Cast Members of American Chopper & Where They Are Now

Well that was 28 minutes of my life I'll never recover!!

I watched several seasons of the show. Senior drove me up the wall. His temper tantrums were childish. His design ideas were limited. His technical abilities nothing without everyone else doing the work. I'm glad Junior, Mikey and Vinny are doing well. Junior and Vinny were the real talent. And both are flexible and forward thinking. Senior could learn a thing or two if he wasn't a massive ego on legs! I think Junior was sick of Senior sh1te and that's why he was so disrespectful.

waste of time...no answer to why or how paul was convicted or did he go to jail...thumbs down

Rick Petco was the REAL craftsman on that show. I'll never forget Paul Jr. on the first episode pounding an axle into a hole that wasn't quite big enough. Paul Jr. has much more imagination than his father when it comes to design. However, I rode motorcycles for years (mostly Brit bikes) & I don't think OCC ever built a bike I would ride.

Few people these days remember the early days, big inch motors didn't arrive in a packing case already built and if you wanted something in the basic construction of the bike to look trick you made it yourself. I built my Harley, 93 inch Shovelhead motor, Delkron cases, S&S internals, dual plugged, Crane roller rockers,. outer cases scroll engraved by hand. The bike had a rigid frame, 7" over girders by P&P and was made to be ridden hard. Also scratch built a copy of a Hydra Glide using a stock spec custom rigid frame and an 80 inch Evo motor, right down to straight red paint and chrome metal decals it looked the part. Having done that you tend to see through some of the OCC bike builds, yes brilliant fabricating skills but were some of the cock ups done just for the camera? Bikes taking a dive off lifts because they weren't strapped down, parts sent for chrome that needed more work, sometimes welding and the best one was the fuel tank that had been painted that had no fitting for a tap, I was a motorcycle mechanic for 48 years and if I had done any of those kind of things I would have been shown the door.

Paul Sr. ruined a great show due to his outrageous attitude because he was/is a steroid abuser. Always angry, always treating his people and his sons dismally! The producers of the show should have sent Sr. to a major rehab stint. So very sad!

It's intriguing to witness how each member navigated their way through personal and professional endeavors after the show ended. From legal disputes to successful ventures, the cast's stories continue to captivate audiences, demonstrating the lasting impact of the iconic reality TV series.

Out of all of them, Rick Petco is a magician with metal. I'll admit im pretty good making stuff out of metal. The main thing you need is Imagination 😜. Cody has definitely changed. The old man was good for making decisions and screaming for no apparent reason.

Loved this show back in its prime. Strong sense of family yet they would go off on insane meltdowns. Mikey was so funny. Always felt bad for Rick and Vinny as they were caught in the crossfire and didn't look like they enjoyed it much. They also got stuck doing most of the work. Rick seemed by far to be the most talented craftsman.

I owned and ran a motorcycle shop for many years, both with a partner and by myself. I have actually had a couple of these TV famous bikes make it across my table. The first OCC bike I ever saw in person was at a motorcycle trade show sponsored by Snap-On tools. Go figure, guess which bike was there. I was not impressed. A few months later one of their bikes showed up at my shop for electrical issues. It took my a while to figure it out but the means for fusing electrical systems just blew my mind. The fact that they actually used Rev-Tech engines and transmissions was the last straw for any kind of respect as a motorcycle builder. I've also had West Coast Choppers motorcycles cross my table and was actually impressed. While they still were dealing with the chopper industries growing pains, there were no shortcuts taken or cheaper "Budget Engines" used. It was either Harley Davidson or S&S engines, Harley Davidson or Baker transmissions. So the quality was there. For the first 10 years of the shop, I kinda enjoyed the money influx from the "Bikes are cool again" scene, but it actually got to the point where I refused to work on any kind of chopper. Towards the end when I finally closed my shop, I refused to even change oil on any of these choppers. In the old days, you took a complete bike, tore it apart and built it your way. The China produced parts did not exist. When TV discovered bikes, the China parts flooded the market, Korean parts flooded the market and quality took a back seat to good looks. In that same amount of time, I built one custom bike a year. I can actually tell you where most of them are today, because most of them are still being ridden today.

A lot of people don't realise my of OCC creations were unrideable. Underpowered, uncomfortable to the point of being uncontrollable which makes them depreciate in value once people realise they are mostly meant to display purposes only.

The show was a success because of a perfect storm of events! The real estate boom of the early-mid-2000's put loads of money in people's pockets which they could and would spend on custom bikes! Other shows, like West Coast Choppers and even car fabricator shows like Fouse and Pimp my Ride, were huge but by 2007-8, the money disappeared, and the show became more about the drama than the builds because frankly, no one could afford these excessive monstrosities! But it was good the first few years!

Vinnie was the most valuable member of the whole team. I’m glad he’s doing well.

I nearly passed this by as there are so many pathetic "where are they now" vids on YouTube. Thank you for an informative and as positive as possible update on this great show.

I had a friend that bought one had to have one he paid plenty. God knows how much anyway he couldn’t take it for a ride every time he rode it he broke down every single time.

When the show first came on and the focus was strictly on bike building, I was hooked. When it evolved into a soap opera I was done. Other shows that featured other builders became my go to shows. I loved watching Indian Larry, Jesse James etc. They were building bikes not acting like idiots. Indian Larry was by far my favorite show. His bikes were more basic mechanically but great designs in the frames and tins were over the top.. He was an artist concerned about building a functional working riding machine.

Senior was old school, Junior was new school, that's why the always clashed. Junior proved how good he was when he set up his own company, he even designed a bike in his head without putting it on paper. Mikey was funny, Rick is a great fabricator, Vinny looked like he just got fed up in the end.

Wow. Awesome update

The father with his ego issue destroyed this show. Jr was building people's dreams with the team that was present. The father totally destroyed this family and show.

It was the recipe of great talent that made the show! Everyone played a key role! The artistry was amazingly impressive! It proves, you can’t judge raw talent by how it walks, talks, and breathes!