Orange County Choppers is building new Road House Museum in Clearwater Florida
In Clearwater / Florida, Orange County Choppers a new OCC museum for his fans who have always visited him in Newburgh, northern New York, for many years. There you have been able to visit the legendary workshop where countless American Chopper series, such as the one with Aykut Tataroglu from AT American Cycles, were recorded.
If I was there and there happened to be a few Germans there, I would give a special visitor tour. It's always surprising how many bikers today still talk about how intensively they always watched the series.
Paul Teutul Sr. with his wife Joannie
The new Road House – Museum – logo
In any case, the OCC headquarters in Newburgh is now history and a new chapter is currently emerging in West Florida, right next to Bert's Barracuda Harley-Davidson Store in Clearwater, Florida .
There will be an Orange County Chopper Museum with a new OCC Cafe and Entertaining Complex.
Paul Sr. hasn't been able to tell me the exact opening date yet, but as soon as it's known, you'll find out.
Bert's Harley-Davidson Barracuda right in the neighborhood
It's practical, of course, that the local Harley-Davidson dealer is right next door, and their T-shirt sales will certainly increase in the future.
Construction work is already underway!
Construction work is in full swing and the opening is scheduled to take place in spring 2021. Saint Petersburg in Florida is a particularly beautiful place, it is located on the Gulf Coast of Florida and is nicknamed the Sunshine City.
An ideal area for riding a Harley and also fantastic beaches. The nearest international airport is Tampa, and there are direct flights from Frankfurt to the Sunshine State. As long as we can travel carefree again, visiting the museum will definitely be on the bucket list.
BROTHERS4BROTHERS AND THE BACKGROUND TO THE SONG STEEL HORSE
The Brüder4Brothers album is now available!
What an incredible project, we have been working on this international project with Orange County Choppers and Frei.Wild . The video for the song Brotherhood has been online for 2 months and now comes the long-awaited Brüder4Brothers album Brotherhood , which contains a lot of spirit from crazy bikers and musicians.
Track number 8 on the BROTHERHOOD album is called Steel Horse and was written by me. The text has a story as a background that has been with me for many years and when it suddenly said we needed song lyrics, it was clear to me what my song would be about. First of all, Alex is one of the singers and an American. Together with me in the USA, he adapted the English part of the song into the translation.
FRIENDSHIP, FREEDOM, RIDING HARLEY
But that's actually just latte. Because it's about what's in the song and that's a lot of memories of my best friend, the love of motorcycling, the freedom and best of all just riding freely like an eagle after the sun. I hope you like the song and feel the goosebumps moment at the end of the story.
How it all began!
When we were 15 years old, we were at loggerheads over a girl and we didn't even know each other before. It happened at a Kisch plantation party, where the situation was about to escalate. Until we discovered that we were two of four Malaguti moped drivers in our small town, from then on the girl was forgotten and an eternal friendship developed.
We experienced a lot together, worked on the mopeds together, then the first motorcycles followed, we both rode XT600s for many years. Then came the time in the MC and our tours became larger, we went to motorcycle meetings together and shared the tent, no one went home without the other, or even left at all, as was the case with a real male friendship in the past.
Our first big tours went to Norway
We have often been to central Norway because the country has always fascinated us. Often with other members of the club we regularly went north and went camping in nature.
That and nature connected us, we watched the sea eagles together on our lakes when they swooped out of the sun to hunt for ducks. We were traveling by canoe and doing everything. We were particularly impressed by these large, impressive sea eagles; they always gave us the feeling of limitless freedom.
Our biggest plan was always to drive to the North Cape with our XT's, we really had the tour fully planned out, everything where we wanted to go was recorded on the map. These included the Trollstiegen, the Geiranger Fjord, the Atlantic Road and the North Cape as a destination.
At that time he was a submarine builder at the HDW shipyard in Kiel; his father had already practiced this profession. It was clear that all the metal we had on our bikes in the form of holders etc. was made from the best U-boat steel.
