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I remember watching the first documentary about OCC.   It was just a one time thing.  I'm suprised how they blew up since then.  Personnally I love their theme bikes.  I'm amazed at how much details goes into those things.

I love Jesse James' work but don't think that their creativity levels reach OCC's.  i think Jesse James' popularity in more associated with the name and image.

Vote for:

1)Orange County Choppers

2)West Coast Choppers

being an LA boy I will vote for the boys in Long Beach.

Actually OCC makes better looking bikes but WCC makes crazier bikes with speed. Also WCC doesnt have to deal with Dad.. though a nagging wife / ex wife is always there.

Sounds like the God damned WWF of motorcycles to me.

West Coast...Jesse's hot! :thumb:

Quote from: CrisWest Coast...Jesse's hot! :thumb:

I was trying to get a rating for overall talent, creativity, craftmanship...   Not who's the cutest !   I love women! :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

:oops:  I know... :mrgreen:

I vote for jesse...

anyone that can command $150,000 for a custom chopper that can't make it to Sturgis without breaking down (and only selling for $40,000 before the Monster Garage/Discovery shows aired) has my vote...

Ok so Cris is voting on sex appeal basis and pablo is voting on business aptittude.... :)  :lol:  :)  :lol:

OCC. And not just because I'm an east coast boy. Suckering some fool into dropping 150 large on a machine because it has a WCC logo on it doesn't make you a craftsman. Jesse's in it for the money - any of you clowns own $40 t-shirts? JJ is one small step above a chop shop, the Teutles are craftsman who are still building bikes for the love of the game.

Quote from: octaneany of you clowns own $40 t-shirts?

No...the WCC tattoo I got on my behind was cheaper...  :bs: :lol:

Sweet!! Can I see it?

:oops:   ;)   :mrgreen:

I'll side with Jesse on this issue.   It's all suply and demand.  If yall would like my posts enough to pay $40 for a South East Rocket shirt, you think I'd turn your money down.   Besides, I'm seeing all these kids around the mall sporting OCC shirt and guess what?  they sell for what WCC shirt sell for...

No, No, NO. Orange County choppers has done so much more with Paulies creations than Jesse could ever dream of. Jesse's bikes are cool, but are not even worthy of a comparison. There are tons of custom shops that pop out stuff like Jesse's. How about Orange Counties? I think not.

 -Anti

How about.........ding, ding, ding!

None of the above.
Give me a Britten any day.

A friends martial arts teacher pulled up one day on the most incredible purple flame metal monster you've ever seen, from a shop local here to Santa Cruz.
I have to admit to highly enjoying the stilted cat fighting on OCC.  lol
However I was really disappointed when OCC Sr. made his lady a custom bike she could barely ride and wasn't comfortable on.  :?

(http://i.timeinc.net/fortune/images/fsb/magazine/2003/20030301/out_jesse_cisco_430x215.jpg)

Whats he covering up for... I wonder.  Big tough dog, big bikes...small peepee :lol:

Dublin, CA
Arlen Ness
The original custom builder

(http://www.arlenness.com/bikessection/nessessityExhaust.jpeg)

One More
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they both get kudos for thier designs and what, but, they are still Harley clones. I have a problem with PRIDE being the sole reason they charge and get the kind of money these bikes fetch.  i still have yet to see any harley or clone go through the daily beatings that i put on my machines and need the wrench just like my bikes.....  tires,brakes aside , they are just as consumable no mater the design. i dont hate harley, plz dont think that, i just dont see the worth in them that most seem too. ok, full custom one of a kind, yeah thats gonna cost, generaly does for jap bikes too.

Paul(s) Tuetle vs. Jessie James?

the winner:  Eric Buell

If you're going to put a v-twin harley motor in a custom bike, there's no better way to do it than this:


(http://moto.tut.by/articles/image/firebolt_xb9r/xb9r_large_1.jpg)

i gotta vote for west coast on this one for one big reason, jesse does all his fabrication in house except for the engines and transmissions, occ outsources a lot of their stuff. i think that counts for something. plus, i like how jesse's bikes are motorcycles being motorcycles, not a jet plane being a motorcycle or a fire engine being a motorcycle.

as far as jesse's engine failure on the way to sturgis, remember the commache's engine seizing just before it's debute? neither shop can help it if the engine they outsourced had a problem.

Well you guys are comparing one turd with another...The nesster is the king of the turds....Frankly I'd like to see one of these I dont care which one...any one...add Ron Simms to the pile, and that other Maldonado guy and anyone...ride these in daily life and not in always sunny arizona either... These are toys and Mattel makes some very nice ones if you want that put all of these to shame.
Cool.
Srinath.

Quote from: seshadri_srinathWell you guys are comparing one turd with another...The nesster is the king of the turds....Frankly I'd like to see one of these I dont care which one...any one...add Ron Simms to the pile, and that other Maldonado guy and anyone...ride these in daily life and not in always sunny arizona either... These are toys and Mattel makes some very nice ones if you want that put all of these to shame.
Cool.
Srinath.

:)  My dad's friend has a Swift Bar chopper he bought for 30K.  He rides it quite a bit.  Its got a few thousand miles on it since he bought in November.  That thing is super cool in person.  It sports a 113ci S&S twin, 250 rear tire, wire spoke wheels, and a full chain drive.  I got to sit on it when he first bought it and they really are pretty comfortable.  He tells me that Jesse's bikes are the only choppers that will track straight when you take your hands off (like they show Jesse do in those Mania shows).  He test rode a bunch of them when he was looking

Like Zoltan said, Jesse does most of the fab'ing in his shop.  They showed a big Haas mill on Monster Garage one episode so I think he may even do his wheels in there now.  Until I see the Tuetles bust out with a power hammer and an English wheel, I won't hold them in the same regard as JJ.  I have checked out OCC's website and I think I like their "regular" bikes better than the theme bikes.

You can't really hold these guys responsible when they have engine troubles when they get those from builders like Patrick Billet or the guys OCC uses

I like the sound of Harleys except when guys put those stupid loud exhausts on.  There doesn't seem to be any middle ground--its either stock/quiet or obnoxious loud

Did anyone see Monday's episode when Mikey failed his MSF course?  I felt bad for him and laughed when I saw those stupid videos again :lol:

im kinda leanin toward occ. they Buddha Loves You and fight like jj's wife or is it ex?, but they seem to get the job done. there is a well known maker in phoenix, well several, but the one i am referring to is on indian school rd. built the az diamondbacks bike. almost every piece on that ride was a one off. :cheers:

Those custom bikes are kinda nice for a showbike but for the money they spend give a nice sportbike for fun, a nice BMW  K1200RS to tour on and a decent car to drive when I dont want to ride (very rarely!) and I'd still be saving less than one of those garage queens that I could ride once a week maybe.

I remember on Monster Garage they had that guy that built Ducati choppers.  That is different but I think its pretty cool.  Its kinda like Triumph choppers... different but cool if they pull it off.
http://www.13choppers.com/

form over function...  :bs:

If I want a piece of art, I go buy a painting.
If I want a motorcycle, I get the most effective for what I want to do.

:nana:

stupid RUBs   :roll:

I don't think we have seen the OCC episode where Mikey rides the mini chopper.  We only see it during the beginning of the show.
Now I might just ride a mini chopper!

Yeah, i know what you're talking about.  I saw a 2 second clips during a OCC preview. It looks funny as hell