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@The_Bearded_Mechanic3 ай бұрын
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@danw19553 ай бұрын
Hey Craig.. from past experience with GM, Ford, and other EFI systems, I've always found that the TPS needs to have a certain amount of 'preload' on the rheostat in order to work properly from idle to WOT. On GM, back when the TPS was actually somewhat adjustable, you could read the voltage off the third leg, and it was usually set around .52 vdc (on a 5 vdc scale, with 5 vdc being WOT). If the TPS is all the way relaxed (0.00 vdc), the computer doesn't have a reference voltage to determine idle speed, and the timing, and the idle air control (IAC) will be all over the place. That is at least part of the reason the idle dropped down when you turned the TPS with a screwdriver! Hope this helps.😉
@test234123 ай бұрын
@The_Bearded_Mechanic Hey Craig, that idle building up sounds similar to a problem I had lately. Made me nuts... no air leak anywhere. Solution was, that the exaust-valve had no play at all and didn't close properly when the engine was warm. When starting up, everything went normal, due to the valve beeing cold. After a few minutes the proplem appears. You WILL make this run! Greetings from Germany
@mostlymotorized3 ай бұрын
24:25 because its a "brushed electric motor" you halfwit 😂😂😂
@muskokamike1273 ай бұрын
32:20 could the weak fuel pump when wired correctly be caused by only getting 12v at low amperage by the signal wire and NOT direct power from the battery? I had that issue once before when building my cnc machine. Not enough amps to the laser, it was drawing ALL the electricity through the PWM signal from the computer. Oh, and it fried that circuit on my breakout board. My laser had 2 power sources: 12V 3A AND PWM from the computer. That's an issue with controlling ground not source. When you turn off or on ground, that means you cut off all source where you want to have 2 sources: 1 with enough amperage to power the motor correctly and 1 low amperage to tell a relay to go on and or off.
@TitusTyson-xv9jv3 ай бұрын
Nice
@Ridzy24893 ай бұрын
You should call discovery channel and offer them a new tv program where you go around the country trying to fix all the OCC choppers
@Ohnur-r4p3 ай бұрын
That would be sick
@mariomesa70783 ай бұрын
Craig doesn’t need that amount of Stress
@TrickyCarp3 ай бұрын
No, on the TV shows. We're watching on KZbin for a reason. More detail and no manufactured drama. All the KZbinrs that got TV shows end up with a sub-par product.
@RodBell4573 ай бұрын
The Discovery channel budget might not be big enough...
@ww61563 ай бұрын
Yes, that's an incredible idea
@truthseeking38183 ай бұрын
The fact that this guy A - actually mapped out a diagram when he designed the system, and B - still had the file to give you 9 years later, just shows the level of professionalism from this guy.
@daigriffiths3993 ай бұрын
I've been rewiring/designing wiring harnesses for forty-plus years now. They have been mostly custom one-offs on almost anything you care to name. I always give the owner a copy of the diagram and I keep at least one copy myself. On the shelf behind me is an A4 binder with hand-drawn custom wiring diagrams as far back as 1985; from about 1992 I started doing them electronically but I still have copies of those too. I don't do it professionally but I keep everything I ever do - just in case!
@Failure_Is_An_Option3 ай бұрын
I have digital records of all my work for more than twenty years... Take your participation ribbons somewhere else.
@abstractheory12 ай бұрын
@Failure_Is_An_Option - why so angry? Did you buy an OCC bike, too?
@LuciferMorningstar-wk8qu2 ай бұрын
If there was ANY level of professionalism in that bike, it would run.
@wazabullfrog2 ай бұрын
aren't we a salty b%#ch
@SMHman6662 ай бұрын
Amongst the many ludicrous things wrong with this bike, I love the "air cleaner" the most. It cleans the air outside of the bike by sucking in dust, debris, small birds and wayward toddlers and putting them safely into the engine. Great design!!
@alexwatson61362 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂🙌🏾
@MarshaIIs2 ай бұрын
I burst out laughing when he pulled off the "air cleaner" and the text appeared on screen 😂😂
@SuperShecky2 ай бұрын
Filters out everything larger than a golf ball.
@deviousredneck51092 ай бұрын
Bahahaha 😂
@williambush79712 ай бұрын
Now that's funny, I don't care who you are....
@spoogtastic2 ай бұрын
Im glad this video blew up for craig and thr crew. All this insane work is paying off. Now i cant wait to see this thing actually run properly.
@Turboy653 ай бұрын
That thing is a rolling clusterfuck. Classic OCC. Comment no. 2000.
@bobsch-gd6ze2 ай бұрын
never liked the show or the bikes.. guy made a ton of money jumping into the chopper fad. Guys like Indian Larry and Dave Perewitz are the real deal and real gentlemen too. RIP Indian Larry
@michaeladkins50053 ай бұрын
Mad props to Stephen for helping on this so much when in reality he didn't have to especially the way customer service is now but he has been helping in anyway possible shows a lot about him the company and the pride in the products and work he does!!
@danokerr99293 ай бұрын
He did it for the good publicity. He’s a good dude but hey your names on a bike that doesn’t work do you want that on your reputation
@MattHadder3 ай бұрын
Being in the public eye and counting on those KZbin views isn't why he did it at all. 😂
@BobbyGeneric1452 ай бұрын
What do you mean "the way customer service is now"? Unless you are dealing with huge corporations, businesses now know we have so many options and they compete on service. I always try to use smaller companies when possible and 90% of the time have great success with customer service when I need it.
@johnnunn86882 ай бұрын
@@danokerr9929good point.
@shainedupuis26492 ай бұрын
I always thought he was a UFC fighter🤷♂️
@fredflintstone80482 ай бұрын
I took a sip of beer every time you said, 'this wiring harness was made specifically for this bike', got drunk and fell asleep before the end of the video.
@billwong5532 ай бұрын
I wasn’t going to say it. Worthy of a like.
@MH-on8ol2 ай бұрын
Exactly like saying Um Um Um Um Um to eat air time so you can have a video to post.
@Guido-fy2ie2 ай бұрын
You missed a whole lot of youtube ads as well as in-video ads.