BROTHERHOOD – Steel Horse
Time is running and doesn't wait for us!
I was self-employed from an early age and so time slowly became scarce, I was always working and it never fit in with the vacation that we could go away for 3 weeks. Family, or just no time, something always happens! But we always stuck to our dream, we now had other motorcycles, he a Trude out of conviction and I a Harley, also out of conviction. No matter, for us it was always about riding motorcycles together, it doesn't matter what everyone rides, it's a living form of freedom.
Then in 2012 it happened, my buddy Lars suddenly fell over in front of his spinning at the shipyard and was dead, falls over and is gone. That was a shock for everyone, family, friends, everyone was done with the world. Far too young to die, not even 50.
You can imagine what was going on in my head, from then on I always said:
“Don’t put off your dreams!”
Volker Wolf
Now it was clear that at some point it had to start so that at least one of us was at the North Cape and could take the other with us in our thoughts. In 2017 the time had come, I was listening to my friend Hermann and at some point he found it quite exciting, although the rain and cold didn't particularly appeal to him, because there's actually nothing up there. Suddenly his brother Ernst wanted to come along, so there were three of us and it started after 5 months of planning.
And we did the tours, although I went on my bucket list tour alone because we didn't have that much time and Hermann wanted to go to the Lofoten Islands, then we split up in Trondheim and I went back again because we were suddenly on my route were over and that wasn't my plan. Then in the middle of the night I was at the Trollstiege, the Geiranger Fjord and I drove the Atalantic Road five times before I drove north again to meet up with my friends in Tromsö. From Tromsö we drove brilliantly again, I had definitely already completed my important stages and now the big goal was in front of us, the Nordkapp
And that was really indescribable, when the Nordic Sea appeared in front of me and we drove the last few kilometers along the sea towards North Cape, I started to tingle, an indescribable moment.
It was indescribable and then it happened, right above me a big old sea eagle appeared unusually close, it flew over me and accompanied me for a few kilometers at my height above the sea. It's hard to describe, it's so impressive when a sea eagle glides majestically over you and flies 20 meters next to you. Hermann and Ernst didn't even know what was wrong with me, they had no idea, for them it was an old bird flying with gaps in its feathers.
The sea eagle at the North Cape
I was even able to take a few photos, after which I was completely exhausted, we reached the destination and camped near the North Cape, then we went back home via Finland and for a long time I couldn't believe what happened to me there.
I dedicate the song to my friend Lars Dibbern , I hope you like it and think of this story when you hear it, or miss a good friend yourself!
BRÜDER4BROTHERS - Motorcycle rattle meets guitar chord: the legendary Orange County Choppers have music for the highway - with their music project and the album "Brotherhood", which will be released on August 5th, the US motorcycle manufacturer is now causing a stir - their first official music video has been released
The rattle of heavy motorcycles may be the most beautiful music of all for some bike fans. The Orange County Choppers have made their internationally renowned name with exactly this. As one of the most famous custom bike manufacturers, they have enjoyed cult status since the series “American Chopper” and at least since their brief guest appearance in the Nickelback video “Rockstar”.
Brothers4Brothers
Now their home-made chopper sounds mix with solid rock music. an album entitled “Brotherhood” will be released under the name BRÜDER4BROTHERS (Soulfood Music). As the name suggests, there is a liaison between the Orange County Choppers and a German-speaking rock band behind it: Frei.Wild . The first music video “Friendship/Brotherhood” has been released since Friday:
The album brings together the instruments and voices of all participants. A collaboration that seems a bit strange at first glance, and yet both parties have crucial things in common: a love for unusual paths, a freedom-loving outlaw attitude and, last but not least, a long-standing friendship across two continents.
“We have been friends for several years and invite each other to events and trips,” the USA reveals. “It was precisely this friendship, coupled with a lot of fun experienced in the USA and southern Europe, that led to the joint project called “Brueder4Brothers” . And the accompanying debut album “Brotherhood .”
