A behind the scenes look at Orange County Choppers....

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These are some photo's taken at Orange County Choppers this past April....... I photographed a seminar that was held there and I was able to go on a tour of the facility and we were given access to areas that are normally off limits....... None of the OCC characters were there but it was interesting anyway....... I didn't have a lot of time to take photo's of the facility and bikes due to the fact I had to shoot the seminar but I was able to get some quick shots off...... I hope you find them interesting...... Bill

I'll cut right to the chase...... Here it is - The Fire Bike........ OCC's tribute to the 343 FDNY Firefighters who died on 9-11. The wall behind is decorated with FD patches from around the world......

The rear fender......

A side view.......

The NYS Association of Police Chiefs Bike...... I don't think there's a NYS Association of Fire Chiefs Bike - Yet......

On to the tour........ This guy stands guard at the receptionists desk......

Seminar attendees look over the Board Room.

Paul Sr. wants all his employees to be physically fit so he added this workout area in the design of their new building.....

Our tour guide goes over the mechanics of the operation......

The raw materials area..... Where all the bikes start out.....

This is a 5 axis CNC machine one many different machines they have....... It is used to manufacture many of the custom parts on the bikes.....

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Here's one such part being machined for a future project.......

Here's a completed part.......

Service anyone.....

The build area where the bikes are assembled......

Work in progress......

Another bike under construction.....

The completed works.......

I thought this bike was pretty cool...... I could see Jay Leno riding this.....

These bikes quite often have amazing graphics...... This is the "Wild Wild West" Bike

Pretty nice........

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The Howe Caverns Bike.......

The rear fender of the Howe Caverns Bike

A little creepy......

OCC's new Hybrid Scooter....... Made by their new subsidiary - Orange County Scooters....... Actually this scooter appeared on Jon and Kate plus Eight show just prior to the show going to Kate plus Eight........

Here's a shot of Paul Sr's office..... Jason Fisch of Fisch Internet Solutions (Far right) gets a shot of the office.... He got some ideas for the office of his future world headquarters

This odd looking contraption decorating the office is a bait launcher which I understand was given to Paul as a gift for OCC's 10th Anniversary.....

Here's something more "normal" that decorated the wall of the office....... A painting of the Fire Bike......

Oh yeah...... The seminar was held in the "loft" area above the OCC showroom......

The Air Force Bike which sits above the main entrance to the showroom.....

One of two bikes that were in the "Loft" area......

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Looking down into the showroom from the "Loft" area......

The main entrance from the "Loft"....... You can see a woman looking up at me....... They were eager to get all of us out so they could go home.....

That's all....... Being that they are in our backyard if you're bored and looking for something to do, check them out..... They are on Rte 17K just west of the Stewart ANG enterance in Newburgh.....

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Nice Pics Bill thank you for sharing

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AWESOME photos, and an awesome inside look.

I liked the show when they first started out, and then it became too "dramatic", especially after moving to TLC. Making a bike for "Jon And Kate Plus 8" and Paul Jr. opening a fashion botique shows that they are trying to market the show to the TLC audience, not the faithful audience when they were on the Discovery channel. They're also becoming way too commmercial, and I miss Vinny being on the show.

When they first announced construction on this facility, it was said that the Discovery Channel helped with funding, and there would be viewing areas to watch the bikes being built. Don't know if that still holds true.

I'm curious about the future of the show.

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Rumor has it, the OCC show is going to end with in the next season or two.

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Rumor has it, the OCC show is going to end with in the next season or two.

Thanks Bill,

[nhfd241 4]

Yes American Chopper the name of the show will most likely end soon beacuase the reason that so many people liked this show including me was because paul jr and vinny were on it and also Mikey left the show too and he also made the show interesting

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... and there would be viewing areas to watch the bikes being built. Don't know if that still holds true.

There is a hallway just off from the showroom with windows to view the production area.