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Not the most articulate person if you read his descriptions. Like 100 perfect or addition instead of edition.Was wondering if I would see my friends 72 Bonnie there.
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Oddly enough, all 3 show zero bids. Wonder if it's because the owner isn't so popular lately?
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That would be my choice outta the three there too Stevie. $8500 seems like a reasonable price, especially for a limited edition.
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There is something wrong with these entries. He would never put them up himself with typos, he has a staff of folks that do that. He doesn't have, like what, 5 grand to restore a Norton? His electric bill is 5 grand.
I don't believe he is broke. Maybe this is another story facet to get some publicity.
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Here it is. This guy works for 50 bucks an hour and is named Nick. Same as the the seller. Maybe Paul worked on them or used to own them. Not any more. Google his phone number on Ebay ad.
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PROFESIONAL MOTORCYCLE SERVICE - $50 (ELLENVILLE NY) in New York For Sale
Seller: Date/Time:21 Nov, 06:33 p.m. EST Type: Motorcycles, For Sale - Private.
Price: $50
I AM A PROFESSIONAL MOTORCYCLE TECHNICIAN. I HAVE 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. I HAVE CERTIFICATIONS FOR METRIC, HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES, ATVS AND SNOW MACHINES. I HAVE A CERTIFICATION FOR FACTORY TRAINING AT S&S CYCLES AND CAN PERFORM ALL WARRANTY AND PERFORMANCE WORK. ATV AND MOTORCYCLES WELCOME. NO MACHINE TO NEW OR OLD. CALL NICK 845-750-0680. PICK UP AND DELIVERY AVAILABLE. I GUARANTEE MY WORK 100%. DONT FORGET ABOUT YOUR SNOW MACHINES AND ATVS FOR THIS WINTER
Location: ELLENVILLE NY
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So is this a scam??? 
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I heard that OCC was in trouble......
You heard right.
http://www.orangecountychoppers.com/news/the-truth-behind-occs-foreclosure
"We have been in negotiations since last summer with GE Commercial Finance to restructure our building’s mortgage. GE decided to file a foreclosure against the building..."
It doesn't take a PhD in economics to realize that GE Capital doesn't want a building like that on their poison assets books, especially in a small town location in the middle of nowhere in the midst of a double digit unemployment recession. Point being it took a lot more than an "Aw shucks let's foreclose on the big ape" for GE to go there. It's reasonable to assume that GE would be lucky to sell it at a third it's value in these times.
The new building appears to be more of a shrine to ego than a work space. Not sure how brisk the market is right now for product like theirs, although the entire store bought / factory built chopper concept confuses me anyhow - kind of like buying microwave toast.
To paraphrase an old saying:
It's one thing to have a lot of money,
and quite another to know how to hang on to it.
I'm thinking from the dialog in the shows, neither Paul nor Paul are on speed dial to the CFO of Bank of America for their money management expertise.
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The TV deal
The Discovery Chanel didn't get to be a xxx million dollar operation by giving stuff away. It wouldn't surprise me if the OCC merchandising empire is almost wholly owned by the TV guys. I have a feeling that OCC is /was paid for their merch & TV rights much like the early blues guys - a wh0re and a bottle of whiskey per performance.
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I would like the wedding one very muchly but I have no money. 
I dunno. It's a "must have FOE"
I like my bike to be for me, not against me
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I too have a problem with a factory built "chopper". It isn't a chopper if you didn't take a factory built bike and chop it. He builds customs. His production like is just that, a production built bike, not a chopper.
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Well, I personally wish Paul Sr luck with this sell off.
(...it probably takes a whole lot o' money to keep him supplied with size-12 shoes after he loses so many of 'em up his son's and employee's butts, ya know!!!)
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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They are called " billet" sleds. Ian is right about a chopper. You have to chop a production bike to have a chopper.
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Or, you could just call them, "ugly." Case in point... this "B-2" bike. I think they were drinking B-52s during this build. The end result would "B-2" bad for an already tainted reputation! 
