Orange County Choppers Fires Back at Jay Leno 😲 

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Thank you

Thanks.

Thanks!

Thank you I could only do 3min.

That ancient way of using a light bulb as a fuse was how they wired a lot of bikes in WW2 and through the 50's. The taillight is used as a ground.

​@@MrWolfSnackneeded to stay in the 50s, we have fuse holders that do that job now. 😂

lol yeah I guess at the time there wasn't a way to have a fuse block for a bike so that's why they just threw it through the light bulb. old timers keep their same habits. @@Ole_CornPop

Right?! I noticed the same.

@@Ole_CornPop Choppers don't have instruments, they won't have a fusebox.

it’s business dude nothing personal you obviously know nothing about the internet

Essentially the theme of OCC. And American Hotrod too....

It's only fair to get Paul to rebuttal. Just be glad they didn't do it in a room full of office chairs with Jay in the room.

My immediate thought. I came to the comments cuz I knew that someone had already said it. absolute punk move.

@@buggz0689 the fact that some people on the internet do it, doesn't mean we have to consider it normal. Do we want such behaviour in our lives? Don't think so. You can create entertaining content without spinning dramas.

It's all about the clicks. I bet we'll find out that Leno's comments were planned and staged to get the reaction it got. Paul Sr. is a very poor actor, and you can tell by the way he is deflecting and then fishing for ways to criticize Jay that this is all an act.

@@kennyoliver2403 To be fair, Paul has to say something. Paul is a good guy and he was put in an awkward position. But to use Jay’s interview against him after he gave you a tour of his shop? Really?

hall monitor?????

Yeah totally agree don’t be an instigator!

@@kennyoliver2403I don't think/believe Jay has the need (let alone desire) to stage anything he says just to get reactions (except when he's actually performing on a stage).

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Lol 😂

lol 😂😂😂😂

That. Is. Hilarious!

This is the best comment.

His bikes were junk too. Now West Coast Choppers is a clothing company that sells Asian-made garbage with his logo on it.

​@@Arctic_Falconha😅😅ha

​@@Arctic_Falcon I'd take one of Jesse's bikes any day over one of those pieces of junk OCC puts out.

I'd rather have a Honda from the 80s before owning Jesse or OCC bikes.

He wasn't much different.

We had the same experience at our shop!

They were like the iron horse choppers out of Texas... freaking junk.. they're great to buy if you can find one now for a few grand. Take the engine out, sell the knock off baker transmission and all the other parts and build a killer chopper

ya budget maybe rebuilt stock motor i bet@@bendaves77

What were you always fixing?

@@bcrusher1979 Other comments state electrical.

How do you know?

@@garyjaurique5028 Jay is an asshole ask comedians.

@@garyjaurique5028 Everything Jay said is true and I know that because I've ridden "several" choppers (and it doesn't matter who makes them). Hard tail frames (especially with huge rear tire and extended front end) ride like absolute crap. They ride so bad that I won't even use the word 'handling" when I talking about them. And the fact that Sr. said you can expect to have issues with any/all bikes shows he's never, not once ever ridden (let alone owned) any "metric" bikes. I used to make fun of "all" HDs in the 70-90s but after dyno tuning "many" HDs (starting in the mid 2000s) I can honestly say HDs are much better than they were through 60-80s... With all that said, to each their own and 👍to anyone that's happy with their Severely Over Priced chopper...

@@garyjaurique5028even the occ bicycle is crap ! The big tier will make a bike ride bad jay is a guy who rides lots of motorcycles he would no

@@garyjaurique5028 I know Jay is honest and is 100% correct. I had afraid that had an OCC bike an dit was nothing but problems totally junk.

@ronniedoorzon1576did more than what you did though 😮

From the reviews I've seen I'm guessing they really weren't meant to be driven. Expensive show pieces with minimum functionality. it just amazing how minimal they really were. Slightly better to the show chassis F1 sponsors put on display [exaggerating].

@@djvycious its all surprising because they fought like dogs over those builds. You would have thought that amount of pressure would have forced them into building high quality bikes.

Lol.....that's perfect.

Hilarious! Great comparison!

Well said haha

Dumb and dumber chopper riders.

I would have said a Parade Float, but foam Cowboy Hat is better!

