As part of the new Orange County Choppers and WyoTech partnership, OCC is building a custom motorcycle and enlisting the help of our students & grads! WyoTech grad Charley Sikes talks about his time at WyoTech and being chosen for this project. Charley specializes in Motorcycle Technology and was selected by his instructors/campus admins to participate in this special custom motorcycle project. “I hope to find an opportunity to present some of my WyoTech knowledge to Orange County Choppers,” Charley said. He recently traveled to New York to visit and work at the Orange County Chopper headquarters. There, he worked side-by-side with WyoTech student Mathew Shephard and OC Chopper employees on the custom motorcycle assembly. Watch for WyoTech on “American Chopper” on the Discovery Channel this Fall!

Promotional video. Brief interviews with All American Choppers CEO/custom bike builder Bob Wilcock and Promoter/descendent of pirate Jean Laffite, Tommy Laffite. New “extreme” 330 and 360 custom pro-street choppers highlighted.

Paul Teutul Sr. (aka Senior) from the “American Choppers” TV show on the Discovery Channel talks with Chris Kellogg and the Kellogg Krew from 94.7 WMAS in Springfield, MA. Senior says that he’ll spend the Holidays away from his 2 estranged sons, Mikey and Pauly. Senior says that it should be the son that always apologizes and reaches out first. (extended interview clip – a WMAS FM Exclusive) About the TV show: The Discovery series captures the renewed rivalry as Paul Sr. continues to build world-famous custom bikes at OCC, while Junior opens up Paul Jr. Designs. Check out Chris’ other websites: www.chriskellogg.com www.ctwebguy.com www.connecticutrealestateadvice.com www.cthomesforsale.org

Orange County Choppers (OCC) is a custom motorcycle manufacturer based in Orange County, New York that was founded by Paul Teutul, Sr. and Paul Teutul, Jr. in 1999. The company was featured on American Chopper, a reality TV show that debuted in September 2002 on the Discovery Channel, which has contributed to the company’s quick rise to fame. In 2007, Discovery Channel’s sister channel TLC took over the broadcasting (in United States and Canada). A new international headquarters designed to combine their production and retail facilities was constructed in the Town of Newburgh and opened April 24, 2008. OCC’s production facility was initially located in the hamlet of Rock Tavern, it then later moved to nearby Montgomery before moving into its new headquarters in Newburgh. The company also operates a seasonal kiosk at the Woodbury Commons Outlet Mall in Central Valley, NY. History OCC started as a sideline to the family’s steel manufacturing enterprise, Orange County Iron Works, which was founded in the 1970s. In the late 1990s, Teutul Sr. began manufacturing custom motorcycles as an extension of his steel business, and in 1999 he founded Orange County Choppers. The company’s first bike, “True Blue”, was debuted at the 1999 Daytona Biketoberfest. Teutul Sr. designed many bikes using the “sinep” concepts; even going as far as over-riding many of Paul Jr’s initial design elements. [edit]Current Staff Paul Teutul, Sr. (Owner/CEO) Rick Petko (Senior Fabricator) Jim “JQ” Quinn …