@ASDasdSDsadASD-nc7lf2 ай бұрын
Exactly right. Also, some moron thought that RTV is a gasket and bolted everything together with only RTV. Idiotic. As soon as the first component was removed without any gasket showing the entire bike should have been disassembled top to bottom, gaskets built, and put together by some that has ever worked on mechanical devices. Anyone that has knows knows that the uploader has never built anything in his life. Every single thing about this, from the diagnosis method, to the identification of the problems, to the solution is high school level thinking. This level of incompetence would have not gotten you a job as a gas station mechanic or an auto parts store clerk in 1985, forget about nowadays, lol.
@scrubbinndubbin52432 ай бұрын
Steven is a really great guy and could solve this in half a cigarette if it was in his shop. Totally worth the trip!!
@Shawn-LeiderАй бұрын
Not true. I guess he had asked before it was shipped out if he could hold the bike and get it running properly. Likely because his name was on it. And all he wanted was to be able to bill for his time. And they said no. If this was a quick fix he woulda never been wanting to bill for his time.
@aserta3 ай бұрын
12:11 smoke machine. Seriously useful tool in any ICE shop. There's even some, specifically made for being piped through and into motors. Useful for exhaust leaks, useful for valve issues, intake leaks, fuel leaks (yeah, that too) and more. For how little they occupy and bite your wallet, not having one is a disservice. I'd get one that comes with a plate kit (meant to be sealed against the face of an intake), hoses and various fittings.
@Sam590ss3 ай бұрын
They use mineral oil?
@YaMoBeThereAbout3 ай бұрын
@@Sam590ss Any light oil. At a push I've used baby oil
@jtfernandez55943 ай бұрын
Glad somebody said it!
@shotdominance92393 ай бұрын
Great suggestion, I just bought the Autool machine on Amazon for 80 bucks and it would’ve saved me many thousands if I bought it years ago. Great kit.
@JoshuaBrown-is8fb3 ай бұрын
I was just coming here to say the same thing!
@dutch_clutch82113 ай бұрын
Part 17 of the OCC saga. "All show, no go" pretty much recaps the adventure so far
@johndef50753 ай бұрын
And honestly it doesn't look that great either😅
@MikeSco-dz5le3 ай бұрын
Sounds like an apt description for Harley Davidson lol
@jimharle62173 ай бұрын
Something about having a supercharger 6 inches from your chest just feels stupid.
@lifehealth4893 ай бұрын
yep ditch the super charger spinning belts of death by your face and remove crazy brackets, match yellow paint nice and put turbo down low on it now you have clean, safe power problem solved
@JPTulo3 ай бұрын
As a promotional piece, it was not meant to be practical. It was supposed to insane and over the top, and they certainly accomplished that. It didn’t even need to run to accomplish their goal, if that tells you anything.
@wickedcabinboy3 ай бұрын
@jimharle6217 - Like riding with a live grenade just a hand span from your torso. You're just there to catch the shrapnel.
@mushiriderchannel90873 ай бұрын
Feels American*
@KyleReese-vt8bo3 ай бұрын
You'll never get into Valhalla with that attitude, Jerrrry.
@jeffprice64212 ай бұрын
OCC bikes are not well made. All for looks and shouldn't really ever be started. You are a brave man...
@Famous_MistАй бұрын
Looks, you say? And I thought, all those years, that the show was about irony, apparently I was wrong and there are people that really like these... Let's say bikes.
@frigzy3748Ай бұрын
Minor wiring issues - not a big deal.
@KutWriteАй бұрын
Yeah. Factory Harleys are bad enough1
@DannyG-cv8so29 күн бұрын
OCC bikes were designed to look pretty at corporate events…. Nothing more.
@LunaticBiker7718 күн бұрын
Thats not true the Metallworks the Frames are all Fantastic State of Art the Spezial Bullshit on the Engine makes it Stupid with an normal Engine you would have a long time fun with this bike
@stuartcarter70532 ай бұрын
It's like quantum physics - the fuel pump only works when you're not looking at it.
@GenX80sKid2 ай бұрын
🤣 double slit experiment.
@erwinsteneker59502 ай бұрын
It’s Schroedinger’s fuel pump.
@bradnixon6220Ай бұрын
Exactly,I bought a motorcycle clock which only works when it’s not on the bike
@knarftrakiul3881Ай бұрын
If you measure the tire spinning forwards it's a gurrentee the rear tire is spinning in opposite direction. No matter where that tire is in the universe 😅
@joshuajuarez3471Ай бұрын
Haha. Nice!!! I heard that stuff. It’s only there when not looking at it. !! Hahaha.
@kurtownsj002 ай бұрын
I see lots of diagnostic lessons were learned. This is why after 17 years in automotive fixing all makes from 1920s-2020s, I still learn something every single day! Great job!
@Tom-my8fd2 ай бұрын
Hi, you are the great car doctor.
@TheNitroG13 ай бұрын
I love that the chopper was so unfinished the supercharger not only doesn't do anything...it wasn't even programmed to work.
@deelowe33 ай бұрын
He said he pulled all the power out of the tune to prevent anyone from doing something unsafe. The plan was to add the performance tune back but he never heard back.
@jothain3 ай бұрын
Supercharger not programmed? 😊
@LeoTheComm3 ай бұрын
Let's not be hasty here, it's hard to say how many hands have been on that bike since leaving OCC.
@legion74783 ай бұрын
@@LeoTheComm Let's not be hasty and come right out and say everything occ every built was over priced garbage no one uses
@LeoTheComm3 ай бұрын
@@legion7478 Oh wow, you actually bought one? So I take it you base your opinion on first hand experience or are you just a know it all who is ticked off that your mommy won't let have a motorcycle?
@floridag8rfan2 ай бұрын
The smoke that visibly trailed out in your wake when you opened the garage door is sending me.
@BeenNoticing3 ай бұрын
I'd love to see the Tuttle's forced to work together to make their old projects functional.
@ubernewb30053 ай бұрын
hahaha.. even better. a series where each member of the occ crew has to pick one of their show bikes and roadtrip them across country, fixing all the screw ups along the way. granted, it might take the majority of the first season just to get the bikes going well enough to leave the city they have to start in.. LOL
@ptonpc3 ай бұрын
Considering they couldn't make them work the first time.....