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I quit looking at them Tetuls. When one day I'as watchin, and Jr. used his big ole dinosaur hoof to cram a battery into a battery box they had made too small and was already on the bike. They charge as much as $300,000.00 for those bikes.
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Yeah Chad, but considerin' that a REAL B-2 Bomber probably costs at least $300 MILLION, don't cha think a measly $300 GRAND for THAT "beauty" above could be considered a STEAL???? (...I mean, do the math here, bro!!!)  
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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Much like my mother-inlaw its a big ugly beast, I can hardly stand to look at
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When they picked up my friends Bonnie they had the Wendy's bike in the trailer and said that one was $400,000. I have a certain respect for Paul Sr.,he built up his business from nothing but a pick up truck and mobile welder. He also beat a bad drug addiction. So he may have issues now but you have to give him some credit. I am not a fan of what he builds either and I use build loosely since I have seen those clowns try and build a tranny and screwed it all up. They basicly bolt stuff together , add some gingerbread and call it a build.
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...OR, as the guy who blew his chance to live happily-ever-after with Sandra Bullock, always called those guys..."Cake Decorators".
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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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Or, you could just call them, "ugly." Case in point... this "B-2" bike. I think they were drinking B-52s during this build. The end result would "B-2" bad for an already tainted reputation!
HEY! Don't disrespect the Northrop Grumman bike.
Or we'll bomb you.
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Yeah Chad, but considerin' that a REAL B-2 Bomber probably costs at least $300 MILLION, don't cha think a measly $300 GRAND for THAT "beauty" above could be considered a STEAL????
(...I mean, do the math here, bro!!!)
Wikipedia has the B2 pegged at 2.87 Billion per plane (for 21 units) when you consider the development costs. 
Quote - The cost of each aircraft averaged US$737 million in 1997 dollars ($1.01 billion today).[3][4] Total procurement costs averaged US$929 million per aircraft ($1.27 billion today[4]), which includes spare parts, equipment, retrofitting, and software support.[3] The total program cost, which includes development, engineering and testing, averaged US$2.1 billion per aircraft (in 1997 dollars, $2.87 billion today).
That is one h#ll of a lot of cash..... 
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I have a certain respect for Paul Sr.,he built up his business from nothing but a pick up truck and mobile welder.
I gotta agree with you Ian. I have no joy in seeing them fail, if that's where it goes. They had a good ride for a long time anyway.
I also worked with family for many years - it can be heaven or it can be hell all within the same breath of air.
Speaking of Triumphs, I found this on their web site.
Very easy on the eyes
I can't tell - is that little tube a suspension on the rear?
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Wow! So in THAT case, one o' those "nifty neato" O.C. Chopper B-2 bikes would REALLY be a steal then, eh Greg?! Well then, I guess we won't ever have to heed the advice of another and much more accomplished Dwight who once famously remarked while on his way out the door..."Beware of the Chopper-Industrial Complex!", huh?! (...well, he said SOMETHING like that anyway, didn't he???!)
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 can't tell - is that little tube a suspension on the rear?
Yep Martin, that appears to be what was called a "Plunger" style rear suspension there, which many motorcycle manufacturers used until the "Swing Arm" rear suspension became the norm.
And yeah, and I have to admit the few episodes I did happen to run across by accident and later on in the run of this program, they did seem to FINALLY be gettin' away from their same ol' same ol' practice which consisted of bolting the same ol' same ol' S&S V-Twin into the same ol' same ol' rigid frame, and then "cake decorating" it.
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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"Beware of the Chopper-Industrial Complex!"
You were close... In his farewell speech President Eisenhower said, "Beware of the Military-Chopper Complex" which when you think about it, describes that B-2 bike pretty well. 
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Hey Bucky, I hear Paul Sr is looking for a top salesman...
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Much like my mother-inlaw its a big ugly beast, I can hardly stand to look at
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I call these things "custom bikes". Definitely not a traditional chopper. Most normal folks lump them all into the chopper category.... Quote:
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They are called " billet" sleds. Ian is right about a chopper. You have to chop a production bike to have a chopper.
