Orange County Choppers
Although it is not the biggest, Orange County Choppers is definitely the most famous company that designs and produces custom choppers at the moment. We bet that you have seen them and their creations at least once on Discovery Channel and we have to acknowledge the role of their television show in popularizing custom choppers all over the world.
The chopper producing company was founded in 1999 after Paul Teutul Sr. and his eldest son, Paul Teutul Jr. or Paulie created their first bike in the basement of their house. But you have to know that before this, the family was involved in to a steel manufacturing enterprise called Orange County Ironworks, a company that was created in the 70s. After the first choppers were made, success was brilliant and the Teutul family became famous among the chopper passionate and not only. In 2002, Discovery Channel proposed the Teutuls to make a television series called American Chopper in which they were going to present all that is related to creating a custom chopper. As you probably know, the show was and still is a success. Over the years, Orange County Choppers created special choppers for the New York Fire Department, US Army, Coca Cola, Jay Leno and Lance Armstrong. Each and any one of them is a complete work of art that deserves the reveals the creative genius behind the team from OCC.