@1Imrichard3 ай бұрын
On the show, junior usually was outback with his hand down.His pants fondling his junk and not doing anything
@twowheelz4life2053 ай бұрын
Please no!
@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power2 ай бұрын
Ugh, you're probably one of 100 people on earth who'd want to see that.
@thomaskamp93652 ай бұрын
From Germany. The error is quite simple. The fuel pressure jumps back and forth, but is not regulated. However, this is necessary depending on the speed and pressure from the compressor if you do not have a lambda sensor. As there is no lambda sensor installed, you have to install a fuel pressure regulator behind the pump and connect the sensor line between the cylinder and the compressor. The fuel pressure rises and falls with the pressure from the compressor. The injection nozzles then inject more or less fuel at the same cycle time (!) because the fuel pressure rises with the compressor pressure. This is technology from the 1960s and 70s.
@JamesGarton2 ай бұрын
Fuel pressure regulation has to happen. A regulator!!!
@ICKY4272 ай бұрын
ya thats what was confusing me. the fuel pump SHOULD run all the time and have a constant fuel pressure. idk how ANY fuel injected motor would run right without regulated consistent fuel pressure.
@woopimagpie2 ай бұрын
Hard to imagine it ever ran right without some kind of regulation. I wonder if whoever worked on it last had no understanding how EFI works and just plumbed it like you would for a very crude carb setup. Even some carb setups need regulation if you update anything above factory, and this bike is custom from front to back. It's possible the output pressure from the pump is matched to the EFI requirements like some factory setups are I suppose. That would seem unlikely with all the forced induction variables, but not impossible. I guess we're going to find out as this project progresses.
@holdintheaces74682 ай бұрын
@@woopimagpie The amount of cars I have worked on where some old bloke used to carbs tried to apply carb fixes to EFI systems is absurd. My current truck had the anti-diesel screw turned all the way out and holes drilled in the airbox, because it had a bad MAF sensor that had overstressed and ruined the IAC. Previous owner knew enough about engines to know there was an air mixture problem, but didn't take the 2 seconds to look up things that could cause that on an EFI. Tried adjusting the idle with something that looked like a carb adjustment, and when that didn't work just went crazy with a drill.
@Cracked1ce2 ай бұрын
you can see the regulator on the pump assembly in the tank. it is a dead head system, not a boost reference regulator. This is fine, you can tune around this and it's not a big deal. The fact the pump was always on is not an issue for it running. It is only a safety issue.
@dontwanta2 ай бұрын
Was just built to be eye candy for Geico & they didn't even want it anymore.
@RetiredEE2 ай бұрын
Why anyone would pay for a vehicle with GEICO on it escapes me.
@tgxperience2 ай бұрын
They didn't actually need it. Think about how many times 'Geico' and 'Geico bike' have now been mentioned...It's about advertisiing.
@CosmoLogical-p6f2 ай бұрын
Eye candy? It has to be the most fucked up engineering abortion ever conceived.
@davidthompson57102 ай бұрын
@@CosmoLogical-p6fYou haven't spent enough time looking at "custom" engineering.
@HankHillspimphand2 ай бұрын
@@CosmoLogical-p6f some of these bikers want that "rare" "one of a kind" abortion. "yea i want puke green advertisment for geico" where how it looks and how weird it is matter more than if its a good bike. OCC bread and butter. some of them do look really cool but like alot of supercars ect owning one can kinda sucks
@snoopdoggydad28 күн бұрын
This episode was so satisfying!!! I am not a mechanic but like a lot of your viewers I dabble when the need arises. Your patience and knowledge is impressive!!! Thanks
@johnadams-wp2yb2 ай бұрын
I didn't know that Orange County made motorbikes, I thought that it was a reality programme about dysfunctional families !
@OneManParade2 ай бұрын
The dad was the only one that was dysfunctional. He was/is a toxic person.
@micahkaminski66712 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@cobygogarty73652 ай бұрын
@OneManParade you run a garage? I give him a little slac, he was smart enough to take money from discovery channel and somehow get people to buy the garbage they glued together. Only worth any of the bikes has is maybe the engine
@johnadams-wp2yb2 ай бұрын
@@cobygogarty7365 OK, but his Village People moustache put me off in the first place 😀
@joeculver74892 ай бұрын
At first one could see manufacturing happening. Then it became a joke of dumb acting people actually acting dumber. I quit watching.
@gregkellow47233 ай бұрын
Craig, this series has aged you. You started out looking like ....well you. At the end of the vlog, you look like Heston in the Ten Commandments movie, after he came back from the mountain!
@Thoridin583 ай бұрын
I can actually see the resemblance. So can we say that this has been a religious experience for Craig?
@rustypotatos3 ай бұрын
Lolololol
@vwluis3 ай бұрын
Next video, the ten commandments of wrenching, only available behind a paywall.
@ArticSun3 ай бұрын
That's because Charleston Heston was trying to play a black guy 😂
@robertgraves8000Ай бұрын
Omg!!! I Love the conversation with Paul Sr.😅😂😂😅 "Whats the Waurantee on this bike?""
@Princess_Paula_T.Ай бұрын
90feet or 90seconds whatever happens first.
@aserta3 ай бұрын
I don't think they should be destroyed, but at the same time, i can't take anyone saying they're functional bikes on, without laughing a bit. I really liked the early OCC bikes, that were slightly more traditional... but the later stuff went off the deep end for views and ... that's what ducked them. They weren't a business for business, but rather a business for views on Discovery. Which is a mistake you wouldn't think people with previous businesses like they had, would make. Business is business, views are views, popularity and fame are separate as well. You don't mix them, only Jason Statham is Jason Statham.
@M.TTT.3 ай бұрын
I'm Jason Statham
@TsiolkovskySportingLocks3 ай бұрын
@@M.TTT. I'm Jason Statham and so is my wife!
@jeffreyseverson1353 ай бұрын
Junk be gone is all I have to say.😂😂😂😂
@BillKurn3 ай бұрын
IKR? In the show finale, Jr. won the build-off with that horrifyingly grotesque giant-wheeled monstrosity. Jesse James' bike was clearly better.
@alanmeyers39573 ай бұрын
@@BillKurnparroting are you?
@SCAxman3 ай бұрын
That camera deletes your hand like a middle school shop teacher.