I stand corrected. Thanks.
I understood their product line as being named "choppers"
http://www.orangecountychoppers.com/chopper-gallery
http://www.orangecountychoppers.com/bike-customizer
Maybe "not really choppers" would be more appropriate.
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Well, then MAYBE we should call REALLY long and stretched-out motorcycles(that can't handle worth a damn) such as the ones the Walrus Man & Sons make..."Chopper-STYLE", eh guys?!
Be-CAUSE, a "custom" motorcycle can be built in the vein of a Street Tracker, or a Bobber, or a Cafe Racer, and so on, and so on, and so on....RIGHT?!
(...sorry, but this little "debate" here reminds me of how some of "The Faithful" over at Cycleworld.com refuse to believe that their most hallowed Harley-Davidson motorsickles can or should be called "Cruisers"...WHICH, of course, MOST of H-D's fine line of motorcycles ARE!!!)
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 recently discovered a show on cable (HDT) called "Cafe Racer". Obviously, Brit bikes feature prominently, but they also do segements on guys who build their own cafe racers out of old Triumphs, Hondas, Nortons, etc. Not really my style of bike, but far more interesting to watch than the Teutel temper tantrum antics.
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People have been talking about "Cafe Racer" for a while here and I'd really love to see it. I have no TV so I'll just have to wait until it comes out on Netflix or some other alternative media.
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...OR, as the guy who blew his chance to live happily-ever-after with Sandra Bullock, always called those guys..."Cake Decorators".
I just read that guy (Jesse James) closed up shop in Oct. WCC is no more 
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I just read that guy (Jesse James) closed up shop in Oct. WCC is no more
Looks like he just sells t shirts and other crap on his website.
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People have been talking about "Cafe Racer" for a while here and I'd really love to see it. I have no TV so I'll just have to wait until it comes out on Netflix or some other alternative media.
Well Keith, don't forget...
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It [television] friggin' rots yer brain!! Not kidding here... It really does!! 
...and so maybe it's a good thing you don't have one.
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Saw the first episode two weeks ago here in Oz.
I was really looking forward to it but unfortunately an American production team seemed dead set on trying to Americanise the original pommie concept. Some good original footage of the mods & rockers era but very repetitive B & W footage. I lost interest real quick and didn't bother to chase up episode 2.
I understand what you're sayin' here, John. However, I think the message the producers were tryin' convey with that whole idea that the Cafe Racer is now more "American than British" is that there are(or maybe seemingly anyway) many more Yank motorcycle customizers making this style of motorcycle than there are Brits today, and especially now that this style has finally "caught on" over here after years of having the Chopper being somewhat predominate in the American custom bike field.
And actually, I think that the producers of this show in many of the episodes DO give due credit to the Brits for originally coming up with the concept of the Cafe Racer.
(...maybe you just need to watch a few more episodes of this program to see that, eh?!)
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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People have been talking about "Cafe Racer" for a while here and I'd really love to see it. I have no TV so I'll just have to wait until it comes out on Netflix or some other alternative media.
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It [television] friggin' rots yer brain!! Not kidding here... It really does!!
...and so maybe it's a good thing you don't have one.
For sure... not being a mainstream kinda guy, I came up with 'alternative' ways to rot MY brain. And judging from a lot of my posts around here, I'd have to say it's working rather well!! 
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I found it interesting that the write up I was reading about WCC says he was losing money on $150,000 bikes.
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Saw the first episode two weeks ago here in Oz.
I was really looking forward to it but unfortunately an American production team seemed dead set on trying to Americanise the original pommie concept. Some good original footage of the mods & rockers era but very repetitive B & W footage. I lost interest real quick and didn't bother to chase up episode 2.
They did an interesting segment on the new Nortons. But yes, the show does focus on American Cafe Racer people, since it's a US production. I s'pose if there was an Australian equivalent it would focus on Aussie cafe racers.
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