I think you misspoke. I believe you mean assembled. Tanks and fenders were just modified 95% of the time. Frames were purchased most of the time. I think towards the end they started building some frames in house, but most of everything else was purchased as paul mentioned in this video

display works of Art

example would be the Snap-on bike,,,, talked to buyer,,,, OCC jammed them $150 K. for a 35 K bike. OCC made bank

Bike shaped objects

Yup. Company has to spend a certain amount on advertising, they get to write it off, OCC knows that and builds them an ad in the shape of a bike.

Are you happy with your OCC bike?

@@NatvBearHntr I don't own one and I would never buy one, I do have 17 motorcycles of my own though.

Bikes and Beards is a pansy and annoying af. I agree with Paul, Jay is getting old and grumpy. I'm sure there's plenty of people happy with OCC choppers, I would buy one.

@@NatvBearHntr - Daily rider or one to break out on occasion?

i have 47 and i do stunts in ladies underwear.@@billybob1723

Yeah even if bike has best brakes it doesn’t mean it will brake well with weight being on bikes back wheel. Those OCC bikes are dangerous to ride on roads in my opinion.

Such a huge problem with custom bikes and rigs in general, the people who build this category of things rarely know how to correctly wire their shit and that's like 60% of what breaks on them.

Weird to hear the welds were bad, because didn't Rick Petko do all of the welding then? I was under the impression he knew what he was doing but maybe not.

@@Arctic_Falconwhat made u think he knew what he was doing?

*an incredible....

@@OttoByOgraffey - Sorry about you crippling OCD, the internets must be a horrible place for you...

Using Jay Leno’s interview after he graciously gave a tour of his shop is a b*tch a*s move.

@@NomenClature-o8s Odd, I feel the punk move would have been not giving someone the opportunity for defended themselves.

@@RESET1776 Paul can defend himself anytime. He has the media at his feet. But playing one interview off another? Sorry, that’s a punk move. Just my opinion.

@@NomenClature-o8s I 100% agree with you that was a B.A move for sure. kinda pathetic I don't like it at all.

@@RESET1776 I respectfully disagree, Jay said what he said in an interview, thats where it stops, its not this guys job to mediate or be fair and balanced and allow someone to respond, unless you're just starting Sh*t just to get more views and flame this issue between these guys higher to get attention

lol 😂😂😂

Just like an OCC bike!

Gotta give him some props though, OCC had a whole generation of teenagers tuned in.

@@jeremywhite8677 same idiots that were eating tide pods and trying to swallow cinnamon powder... yeah, that's a high bar. Lol!

Welcome the this day and age where most people get offended

@@dalesmith4985 This day and age? You realize how old this dude is, right? Lol.

He can't drive, either. I got run off the road by that ass-hat

A pretty chicken shit move between the two stars. 2 million views

Jay was 100% on the awful OCC bike................bolting on expensive parts, doesnt make a good bike!

Jay doesn't fix anything himself, he has mechanics who actually know how to repair stuff, Jay can barely turn a wrench.

Jay doesn’t fix anything himself? Then how did he catch his face on fire? He works on everything in his shop.😂

@@Anuskasv0😂😂😂

Bikes and Beards purchased one also. It was a pretty piece of crap.

@@_HippieThugg_ didn't he pay 10 grand ?

@@markward6076 I forget. I'd have to go back and watch the video again. Not sure if it was on Bikes and Beards or SRK.

@@_HippieThugg_ I watched that episode

but paying 25000 bucks does not mean its a good engine, just saying

apparently the bikes were also dysfunctional?

​@@unabonger777 lmao

they built a few nice bikes, i think that fireman bike is a really great looking bike, seen it in person.

The fireman bike is a rolling death trap. None of it actually functions. @@gnome-ski

@@MrWolfSnackprobably but doesnt take away its a great looking bike.

100Correct, OCC bikes are horrible.

This idiot is trying to get views and boost his channel. Trashy move

It’s sad that someone did this. Jay is one of the most well respected collectors in the world.

Grow up. It's two adults giving their opinions.

Yeah, it's kind of a dick move.

Because he's being a punk

A soap opera made to sell shirts and trinkets.

100%

Jay was right! And Paul burned too many bridges.