@michi_danksta3 ай бұрын
Add a beer coolie so it looks like your in the hold my beer mode 😂
@screwhead42023 ай бұрын
Shop teachers are the best and of course the hot cafeteria girl sheesh 😅
@slowstang883 ай бұрын
🤣🤣
@charliepatterson93213 ай бұрын
He worked em to the nub on this unit
@SCAxman3 ай бұрын
@@michi_danksta @screwhead4202 @slowstang88 @charliepatterson9321 I will never forget Mr. Martinez from the 7th ad 8th grade, he cut off his thumb and ring finger on his left hand. His wife was so damn hot, we never figured out how he landed her. We were young...
@RockyMtnRCAdventure3 ай бұрын
Man, what a challenge. I had a similar headache back in the day with my Yamaha RZ350. For weeks I tore it down, built it up, tore it down, built it up and then one day through so much online searching (this is back in early 2000 when info on the web was minimal btw) I seen a guy mention he encountered a similar thing to me and suggested talking to this old warhorse in California who had been a mechanic working on racing these bike since day one. I called him, he flat out said "I know what it is". Just like that. He said "send me the brain box and x dollars and I will fix your problem". So, sent him the little black box (a factory sealed unit) and got it back a few weeks later and get this... he put a half inch dowel across it and held in place by two pipe clamps. This added pressure from the dowel across the unit on a specific area. That was the fix. I plugged it in and ran that bike for years until I sold it. Jenky fix? You bet. Sure, he could have told me over the phone what to do... I was a bit annoyed by that. But... I got to enjoy my ride finally. Electrical issues on bikes can drive you mad.
@steveschainost75902 ай бұрын
You didn't pay him for his time or some elegant solution. You paid him for his experience, knowing what the problem was, and the fix. Maybe the fix was 'jenky' but . . . it worked and that was enough.
@mikeg74112 ай бұрын
@@steveschainost7590💯 it's 5 bucks for the parts and 100 bucks for knowing where to put the parts.... Everyone knows that😂😂😂😂
@kingcosworth26432 ай бұрын
Dry joint
@callak_99742 ай бұрын
@@mikeg7411 Reminds me of this reddit story where a locomotive engineer was forced into retirement cause he only knew how to do things the old way. Then they call him up to fix a problem with an old engine they couldn't figure out how to get the train moving (for some anniversary thing). Basically charges them an arm and a leg along with the travel costs, has them start it up, listens to it then whacks a couple locations with a mallet which fixes the problem they were having.
@joysun339Ай бұрын
That is the most incredible effort on a lost cause I've ever seen. This guy is the living St Jude of our time. The bike runs great and it's still un-ride-able.
@losotech2063 ай бұрын
The only good thing to come out of OCC is the ability for all you guys to make this content fixing their garbage.
@spyersecol00133 ай бұрын
I was always amazed at how the OCC crew ran into the same problems show after show after show... I learn from my mistakes and strive not to repeat them.
@matthewcaughey88982 ай бұрын
They built em to look pretty in a lobby and maybe rolled on stage and revved up at a corporate get together. Stuck together well enough to be a giant billboard
@jeffhousen89682 ай бұрын
Now, now, let's not be too hasty. that problem is perfect for reality TV at this spot in the episode, think of the money.
@ettoresalvatore94372 ай бұрын
I remember my dad, a lifelong mechanic, constantly complaining that OCC were bad at making bikes. He'd often say similar things like how it would be hard to fix them, etc. One complaint I remember vividly was they always painted the parts before making sure they all fit together, thus making even more work when they inevitable had to change something and then repaint the whole thing
@blahorgaslisk77632 ай бұрын
I never saw OCC as trying to make a real bike. They just bashed what they thought was looking cool together and didn't care about it actually working or being safe. The safety was the least important thing to them. Now I remember that there were some other show where they took someone's car, rebuilt it and refinished it in a few days. That was pretty similar, though sometimes they did surprise me by doing quality work. I have wondered about those more questionable builds they did. Just how long did it take before they fell apart, and were they worth trying to save after that? I also might be confusing a couple of different series. I remember one episode when they built a truck for Stallone, modeled after a truck in one of his 90's movies. In another episode they rebuilt a really old Porsche really well, making it look like new. It belonged to an older gentleman who had been "rebuilding it" for a couple of decades but now had been diagnosed with cancer and really never would have been able to put it all together again. Like I said I'm not sure they were even in the same series. Still wonder if the quality of their work was any good.
@pauls57452 ай бұрын
Can you imagine Paul Sr.'s mentality when he knows what he just made was a POS shell but signed off on every one of those bikes.
@Dwarg912 ай бұрын
@@blahorgaslisk7763Pimp my ride was one of those shows, i know i saw a video about one of their rides here on KZbin.
@HarryDirtay2 ай бұрын
@@pauls5745why would he care. They made tons of money and elevated their business profile. They only benefited from the made for tv motorcycle fascination
@TheRange72 ай бұрын
OCC bikes were show pieces at best. They were never meant for serious riders. It was fun watching them design and build the stuff, but riding one never crossed my mind. The Geico build looks like the most uncomfortable motorcycle ever built in history. It's shocking that they lost everything....LOL
@ronniecox1092 ай бұрын
TITAN and BIG DOG made nice custom style bikes, decent quality, and actually rideable.
@Norweeg3 ай бұрын
Having no experience working on one, I was given a 24 year old YZ125 that had been sitting for at least a decade. It had no compression and a multitude of other little issues all over the bike. I tore it down over a few weekends. I rebuilt the carb, honed the cylinder, put in a new piston and rebuilt a lot of other smaller things on the bike. It’s now running exceptionally well and I’ve taken it out for a few rides at this point. Thanks for being an inspiration!
@johnberry28773 ай бұрын
Two strokes ! They just run.
@ElementalDonnie2 ай бұрын
@@johnberry2877 Until the crank seals go lol. I hope the person above replaced their 24 year old seals. Long live two strokes!
@marcmorris-kb9ry2 ай бұрын
125 L yes?....I have g and h😊
@Norweeg2 ай бұрын
@@ElementalDonnie I did!
@VineGrove1232 ай бұрын
Who could sit on that seat? Like a medieval torture device.