Several number 1 albums in a row, numerous gold and platinum awards and countless sold-out shows pave the way for Frei.Wild, one of the most successful German-speaking bands. A success story that is comparable to that of the Orange County Choppers and is based on personal initiative, a lot of sweat and passion. “Our basic attitude is very similar – freedom, friendship, lifelong dreams, wanderlust, tradition and honest craftsmanship are very important to us.”
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It is precisely these virtues that inspired the debut album “Brotherhood” and so it is not surprising why “Brotherhood” sounds so honest, so international and, above all, authentic. The music lives from the catchy melodies and guitars typical of Frei.Wild, as well as from the voices of Paul, Mikey, Alex and Philipp.
The whole thing is refreshed with many typically American influences - especially country tones and production-technical refinements. From the very first note, “Brueder4Brothers” manages to create a mental cinema with the endless expanses of the United States, but also with European flair, allowing German and English texts to naturally merge together. Turn the throttle, ride towards the sunset and feel the wind.
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The GTO Bike Episode is now on the DMAX YouTube Channel in a recap where it's all about the GTO Bike.
The entire show can be seen online on DMAX, as well as other new episodes. The GTO bike was built at OCC at the beginning of last year by Aykut Tataroglu (AT-American Cycles).
I was allowed to help him a little, and I was also at OCC, so you just have to lend a hand.
There really are deadlines, it's a drama every time it happens, even if the camera team isn't there. Unfortunately, there aren't enough scenes showing how the bike is built.
The development is really exciting. If something doesn't fit, things go wrong, but getting four or six weeks of construction time into a shipment is probably not that easy.
The GTO bike was a special challenge for Aykut, the model was a GTO from 1965. The trunk almost drove him crazy, but in the end it worked.
The 11th American Chopper season started on DMAX in July. Paul Teutul Sr. is working on this project with Evan Favaro and the newly added bike builder Joshua Allison from Colorado - USA.
The OCC Spartan Bike
Josh is one of the best US bike builders
Josh will be working as a bike builder for Paul Sr. throughout Season 11. He successfully ran his own workshop in Colorado for years under the name Cry Baby Cycles.
Josh won the TOP TEN of the Year Award in Cycle Source magazine in 2018
He has already won many shows in the USA with his bikes. Bike of the Year 2018 in Cycle Source magazine.
This year he moved his family to Newburgh, north of New York, and set up camp in Colorado. He loves the old school style, which puts him in line with Paul Sr.
US Fabricator Joshua Allison (Cry Baby Cycles)
In the Spartan Bike he has already put his suggestions and ideas to work in a team with Jason, Phil and Evan. His craftsmanship is very good, and he can also work very quickly and cleanly, so he fits 100% into the Orange County Choppers team.
We will see some more beautiful custom bikes from him at the American Chopper Show.
Spartan Race and Orange County Choppers
Joe de Sena, Paul Teutul Sr. and Joannie at the Spartan Race
Spartan Race runs over 170 races worldwide and was founded by Joe de Sena . The routes have different obstacles and different distances that demand everything from their participants.
Paul Teutul Sr. at the Spartan Race
Barbed wire, obstacle walls, mud, rope courses, fire, mountains and hills, or even large stones in the way. It's adventurous for non-athletes. But even Paul climbed over such a wall.
The race also offers many opportunities for the physically disadvantaged.
Paul Teutul Sr. with participants from the Spartan Race
Especially in the USA, there are many army veterans, some of whom are not physically intact. It's fun to see how even wheelchair users are pulled through the mud by others, or when one-armed people can overcome the hurdles just like everyone else. The Spartan Race is truly a great way for sports enthusiasts of all stripes to find their limits.