Because that's what "reality" shows are, contrived drama and skillful video editing! 😆😆😆

Wow. Great story. 🙄

I do understand that but also in Paul’s defense, that is the way he talks most of the time. I’m not picking sides here tho but jay does have a ton of credibility and what does he have to gain by not telling the truth? So I guess what I’m trying say is that I would probably tend to believe jay over Paul and it pains me to say that cause I really pulled for those guys to pull their heads outta their asses and build some good bikes instead of the drama filled fighting in every episode. I hated watching that but loved watching the bikes come together.

Paul Sr. pissing about The Tonight Show with Leno. LOL What a STUPID come back. Epic failure. I have zero respect for Paul Sr. Jay Leno is the “real’’ mechanic.

Gimme a break - one had a TALK show and talked for a living. Regardless of what a person feels about Paul Teutel Sr., he's not, nor ever has been, about speaking and interviewing people.

@@1982MCI Paul Sr. talks the same way a lot of bosses do. They don't know what they fuck they're talking about and always going "you know?" "you know what I mean?", etc. because they don't even know what they're saying.

Right? Saying that his "reality" show represented reality. Ridiculous. And then being fed the nonsense about Leno somehow being jealous of Letterman as somehow being the cause of Leno's criticisms of the bike.

Doesn't want to sell junk to anybody else lol

Jay has more class than off loading a piece of shit to some unsuspecting rube.

He still has never spent any money he made on the tonight show. He has lived on his stand up earnings alone. Was a big reason he had no problems giving up money he was just stashing away plus it kept his friends working. He still was getting millions, way more than he felt nessasary.

​@@plap. Exactly! 👍🏼

​@@piratewazza 😂

Bingo!

So why does he still have the bike, if its junk?

@@JP1989-l9h Jay’s now using that chopper as a urinal.

@@JP1989-l9h Because he's a collector.

@@JP1989-l9h Collectors don't always keep everything for it usability. Sometimes the oddity of it makes in interesting.

@JoeGerding having warrants out for your arrest in foreign countries for a Ponzi scheme business in the USA doesn't scream success to me.

Paul, I hope you and Jay can work things out! I think a lot of both of you and would love to see you shake hands and bury the hatchet, not in his neck either! We are glad to have you in Florida! Love your bikes!

Right on

The fact is that there are different types of motorcycles built for different purposes. A chopper isn't built to race motocross! Isn't built to compete in the Isle Of Man TT, nor is it built to ride like a Harley Roadglide! A corvette wasn't meant to ride like a cadillac. It's a niche bike, an art piece.

WHAT!?!?! @JoeGerding​You think the Gov. should get into this? (and any/all business that "takes advantage of Supply and Demand"). Dollars don't come with sense and it's (as it should be) up the each/every person to spend (and in many cases like this) waste/lose their money as they wish...

You got to be old enough to be wearing depends.

@MrAlittleone we see who owns one of these turds on wheels. You sound a Alittlebutthurt.

@@MrAlittle5150 ... He's lying, he meant 1992... they were called 'Mechanic's' back then not 'Techs'. I worked at a HD Dealer in the 70's applied for the mechanics position and was (I found out later) promoted to the parts department right off the bat. I guess I printed too neatly on the job application but I did have the joy of trying to teach one of the new hire mechanics on how to shim a Sportster transmission, but what can you do with someone that can't add & subtract. 😆

@frankspinski161 back in the 70s, the good old AMF years. "Harley's the best, ride them the first mile, walk them the rest." If it wasn't for AMF bailing Harley out in 1969, there wouldn't be no Harley Davison today.

@ronniedoorzon1576 Delusional much? What company ordered the NYFD fire bike, for example? Many of the OCC bikes weren't even company themed. $60K? Most were $100+k. Bottom line, all were crap quality builds overall. Reliability/longevity wasn't part of the package and neither was rider comfort. Most were a PIA just to ride and control.

@@Ray_Moyes No; it was commissioned by Leno. He bought it.

Exactly!!! When trying to defend how the bike was wired he deflected to the types of brakes and calipers. How does that have anything to do with how the bike was wired. Jay was spot on! Plus this is all used for clicks and I guess it's working. Lol!