@stutzbearcat56242 ай бұрын
I think now it's used for those operations to make Men into Women.
@Colstah2 ай бұрын
I'm not really sure you should even call it a seat...
@XtreeM_FaiL2 ай бұрын
It's a toob, innit.
@ngauruhoezodiac3143Ай бұрын
It might be OK on something as smooth as a railway track.
@thesimulatorguy4248Ай бұрын
My hemmeroids wouldn't mind the gaps in the seat 😂
@timofthomas3 ай бұрын
Good job - I hate electrical gremlins... for a reason, props to you for sticking with it and fixing the child of dubious heritage that is this bike!
@harpintn3 ай бұрын
I had to deal with an interment left turn signal problem on a car for years. When I tried to fix it, no problems. Then get back on the road and no turn signal about 15% of the time. I never did get it fixed before the transmission went out. Now that 15 year old car is the junkyard's problem.
@jttech442 ай бұрын
If you remember the show, they had constant electrical gremlins on many of their bikes.
@darrengabbe6532 ай бұрын
It also didn't blow a huge puff of black smoke when it fired up after getting the fuel pump to stop. Probably because it wasn't forcing an overload of fuel pressure into the injectors. Don't give up. You'll get it. We all have faith.
@JohnnyG19563 ай бұрын
Back in the day, we would spray carb cleaner in the area of a suspected air leaks. If the idle changed, you found your leak.
@danparker19763 ай бұрын
starter fluid as well
@jeffreyshepherd84883 ай бұрын
Brake cleaner too
@kellybrooks98993 ай бұрын
Exactly! Find your air leak in a couple minutes
@natec5993 ай бұрын
Propane torch works too. No flame of course.
@jeffreyshepherd84883 ай бұрын
@natec599 oh that's a new one thanks
@cracklecracklebaybay56123 ай бұрын
"Never Go Full Jank" needs to be some Bearded Mechanic merch. 😆🤞🏻🤞🏻
@du315h0k3 ай бұрын
YES
@steveg57203 ай бұрын
Every parent should watch your videos just to show what staying calm looks like. Your patience is unmatched
@christopherlemons63462 ай бұрын
The plastic chair would disagree.
@chrisdee89572 ай бұрын
his job is fun, if he were a nurse maby not so jolly.
@steveg57202 ай бұрын
@chrisdee8957 maybe nurses find their jobs fun also . There's no point to what you just said
@gpz700r2 ай бұрын
100
@bradleybrown83992 ай бұрын
The magic of hours of video shot and edited.
@whatsthisnow101Ай бұрын
with a air leak you can spray a small amount of brake cleaner or carb cleaner near where there could be leaks, if it revs up then you know where the leak is.
@prophez233 ай бұрын
My hats off to you for trying so hard to get this expensive boat anchor running right. Me personally I would have quit after about the first hour and just stripped everything off of it that actually does work and put it all on a frame that makes sense and been happy just to have a running bike. This really speaks volumes about OCC and their fan boys who say they build awesome stuff. Personally I've only seen nightmares and garbage come out of the OCC shop.
@peterk24553 ай бұрын
Ripping off all the non-functional crap and selling it might pay for a decent used frame.
@robholmes21293 ай бұрын
Or just install a newer more updated EFI system that is easier to tune and then you would know what you are working with,he would have less time in the bike by now for sure
@trevjones13153 ай бұрын
To anyone watching in the UK it's obvious what is needed to get the bike running properly. It's called an Alan milyard. 👍
@gregorymcnear64743 ай бұрын
I don't think that genius will be interested, Alan's brain power is way above that of Mr Tuttle, Alan builds real bikes.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@earl69693 ай бұрын
Alan wouldn't go near these "Mr.Potato bikes....even if Henry bought it for 10p and had tea and cupcakes at the ready.❤
@BBhatt-pi5ob3 ай бұрын
@@earl6969😂😂😂
@ianthepelican27093 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure like me Allen Millyard isn't really interested in working on anything that requires a computer to run. 😆
@kalaharimine3 ай бұрын
You are not his friend.
@ShaighJosephson3 ай бұрын
All the Orange County Chopper bikes were polished turds... They sure did take customers to the cleaners with them... 😮
@blahorgaslisk77632 ай бұрын
But they were mostly rather pretty when parked in a highly visible spot. At least for a day or so.
@charles4012 ай бұрын
Correct. OCC : it was all about the show. They were pretty much actors....ACTING as if they were bike builders.
@SenselessUsername2 ай бұрын
There was the proposal here for a follow-up series, to try to fix all these OCC crapheaps. I'd call it, "Fix or Flame?" where you decide whether a thing is fixable or should be ritually destroyed. In the case of this ugly heap, independent of its problems, the outcome is too obvious to warrant an episode.
@nopenope56012 ай бұрын
it was a reality TV show. They made show bikes. I wouldn't call them art, but they're definitely just for display. I'd be surprised if they run for more than just the showing. I also don't think anyone was taken to the cleaners. We all know the deals on Pawn Stars were fake, with many paid actors as the customers. This is all promo stuff to make a show and advertise for the company of the week. And don't get me wrong, I don't even like these bikes, but reality TV is reality TV.
@otsigo2 ай бұрын
OCC walked so SEEMA trucks could run (well not actualy run)
@loftonfoxworthy892328 күн бұрын
The phone calls were hilarious. Your wholesome attitude makes this an extremely watchable channel.
@beborodner9302 ай бұрын
You have many tenacity units. More than most. Love watching your methodical approch to the repairs. Im learning how to swear less and enjoy the process of figuring out problems by watching this channel. Thank you sir.
@hendrikczeczatka65142 ай бұрын
Is it art ? No. Is it junk? No. Is it OCC junk ? YES!!! 🤣🤣🤣Greetings from Berlin Germany. 🇩🇪🇺🇸
@theunhingedgamer37622 ай бұрын
thing about this statement is there is junk that is also considered art lol
@davidelliott58432 ай бұрын
This thing is junk and it’s certainly not art.
@Darko13242 ай бұрын
Accurate.
@jamesausbrooks63373 ай бұрын
Happy Birthday Craig! 🎉 When it comes to vacuum leaks, trick I use is; start it, take a UNLIT propane torch, pass it along hoses, connections etc, if the motor revs up, you've found your leak.
