Orange County Choppers (OCC) is a custom motorcycle manufacturer founded by Paul Teutul, Sr. and Paul Teutul,
Jr. in 1999. The company is 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.
A new international headquarters designed to combine their production and retail facilities was constructed
in the Town of Newburgh and opened April 24, 2008.
One of OCC's most popular bikes is The Fire Bike, which was designed by Paul Teutul (Paulie) Jr, to
commemorate the New York firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11. The bike itself has been modeled after a
fire truck, and an actual steel rivet from the World Trade Center has been integrated into the bike itself,
mounted atop the bike's gas tank. Paulie is noted as stating that the bike was themed "343", the number of
New York firefighters who gave their lives on 9/11.
The popularity of American Chopper led the United States Air Force to commission a $150,000 "Air Force Bike",
first put on public display in March 2005. The motorcycle is ten feet long and is modeled after the F-22
Raptor, complete with Air Force symbol rims, riveted gas tank, Raptor exhausts and rear-view mirrors in the
shape of jets. Air Force recruiters commissioned it as a public outreach tool.
The Orange County Choppers MotoCoaster is a Zamperla Motocoaster installed at Darien Lake. The MotoCoaster is
Darien Lake's first launched coaster, and is Zamperla's first motorbike roller coaster to be installed in
the United States, though a different model with horse theming is being installed at Knott's Berry Farm at
the same time.