@@kennyoliver2403To be fair, Paul had to say something, right? My problem is Jay generously invited this guy to a private tour of his shop. Then this guy uses the video of Jay’s shop tour to make a video with Paul. That’s cringy at best.

The parts weren’t the problem, it was how they were put together.

@@NomenClature-o8s My point is that this was all staged for the clicks. It's working.

@@kennyoliver2403 Leno doesn’t play games like that.

Thank you!

I call B.S. Motorcycles are super basic to act like OCC who was massive at a time couldn't find one good tech to wire up a bike 😂

@@Carter-X YEP they generally are, so when I say they really screwed the pooch... you can believe it. Wiring. for me, was the easy part. They really did use the tail light as a fuse!

This guy is worse than a kid running to tell Paul that jay talked about your junky shit ! I bet he has probably not got enough ass to ride a OCC death trap a hundred miles

Dont say negative stuff about people and theres nothing to instigate. Leno couldve said he's appreciative of the bike but its not really his thing anymore. Instead he talked a grip of crap. You think you can just talk smack all day long and not get called out on it?

total money maker for those guys. Show was a scam

My Dad and his friends were really into riding in the 80s and 90s would travel across Canada on bikes and always stuff and events around bikes and they said the same thing, I didn’t understand really why, but I guess real riders see occ differently than everyone else

From what I saw on TV they were making bikes for show. They would ride them around downtown sturgis but anytime they cut to them taking an actual ride they would be riding Harley's lol. Paul Jr. designed some excellent bikes but he was doing it essentially for his own creative inhibitions. He didn't build bikes to ride. Much respect to JR though. Unlike his Dad he was smart enough to know when the show was over that it was time to downsize. His company is still doing well enough and he hasn't had to file bankruptcy multiple times.

Exactly! Truth you have spoken

Oh Correction it's Paul Puttel Sr. 😂

Leno is literally the most underhanded, media savvy showbiz hack on the planet, and I respect him for that. He hid in a cabinet to spy on a meeting between Letterman and TV executives. This is the guy who screwed over Carson, Letterman and Conan O'Brien and made 450 million dollars over a 50+ year media career. There is literally no way Leno didn't know his comments would have this reaction. The people getting emotional about this and taking it seriously probably believe pro wrestling is real.

​@@jimmyjakes1823None of that changes the fact that OCC choppers are piles of shit. Jesse James called Paul a gay cake decorator and that's fairly accurate 😂

"If i had a chance I would tell Mr. Leno, there is no junk coming from OC..." The guy LITERALLY had a chance to tell Leno but just giggled

@@jimmyjakes1823it’s not a matter of people getting emotional, I mean if it’s so are you. It’s more about pointing out everything Leno said has been said countless times before by OCC customers.. the proof is in the reputation. In comparison West Coast Choppers were never in this position, why because their bikes were functioning works of art while OCC bikes were novelty items. To that matter compare reputations in their respective industries and senior is considered a laughing stock while Leno is highly regarded across many industries not just entertainment.

@@Distinction_custom_watches Well, I think all choppers are retarded, so I don't really have a dog in this fight, but terms like "laughing stock" seem emotionally charged to me. It should be pretty clear to anyone who watched that show for 5 minutes that he was being payed massive amounts of cash to build goofy, barely functional bikes, and I don't blame him for that. How stupid would you have to be to buy a OCC bike and not know what you were getting, lol? You think your going to ride the GEICO bike to Prudhoe Bay? Whatever, I just don't like the 5 minutes of hate and dogpile in the comments section. That I do get emotional about because I don't understand what you people get out of it. It seems like a hive mind effect where you all take some sort of satisfaction out of thinking and posting the exact same thing. How does this decades old argument between 2 geriatric multi-millionaires in mansions affect you? The fact that it was kicked off by the most underhanded, devious, media savvy shill on the planet (and I say that as a fan of Leno) makes it especially funny.

About Cycle Drag, yes. After the interview with Leno, laughing it up, the way he acts here is almost like that “I’m telling!” kid in elementary school.

well on the show they were fed the lines.....

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Yes, but bandwagon riders are trash.

I went along on a 75 mile ride through Pennsylvania Amish country with the United Technology Sikorsky bike & it ran perfectly.

@@kurtfoulke5130 75 miles? How many time did you have to stop to fill the fooker up?