@danparker19763 ай бұрын
starting fluid does the same while running..it will suck it in...there's the leak
@pilotblue65352 ай бұрын
Yes, a propane wand does wonders at pin pointing the leak.
@TakashiAmanoOriginal2 ай бұрын
Fixing the bike was an emotional roller coaster now imagine building it
@doom406718 күн бұрын
Throwing a bunch of stuff together without worrying whether or not it functions doesn't actually seem that difficult.
@matthewf19793 ай бұрын
The blower is likely sucking air past that throttle body. There may be an idle air bypass that needs to be blocked off or regulated.
@GreenLantern8143 ай бұрын
The idle air bypass has been on my mind the entire video. Not sure how that should be working on the supercharger, but if it's downstream of the pressure right now it's causing issues.
@johnhertel39312 ай бұрын
and wouldnt you just check it by spraying carb cleaner around all the joints that might be leaking? Listening for changes to the idle while you do it. thats how we do it with cars. I am no motorcycle expert, but it was a little frustrating to see so much speculation, when you can actually check these things pretty directly. The idle speed is usually controlled by that idle air bypass, and if you are idling at 2600 that is not working as you said. Fix the easiest problem first, work on the map second. Hell i would disable the whole idle air bypass system and just use minimum air at the throttle blades to keep it simple until its all sorted. The TPS thing seemed kinda silly too. the program was up on the computer, they could see what the TPS was saying. If it wasnt reading zero, the wiring harness might be complicated but the TPS is 3 wires usually, and you can follow those into the cpu. That needs to be sorted before you do anything else. It just didnt seem like they were having intermittent problems, or unreproducible problems. Those are the ones that drive you insane. The problems seemed very straightforward and fixable. But its hard to tell from a just the video thats meant to be entertaining, and thats fair, i get they need to make interesting content.
@wetsox2782 ай бұрын
This guy would need to buy a clue to get one. He is checking for vacuum leaks on the output side of the blower. What the... even if it wasn't making boost it would have sufficient pressure on that side not to be an issue. Clearly the VACUUM leak is on the inlet side of the blower. And why did he need to be told to check for a vacuum leak? Anyone that has ever experienced a vacuum leak knows that it idles high, why wasn't this a first step before anything else was looked at? Then there was the whole look at the engine change when I turn the TPS. Well duh, you are altering timing you are altering the amount of fuel being delivered, even if you don't move the throttle blade it is going to alter the revs. Where is the spray bottle to detect the vacuum leak. Again any mechanic that has ever fixed a vacuum leak starts with spraying around the suspected area to see if the revs alter as the water plugs the leak. He hasn't even looked at the most obvious place the vacuum leak is going to be. The TPS is connected to a shaft that goes through the throttle body. There is going to be a bearing in there. Good chance it is sucking air through those bearings. They probably don't have seals on them, or the clearances are too big.
@CR3W1SH03S2 ай бұрын
@johnhertel3931 . +1 on the carb cleaner. That was my go-to back in the day for intake leaks. Add a water sprayer to find electrical issues.
@NoWr2Run2 ай бұрын
@@wetsox278 I don't think he wanted to get any spray on the paint but he could have used Propane.
@marvinracer882 ай бұрын
I don't like bikes, I'm more of a car guy, but after following all the drama I arrived here, then, after I saw this relentless mechanic work relentlessly I sub'd. This was awesome.
@ThePartyMan2 ай бұрын
I cannot even imagine someone saying with excitement "this build was 'managed' by Paul Sr.!" and thinking this is NOT what you'd be dealing with. lol. Good on everyone involved for taking this project on.
@immoegreen2002 ай бұрын
Sure! When Paul Sr. Was blackout drunk!!😂😂😂
@spikeeurospec13 ай бұрын
You should get a smoke machine for checking for air leaks. They will save you MANY headaches when looking for airl leaks!
@tdi5203 ай бұрын
I'm kind of surprised he didn't even use the old "spray brake clean around fittings to see if idle speed picks up" trick. Not to mention that TPS needs to be calibrated. Dude seemed a bit out of his depth.
@fredbazooАй бұрын
Patience....Patience.....Is the true hallmark of a great Mechanic....
@jimwarrer56122 ай бұрын
The call into Paul Sr. had me rolling.
@apctech12 ай бұрын
ware in the video was that call?
@xs10z2 ай бұрын
I was doing bong hits. With the price of weed, smoking a doobie is wasteful.
@jimwarrer56122 ай бұрын
@@apctech1 starts at 7:09 into the video
@apctech12 ай бұрын
@@jimwarrer5612 thank you
@apctech12 ай бұрын
@@jimwarrer5612 its plane as day both calls are staged for the video :)
@jscheu713 ай бұрын
Craig is so personable, so relatable, made this channel one of the most "watchable" KZbin channels.
@jakevandee2 ай бұрын
I don't know about America but in Australia I work as an auto electrician. We basically take over when the electrical is out of hand for the mechanics. You had a good crack and had people giving you great advice. For me. It was exciting to see a good video of custom work with electrical issues. Feels like it's way too often dodgy mechanical haha
@danielreynolds1782 ай бұрын
Great video! Im an industrial Instrument Tech and the emotions of trouble shooting complex problems are what they are no matter the problem. I enjoyed watching you figuire it out. Ive learned, just dont quit and use your knowledge and work through the smack downs and eventually youll get it. Ive spent cou tless hours at work working on process getting whooped amd not knowing what to do. The operator will say man just go home come back tomorrow but the expectation is i stay until my 16hrs is up or fix it, so i stay and alot of times after walking away for 30 mins i can come back and solve the problem. Troubleshooting is troubleshooting no matter the Industry.
@jimp.72863 ай бұрын
Watched it through to the end. Looking forward to seeing the man who gave you all that help over the phone. A class act! And yet,...another good one here. Cheers! 👍
@scraft12223 ай бұрын
John Bosley
@Zzus3213 ай бұрын
Friends don't let friends drive OCC Choppers 😂
@SoDogtravels3 ай бұрын
Just shows Paul señor his true personality
@Zzus3213 ай бұрын
@@SoDogtravels Sr. Has a bad reputation in Dayton that's why he's on the West coast of Florida.
