang term for motorcycle, as well as related to its lawn mowers – which, of course, chop up grass) would be humorous enough to move product and promote company recognition.
One crucial modification which put the whole project in jeopardy involved the backbone, which was too small for the motor picked for this bike.
When the bike came back from the paint shop, they discovered a major problem with the motor just hours before it had to be shipped to Las Vegas.
Additionally, OCC has produced bikes on-air for Davis Love III, TrimSPA, Sam's Club, the New York Yankees, NASA, FBI, David Mann, Wendy's, Sunoco, Bill Murray, Eragon, Go Daddy, Flojet, Hewlett-Packard, GoFast, Peavey, Russell Crowe, the Kansas City Royals, Case Cutlery, Caterpillar Inc., and the Iowa Farm Bureau.
[7][8] Other theme customers include Solidworks, the United States Army, Pez Candy, the Big Gulp Bike for 7-Eleven stores, Cherokee Nation, Learjet, Airgas, Criss Angel Mindfreak, Speedco, Riptide, a flower Bike, Reeve Store Equipment Co., SLR, Werner Trucking, a hemi bike for Chrysler, Miami Heat, SealMaster, Eaton, Bass Pro Shops, University of Mississippi Ole Miss Rebels, South Sydney Rabbitohs and PDQ Manufacturing.