Funny thinking about how crappy those bikes are compared to how much they cost. I got a German 1954 Zündapp, owned it since 1994 and never had any serious problems with it other then a brake cable snapping, even after 8 years standing still the only thing I needed to do was put new fuel in the tank and clean the start plug, and then it started after 3rd try. OCC bikes are clearly crap meant to look good but not to drive or be functional. As one person said, it was cheap advertising for a company to order a build and get a whole episode dedicated to it.

Great point. I would have a lot of respect for that response.

Absolutely what sr should have said and he might in the future, it would def benefit him in the long run.

he woyld probably have to buy the bike back

Fly out a team to fix a chopper that was built probably 20 years ago?

@@Will97675maybe wire it so of the taillight goes out the entire bike doesn’t lose power perhaps? Ever wired anything before? That’s a hack design and far from “custom” quality..

I'd love to see that..!

Wrestlers have talent.

It was for MONEY LAUNDERING and helping peopel with TAX EVASION. The bikes themselves were of little value except as write-offs and corporate grift, along with a few boomers who got taken for a rough hardtail ride with no front brakes.

No choppers are built to handle.

If by 'museum' you mean 'junk yard' I agree.

If you didn't build it you shouldn't be riding it!... This is the new Millennium of what we would call back in the day 'Sidewalk Bikie's' You know the type, they got the boots & jeans, leather jacket and cut with all the patches, cap & chain drive wallet, mab'be a 'Don't Fuck With Me' bracelet walking up and down Main St during BikeWeek dreaming of getting a Harley some day (or the basketcase in the basement never gets that 1 important part to put it back together) Then Harley started in house financing the bikes... it's been crap ever since.

Most museums of any type have very little display area. If you donated an OCC chopper to a museum it would just be auction off.

yeah, talk about trying to burn bridges for a quick buck. "oh it went viral better stir some shit up for views!" Shit stirrers always get it eventually.

Don't all choppers handle like dogs.

@@f3aok yea, but with those springer front ends going down the long long LONG roads in, say the Wyoming desert, they do look pretty cool. The Twisties?...not so much

Paul Sr... King of the Internet meme's right up there with Richard Rawlings.

A light bulb with a filament in it, no leds, on a bike that will jackhammer your ass into your shoulders. It'll never blow out right? Makes sense to put mission critical wiring right there.

@@SoberAddictionI taste a little irony in your comment, am I right?

If you have a tail light go bad on your car does it shoot the entire electrical system down? I think you missed the issue, that’s hack electrical work sir..

@@Nashrambler7 I think the TV-seres of OCC was their financial backbone. They were just a bunch third-rank actors.

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@EricLaermansthey’re going to parade around these heart string theme bikes selling t-shirts and autographs to limited minded people for a long they can.

💯 Now you’re talking!!! I agree with you hands down that Honda makes the most reliable, safe and affordable bikes on the roads! I have a ‘22 Rebel CMX1100 DCT that I wouldn’t trade for the world! What other company makes bikes like that and the Goldwing?!? I can go for endless rides and not have to be followed by a flatbed truck!

Just like how AMC built the Jeep and look how that turned out 🤣

@@alexinnewwest1860You really think there’s any comparison?

My guess is he's a druggie.

Wtf Choo talking bout Willis?

@@Madridme3 Learn to read and have a brain and you might know.

​@MrWolfSnack ..We all know you're a dope. Keep commenting...

I liked Letterman better than Leno show too.

Got my 1953 Panhead in 1978, people in the past worked on it with a claw hammer. Was a chopper, took back to stock as could afford, updated to belt primary, and 12 volt. Wired my brothers 1950 Pan, 12 volt, Gen. & Oil in dash and used circuit breakers instead of fuses. He clamped spark plug holder on frame pinched the taillights wires. When hit the brakes engine would die. It actually worked as intended. OCC Choppers just built the same basic motorcycle only changing theme's. In my opinion junk.

Congratulations, a 53 is a beautiful find, I had a 37 flatty, 45, about that time, ex military bike, ended up overseas and sold it. I built a new pan with STD heads in 95, ground up, it's got shovel heads on it now, got to rebuild the pans. I've worked on dozens of pans and shovels. Thanks for sharing!@@Jeffrey-t8g