@Zzus3213 ай бұрын
@@waynepantry7023 Yup I missed that 😂🤣
@IANHANDS3 ай бұрын
Tell yaself what to do lil fella
@mickmuzzmkmz16283 ай бұрын
@@SoDogtravelsSeñor?!😅 It's senior!! Si señor!!!😂
@rafehr13782 ай бұрын
I am old,74.That show was sad. Riding since 12, legal at 14 for 6.5 hp motorcycle in Nevada. All it was was TV fiction, and it looked good.
@MrGchiasson2 ай бұрын
When it first came on tv...it was fun to watch. Then the idiot-drama & arguments just got dull.
@endless3cho2 ай бұрын
Never watched it but I knew what it was.
@NdaKeekz2 ай бұрын
Anyone who rides knew that the bikes were for show. They're nice looking bikes but they had 1.5 to 2.5 gallon fuel tanks, stiff or no suspension, and bars set in the most uncomfortable positions. They were building bar hopper bikes at the most.
@matty_isthemotto2 ай бұрын
Duhh old man
@Dimythios2 ай бұрын
Yea. Gear head here. Those fools are just that. And they were never as good as Indian Larry (RIP).
@johnhufnagelАй бұрын
bro, I so feel you. hunting down wiring from someone else's disaster is an exercise in patience.
@brianrutherford73853 ай бұрын
You really are brilliant at what you do Craig. Personally I would of dug a 10 foot hole in my garden and just buried the thing. Good on you for sticking with it. I absolutely love your channel and what you do. All the best from the UK.
@gorillaau3 ай бұрын
I would have taken it for a last ride, with a long ride off a short peir. Sure, you have a swim back to shore, but it would be worth it,
@larryjohns88233 ай бұрын
Definitely would check into the Alaska cliff car dive.
@hrushikeshghanekar3 ай бұрын
or just swap some Japanese/ italian engine there.
@timmyl02 ай бұрын
Someone at OCC has been watching thei series laughing in their big pile of cash.
@Pissgremlin59642 ай бұрын
If you're ok with being known as a hack and a fraud forever in exchange for a few dollars then I don't know what to tell you. Not sure I'd ok with it. I'm a contractor and I like my good reputation. I doubt I'd ever sellout. I'm not motivated by money.
@joshe11652 ай бұрын
I was on a flight from Tampa to Raleigh a couple of weeks ago and saw Paul Sr. The TSA dudes wanted to take pics of him with his wife. He still looks and dresses the same as on the show and his wife had so much plastic surgery she looked like a toy. Anyway, long story short, he was on the same Delta flight as I was to Raleigh, NC and had a basic economy ticket and sat in the very back of the plane....hmmm
@The_Foolish_Fool2 ай бұрын
sr. is broke, jr. has a functioning business and is doing quite well from what I hear.
@joefish60912 ай бұрын
@@joshe1165 "sat in the very back of the plane" , those are the seats where people potentially survive crashes.
@davewash502 ай бұрын
You have the patience of a saint!! Cannot believe that this bike is so badly put together. Thank you
@wiserman10029 күн бұрын
A trip to Alaska sounds like what's needed. The neat Geico trailer will come in handy. You guys are really funny. Thanks. Your tenacity is amazing!
@SpeakeasyMotors2 ай бұрын
I did the fabrication on this bike. the amount of hands that got into that bike after it left occ is the real problem that caused all that. Its awesome you were able to iron it out! Steve Thompson was super impressive to work with
@matthewcaughey88982 ай бұрын
I suspect the Tuttles started to outsource more of the work they usually did in house when they realized they had a brand with OCC. The empty giant OCC building in New York is proof that they grew too fast and didn’t manage their business better
@bradleybrown83992 ай бұрын
@@matthewcaughey8898 I happened to drive by that building once. I thought it would be in an iconic location but it's like the corner of a shopping plaza.
@Colstah2 ай бұрын
Not personally impressed with the ride-ability of this bike, but the craftsmanship certainly is impressive. Nice work.
@rossk48643 ай бұрын
OC Choppers at least painted it the perfect color. From what I have heard, all of their bikes should have been lemon yellow.
@GolfMike092 ай бұрын
👍 or 💩 brown.
@sheldons15012 ай бұрын
Huge credit and thank-you Craig and crew! Big thanks to that original tech guy who put it together originally for his patience too. Enjoyed your excitement and felt your frustrations! 😊
@shadynmccord7572 ай бұрын
Im halfway through and just want to say, this is what i love about anything you customize and build youself. Everything is unique and only just for it alone or just hard to find. And god forbid you give it to someone else 😂.
@henryisnotafraid2 ай бұрын
Okay I was skeptical when I saw this pop up in my feed but honestly this is goddamn comedy gold
@mattparadis83023 ай бұрын
Only Craig and Dan can make a 30 minute video about wiring interesting. Good job guys Also thanks for answering my camera question from a few weeks ago
@shraniken2 ай бұрын
So 4 months ago this bike was on Bikes and Beards, and that guy who did the wiring had offered to buy it for $15k. Now he's on the phone telling you how to fix it, lol.
@1000YearHomes2 ай бұрын
That was a great deal 4 months ago. 10K for the trailer included? All win. And I bet when Bearded Mechanic Channel is done getting it running, they might offer it to the guy who built the blower and such. I would love to see him do motorcross or a desert run with it.
@jamescorfield534Ай бұрын
@@1000YearHomesright
@Matt-yv6yuАй бұрын
U do know that he’s fixing this bike FOR Sean of bikes n beards right? lol. This is Sean’s mechanic from before Sean moved from PA. Lmao
@nanjingldvАй бұрын
OCC Mickey moused the fuel pump with zip ties??!! Nice!!👍
@2ndGenGlockАй бұрын
Amazing. I love this bike & every person who touched this bike & didn't know what was going on . I'm thankful that the people who are around like you, Sir & the owner God bless you both
@williegillie57122 ай бұрын
Paul Sr is always fun to listen to even when he’s angry.
@gregtaylor61462 ай бұрын
'........ when he's angry???' He's angry when he's asleep!!!
