Always interesting to watch custom craftsman putting together a motorcycle.
This is a real good video, but I think it would’ve been a lot better with the different music track. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m an old guy and maybe this appeals to the twenty-something crowd. But, like I said personally I think the music track takes away from how well the video is edited and put together.
Now, another minor personal commentary on the building of this custom bike. I think the bike looks great and I especially like how they fabricated the tank. But I think the addition of the spikes on the front and rear fenders, just looks hokey! Yeah, I think the bike would’ve looked a lot better just leaving off those spikes.
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OCC Choppers
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Orange County Choppers (OCC) is a motorcycle manufacturer and lifestyle brand company based in the town of Newburgh, located in Orange County, New York, that was founded in 1999 by Paul Teutul, Sr., and Paul Teutul, Jr. The company was featured on American Chopper, a reality TV show that debuted in September 2002 on the Discovery Channel. The series moved to Discovery Channel’s sister channel TLC in 2007. Following cancellation of the Discovery series, the company was also featured on Orange County Choppers on the CMT network in 2013.
One of OCC’s most popular bikes is The Fire Bike, which was designed by Paul Teutul Jr., to commemorate the New York firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11. The bike itself has been modeled after a fire truck, and an actual steel rivet from the World Trade Center has been integrated into the bike itself, mounted atop the bike’s gas tank. Paul Jr. stated that the bike was named “343,” the number of New York firefighters who gave their lives on 9/11.
The popularity of American Chopper led the United States Air Force to commission a $150,000 “Air Force Bike,” first put on public display in March 2005. The motorcycle is ten feet long and is modeled after the F-22 Raptor, complete with Air Force symbol rims, riveted gas tank, Raptor exhausts and rear-view mirrors in the shape of jets.