Start of the Spartan Race USA
The Spartan Bike
The specifications for the bike are, barbed wire, bell, spikes! All things that you wouldn't even be allowed to test drive on the road in Germany. The sitting position should be bent forward because the Spartan always fights forward!
This bike is one of the most spectacular projects for OCC. Many fine detailed solutions were implemented, especially Josh did a good job on his first order for Paul Sr. We'll see a lot more of him this season.
The Orange County Choppers image gallery from the Spartan Bike Project
USA INK MASTER`S MEGAN JEAN MORRIS AT ORANGE COUNTY CHOPPERS
Shortly before Christmas, Megan Jean Morris by the Orange County Choppers headquarters and laid out her tattoo supplies in Paul Senior's legendary OCC office.
Paul Teutul Sr. is supposed to get a new tattoo; he would like to have the two tank motifs from the Discovery 25th Anniversary Bike on his arm, which he once built for the station.
Megan Jean Morris at OCC
There is a saber-toothed tiger on one half of the tank and a snake on the other. Megan Jean Morris is a great artist, she started drawing as a little girl, and she wrote the script for Paul's template herself.
She became particularly famous in the USA through the US TV show INK Master's , which she won.
After completing her Bachelor of Industrial Design, she became interested in tattooing, she liked the scene and couldn't find a suitable box for herself to fit into.
She learned the art for 5 years in a studio in the northeastern US state of Maine before going her own way. Everything just fits together, she has the visions and can put them on paper in order to later tattoo them on the skin in the form of a work of art.
Megan Jean Morris tattoos at OCC
She now lives in isolation near Las Vegas and feels comfortable there.
If she needs something she can always go into town, even if it takes a while to get to Las Vegas, but that's the price and she likes it more secluded.
She may come to Germany in 2019
She travels a lot around the world, she was already invited to the event in Germany and enthusiastically told me that it is not out of the question that she will come across the pond again in 2019.
Megan Jean Morris tattooed Paul Senior 's bull mastiff Miley on his chest back in 2016. That's why he didn't have to think long about who he wanted to get his new tattoo from.
It's no longer that easy to get an appointment with Megan Jean, but she made more than one exception for Paul Sr., because she quickly set New York to get tattoo in Paul Sr.'s office .
A whopping 9 hours were planned, it started in the early morning, she really pushed herself, but there were interruptions because the Discovery team wanted to incorporate the scenes into the show, there are usually a lot of people on the TV set and that The whole thing just drags on.
Megan Jean Morris
OCC kept coming to the office, which was really not an everyday occurrence when Paul Sr. got a tattoo in the shop.
At some point around midnight the time had come, the work of art was completed, she did it all the way, just short breaks and voilà, it was done.
Clear lines, strong colors, now I'm not a professional when it comes to tattoos, but I think it's great.
Exactly, big words but don't have a tattoo myself, she would like to change that for me, I could even imagine getting a tattoo in her studio in Las Vegas, at least I have the offer in my pocket.
While filming the family project with Paul Sr., Paul Jr., Mikey and Nick
I'm back on the road in the USA at Orange County Choppers. It started well today when we drove to Paul Sr.'s home together. Paul Sr., Paul Jr., Mikey and Nick are working on a family project.
Paul Senior and Paul Junior
Paul Senior and Junior get along a little better again. Together they try to get an old Buick from the 50s running again. The Discovery film team is also there, filming all the fun for the American Chopper series. I can't reveal too much here, because this is a part of the second season, which starts in spring. It's nice to see how the relationship between Paul Sr. and Junior is getting better again.
Discovery film crew
American Chopper film crew
Mikey is especially happy that everyone is in such a good mood and having fun with the whining classic car. As always, Paul and his nephew Nick have to take a few hits in the neck, but sometimes he needs it to work. The entire film team has a lot of fun, there's no script here, they just know roughly what they're up to and have to make sure that everything that happens around them gets into the box.
And something always happens, when they're all having fun together, it works and they're on the right track. We didn't get the classic car running today, so we'll continue next week.
