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But that's not exactly saying much.  Yes, that's a BBQ sidehack. I can't wait until the welds start failing on that puppy. Link.
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What WILL those nifty minds in New Jersey think of next, FJ?! I mean, what a departure for them, huh?! A V-Twin in a hardtail frame, AND a long extended front end to boot. BUT, to top it all off, all that originality is attached to a sidehack carrying a BBQ!!! So novel!!! I'm tellin' ya...those guys are the best, aren't they?!  
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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"you know it was really hard for me and Vinee to come up with this idea, I mean its not usually what we build here at OCC, we're not used to building a bike that actually handles, so welding a BBQ on like a side hack was a real challenge...not too many bbqs in bike catalogues these days so that added to the complexity of the build. But the old man has a good eye, especially for pork products so in the end his input really helped a lot." 
...yes, that is a single seat...no, I will not put the other seat on...yes, I am selfish...yes, you should buy your own bike
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Hmm, seems like they are more creative in business finance. OCC Charged w/Bankruptcy Fraud Hey, is that a bobber? <g> Dwight: Don't malign the poor folks in NJ by identifying them with the Tuttles....
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Probably the most useful bike they have made yet...
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Thats one expensive BBq...............
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Oh but you missed the best part.
Did you see who it is made for?
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When we heard that RUB was commissioning Orange County Chopper, of American Chopper fame, to make a mobile barbecue pit, we thought it was a pretty cool idea. We expected it to be a novelty, like a two-headed kitten or the world’s largest ball of string. Nothing prepared us for the mind-numbing coolness of the actual RUB Chopper: The restaurant’s owner, Andrew Fischel, correctly characterizes as “the sickest, baddest thing in the world.â€Â
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I saw that. A bike made for RUBs, just like everything else they have ever done. Yep, it'll never be ridden. It'll never be used. The whole thing just makes me shake my head and walk away.
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Hmm, seems like they are more creative in business finance.
OCC Charged w/Bankruptcy Fraud
Well that's pretty friggin shady. 
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Love the flames. You know, down here in Bubbaland that could be the star attraction at a Rib and Q meet.... I'll bet that's one toasty ride at the end of the grilling session
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Just another reason to ;pve those guys as I do. I can't imagine anyone as involved in building bikes from the ground up. I wish I knew how to put an engine or trasmission together. Wish I could build my own frames. Wish I could make millions and still declare I was bankrupt.
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I say we build a deep fat fry bike (Using a Speedmaster or ??) and sell Fish & Chips at every RAT event. Who's with me?? Malt vinegar anyone??  Or maybe, a portable pub?  Conwy
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I think asking whats the best OCC bike is like asking whats the best turd you ever had.
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I'll give you $100 for the grill, i need a new grill.  But you can keep the bike.
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They're from New York, NOT New Jersey! 
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Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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yep used to go to the Easy Rider rodeo at the Orange Co. fair grounds in NY.
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YEAH???!!! COOL!!!!!
Well, tell me then, Ian...which guy: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper OR Jack Nicholson were able to stay on the bucking broncos there the full 8 seconds, Dude???
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Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I think paul Sr. had occ "NEW YORK" tattooed on his arm in one episode cause they kept getting confused with orange county CA. And here we are confusing it with NJ..ahha
That whole BBQ bike thing seems like something they would build on monster garage or something.
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LOL no horses just bikes and bar stool races. They let anyone do the bar stool races , it's a riot. Those rodeos are great fun but some of the naked girls will make you go blind.All you can think of is please put some clothes on!
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Well then Tom, I'm guessin' the poor slob must really be bummed out about THAT nowdays, 'cuz you know...those Angels down there in THIS Orange County here in SoCal have had the New York Yankee's number for YEARS NOW!!! 
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Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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That whole BBQ bike thing seems like something they would build on monster garage or something.
::sigh:: I miss that show. It was the granddaddy of all these custom car and bike "reality" shows.
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I agree FJ, I liked Monster Garage. It was cool the things they would think of building. Once in a while they went a bit overboard with the drama, but usually not too much.
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Not sure but I think it's back on but late. I have seen a couple episodes lately I never saw before.
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Nope. All repeats so far.
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Not a problem. New Jersey gets enough negative comments without getting blamed for things it's not responsible for.
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Where might one sit on a machine like this, without burning our hind parts?
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Most bikes have a warm-up period before you ride them. This one has a cool-down period.
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LOL. Couldn't agree with you more! Been having a crap sandwich day and needed that!
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I dunno, this morning's was pretty good. 
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I thought the POW bike, and the Fire bike, were pretty cool.
Then, they lost that kid "Jason?" that did the wicked paint.
He probably got tired of getting yelled at!
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Well it would be cooler than throwin the gas grill in the back of the pick up truck for the company picnic. But like with most of what OCC builds its just a lawn jockey with wheels.
The percentage you're paying is too high-priced
While you're living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams
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I thought the POW bike, and the Fire bike, were pretty cool.
Then, they lost that kid "Jason?" that did the wicked paint.
He probably got tired of getting yelled at!
Uncle Charlie
Yeah to me they were still sorta ugly, but that was when they were building bikes to tribute something, and the "themes" were just something they wanted to do. After that they just got all these offers from big corporations to build "the gillete bike" and "the lincon bike" and it got way out of hand.
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None of the above! But you knew that already.
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The fire bike was cool in the sense that it stood for and honored the fallen. Other than that the only ones I liked at all were the one that kinda looked like the old Indian and the pan bobber the old man built with Cody. I can't remember the Broughish one for Leno anymore.
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The Billy Joel Indian  and the Brough Superior chopper for Jay Leno were their two best builds  and I did like the POW and Firebike because they were tributes to the fallen. Lately it's just been more of the same corporate chest beating and little, if any, inspiration.
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How the hel do you make a chopper for the ny jets?..haha
"this seat was wrapped in official nfl pigskin"
They totally destroyed the classic "chopper" look for me, i can barely look at bikes like that anymore...i remember watching 1st jesse james special and really learning about the whole process, and then the OCC show come on and ruined it for me..haha
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That is basicly my point, they are not choppers and you can't build a chopper from scratch. To get a chopper you have to start with a stock bike then chop it , hence the title chopper!
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That is basicly my point, they are not choppers and you can build a chopper from scratch. To get a chopper you have to start with a stock bike then chop it , hence the title chopper!
Yep, my feeling exactly. OCC and the like are custom bikes by my label, which is fine, just not my cup of tea.
In person, the Fire Bike has a lot of cool details and sounds incredible. I had an opportunity to watch Cody start and ride it up the hill at their old shop. He could barely reach the foot controls, but didn't have any problem banging a close u-turn and up the hill into the trailer.
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