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Building an Empire, Losing it all: The American Chopper Story

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Today we're laying out the history of Orange County Choppers and the show American Choppers: its rise and inevitable fall and the motorcycles themselves

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20 Comments

@zerkzy842 1 year ago

If you’ve seen one episode you’ve seen them all. They have to come up with a theme for a bike. Something goes wrong, they scream at each other. They somehow meet the deadline. They unveil the bike, everybody oohs and aaahs. The bike is put into storage never to be ridden, the end

@regularguyrunning174 1 year ago

I have always thought of Paul Sr. as a Seagull type manager. He comes in, makes a lot of noise, shits over everything and then he leaves.

@chimpooey9083 1 year ago

South Park nailed bikers like this.

@longjonwhite 1 year ago

Brit here. We got the show over here too and sure, I watched several episodes, but I found the bikes ridiculous and the whole family were obnoxious.

@wheressteve 1 year ago

A lifetime of zero leg days was Sr's downfall.

@loutheshoe6100 1 year ago

I actually "met" Paul Sr in 2009 at the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte. It was rain delayed so i went out the the merch haulers. He was sitting inside the hauler chatting up the woman working it. 2 boys in their early teens were ahead of me in line and also recognized him. When they asked him for an autograph his response was "I'm not who you think I am, get the fuck away from me". I was him, and that was the LAST time i watched his show. and Yes Jr and Vinnie had all the talent on that show.

@twosons5290 1 year ago

The bikes they built were advertising expense write-offs for large corporations. Not for riding

@hamo4558 1 year ago

The only thing I want in life is for my sons to do better than me.

@lukeBen7945 1 year ago

As a father of two nothing gives me greater satisfaction and success as a parent knowing and wanting my boys to be better than me,in all ways possible It says a lot about senior as a person

@jerryrichards8172 1 year ago

There are so many people that own these bikes that are completely unhappy with the junk they spent a large amount of money on.

@GeneralSeptem 1 year ago

My dad and I loved this show when I was younger, and we had to stop watching it because we both noticed after watching those two fight so much we started doing it ourselves.

@kathyern861 1 year ago

Not controlling your wild temper, not forgiving others, spending beyond your means, living beyond your means - shall I go on?

@thundercactus 1 year ago

Kinda rule of thumb of businesses like this, and I've seen it in so many fab shops and machine shops, is that having your best talent start to come in late frequently should NOT be taken as "oh they're just getting lazy and complacent". Your best talent is your best talent because they are the ones who are dedicated to the job, they're making things better, they're making the money for the company. If they start coming in late frequently, management needs to take a step back and evaluate WHY their talent suddenly doesn't want to come to work.
And again, I've seen this so many times where companies fire their best guys because they absolutely refuse to consider that they themselves might be the problem.

@jimminyxmas 10 months ago

I went to HS with the Teutuls. They were nice. Jr was a popular, football player who was friends with my brother. I knew Danny, and Mikey was friends with my sister.