American Chopper for the first time with a customizer from Germany
The fifth episode of the new 2018 American Chopper season will air on DMAX on Monday at 8:15 p.m. For the first time, a customizer from Germany is taking part; Orange County Choppers has received a complex order. The GTO project is based on the 1965 GTO cult Ami sleigh. The internationally known customizer Aykut Tataroglu will support Paul Teutul Sr. and his team in building the GTO bikes.
In February we flew to the USA together and the adventure began, it's like on TV, no script but the absolute time pressure is on your back. The customer wanted to present the bike at a car show in Orlando and that was all the team had to do 4 weeks, for the first time in his career Paul Teutul Sr. was afraid of not hitting the deadline for the bike, the GTO bike was unexpectedly complex, a cool device was created here, of which more photos can be seen here later becomes.
So watch the show, we look forward to your comments on Facebook! DMAX Mon Aug 19, 2018 8:15 p.m. Repeat at 12:15 a.m
You can also watch the first four episodes online on the DMAX site.
Frei.Wild goes America – Together with Orange County Choppers, the band Frei.Wild from South Tyrol now wants to conquer the biker and music scene in America.
The greatest adventures are probably experienced in America, in the country where dreams can still become reality. And just as much of an adventure is just beginning, the band Frei.Wild has written BrotherhoodMikey Teutul from Orange County Choppers and Alex Franco, a musician and songwriter from the USA
Philipp Burger, Alex Franco (left) Mikey Teutul (right)
The lyrics, which actually came about out of a beer mood, are taking on more and more shapes, the accompanying melody has something very special and we all like it, so we quickly made video recordings together last week in New York and in the legendary Orange County Choppers made in Newburgh.
We set off completely without a script and great video recordings were produced in the New York underground train.
The New York City Subway has a special atmosphere to offer
The music system of completely surprised street artists was quickly hijacked and the completely surprised artists were included in the video. A short concert in the subway, or simply pulling out your guitar in the middle of New York's Times Square to play the song. It was just a great feeling how the New Yorkers spontaneously took part!
The OCC boss Paul Teutul Sr. got involved in the project, so great recordings were made together with Philipp Burger, the band's lead singer, and Paul Sr. on the chopper.
Philipp Burger and Paul Teutul Sr.
In June, the new American Chopper seasons 2018 started in the USA after a year-long break, and here in Germany it starts again on Monday, July 23rd, 2018 at 8:15 p.m. on DMAX . The show will once again be broadcast in over 163 countries around the world and is still one of the most successful reality TV shows in the world today.
We will now push the project forward together, Discovery Channel has filmed parts of the video footage that will probably be shown in one of the episodes in the second new season in 2018.
A great project is currently developing here, which was created simply, freely and wildly to conquer the great continent of unlimited possibilities.
We can't wait to see what's next! Here we go!Let's Rock and Ride together!
The time has finally come, the current start of the new American Chopper episodes in Germany has been announced Fernsehenserien.de DMAX broadcasts the first 6 episodes every Monday at prime time at 8:15 p.m.
The new episodes that were released in the USA got off to a very successful start, with viewers particularly interested in the new relationship between senior and junior. They treat each other with respect and once again show spectacular conversions on the internationally known TV show. The series will be broadcast again in 163 countries; American Chopper is shown on the Discovery partner channel DMAX. New to the season in Paul is his nephew Nick Mariconi. He always gets your senior, who has actually become calmer, on fire with his clumsiness, but especially with Mikey he creates some funny scenes in the show.
The most exciting thing is of course the upcoming episode 4 of the season, in which I can be seen together with Aykut Tataroglu. Aykut was suggested to Paul Sr. by me specifically because of his craftsmanship skills for the GTO project. Aykut did a great job and showed all his craftsmanship. Remember the dates on DMAX, from July 23, 2018 every Monday evening from 8:15 p.m. on DMAX.