@ASEWorldClassTech2 ай бұрын
I would of used a new Bosch Universal 30amp 4-pin relay. Used the ECU Ground pin from that harness to hit pin 85. That can be your ground switch. Then Pin 86 can come from your ignition switch. Pin 30 will be from your battery. Then Pin 87 can go to the Positive side of your fuel pump. That way the ground can still control the pump and is activated by both your ignition switch and the ECU at the same time. Then you can ground the pump directly to the Chassis and your controlling the pump via power. I can tell the pump has an internal mechanical Fuel Pressure Regulator so you'd be all good to go... P.S For the Air Leak use a smoke machine used for evaporative emissions diagnostics. ;) But most of the time I comment useful information most content creators never read them. Good luck!
@63chevyll302 ай бұрын
what you said is the correct way to wire the fuel pump.
@andrewmcewan91452 ай бұрын
Im like the man is pulling everything apart for a air leak jeez lots of extra work.
@adamkrim88672 ай бұрын
The “phone calls” to Leno and Sr. Was hilarious 😂
@eddiemaravillas98792 ай бұрын
I really wasn't expecting that lol but the Sr phone call was funny af specially when he started cussing at the end 😂
@XJag96842 ай бұрын
That whole part is classic YT comedy. Everyone still talking about the supercharger like we don't know it's a dangerous POS made for TV. sorry....
@SR-gt350Ай бұрын
To find air leaks a old mechanic taught me to use acetylene torch. Just put the acetylene low then use it as a wand around the engine and you'll hear an increase in rpm as you get close to the leak. Don't worry, you won't blow up.😅
@SR-gt350Ай бұрын
An old mechanic....oops
@therepresentative16193 ай бұрын
Who needs OCC when you have The Beard Mechanic. This is way better than OCC ever was…..because it’s real.
@michaelcastorino51842 ай бұрын
The ground signal coming from the ECU is to trigger the relay. Fuel pump goes to ground, power wire for fuel pump goes to relay 87, relay 86 and 30 go to fused 12v (heavy gauge wire enough to run a fuel pump), and the 85 pin goes to your ECU. Also I can guarantee that fuel pump running all the time is not your issue. You can run a fuel pump straight to the battery and it’s not going to affect how the tune works. Fuel pumps aren’t progressive or throttled in anyway, they just run. I bet you have an e85 tune in that ECU so it’s adding too much fuel. To find the air leak just spray around the sealed surfaces with carburetor cleaner and see when it bogs down. It’s probably not even that though, I bet it’s bouncing between timing in the tune. I think that bike just needs a new tune and it will be fine. I’d do a compression test to be sure but it should be good to go.
@TURSTY092 ай бұрын
I came to the comments to say exactly this. I’m surprised they didn’t burn out the ground trace in the ECU by running a fuel pump ground through the ECU. Also surprised they didn’t chuck an air/fuel sensor on the bike and pull all the excess fuel out of the idle as a start of it’s got a e85 tune in it. I guess there is a possibility the injectors are way too big for a pump gas tune.
@timmaenza34312 ай бұрын
💯 nailed it. Ecu outputs are almost never designed for high current (like that which a fuel pump draws) thus the reason there are so many relays on fuel injected vehicles. This guy trying to do electrical diag was literally making my head hurt, like when he said I don't think there should be continuity between the positive and ground wires going into the fuel pump, if there was no continuity it would indicate the pump was no good (or a bad wire going into the pump). This guy seems like the type that if given a power probe would be frying ECUs, sensors, and other components because he just supplies power to everything.
@f.f.s.d.o.a.72942 ай бұрын
Thumbs up and bump. I hope they see your comment.
@GPBX01B2 ай бұрын
Yes to all of that. The video betrays its creator's almost total ignorance of common fuel injection technologies and diagnostics. The whole fuel pump thing was totally irrelevant. While it may have been wired incorrectly, its SUPPOSED to be on whenever the engine is spinning, and it doesn't have a variable state, so that issue shouldn't affect running.
@brianbanks82642 ай бұрын
should have taken the $15K in the first episode of this mad journey...only positive is the guy got to figure out how to get it running
@michaelcordero55882 ай бұрын
Take a look at how many views he's getting.
@rommeldiaz746Ай бұрын
I think he made more money on the video 📹
@johnmoll8033Ай бұрын
That motor cycle was built as a prop for advertising boats. It was NOT built as a genuine ride. It was built to the buyers specification and has erroneously fallen into unknowing critics hands!
@SamCyanideАй бұрын
So what? That doesn't mean they couldn't make it work by putting in The bare minimum amount of effort.
@zancrus96293 ай бұрын
I love that I don't ride bikes or anything but for some reason at 31 mins in I am really invested in if this bike runs or not. Working through something and not giving up is key. I remember when I was a kid my dad had built a 1974 Dodge Charger to drag race. He was working on it and somehow managed to bridge the alternator to something and shock the hell out of himself. He also melted the entire wiring harness. My mother after my dad got pissed and was going to junk the car bought a new harness and rewired the whole car with just the Hayes manual. And this was somewhere around 1990 so there wasn't really a good online source for info.
@jackblack38862 ай бұрын
Kudos for getting Geico bike running! Sounds so much better! Most folks would have given up.
@remb96143 ай бұрын
Take everything apart and go though every single wire just to put it all back basically the way it was and now for some reason it works! Gotta love electrical stuff!
@TranceMasterJack2 ай бұрын
And it'll not work next time too.
@charlesreynolds740728 күн бұрын
I don't know anything about bikes but I love his down to earth snd funny presenting.
@wtfrocks86633 ай бұрын
Would've been funny if you called Geico costumer service.
@The_Bearded_Mechanic3 ай бұрын
OMG that would have been great!
@1978garfield2 ай бұрын
@@The_Bearded_Mechanic Ask to talk to the Gecko.
@DrHackmoff3 ай бұрын
Look at these Cameos , Craig is moving up in the world
@volvo093 ай бұрын
He just edited in sound clips, he wasn't actually talking to paul Sr and Leno 😂
@ChopperJinx3 ай бұрын
wow @@volvo09
@raiankeiji69543 ай бұрын
@@volvo09 No $hit, Sherlock!
@ross11373 ай бұрын
Are you a moron? @@volvo09
@James-cz5hf3 ай бұрын
That's Greg. He's the funny one.
@Turbohonda4283 ай бұрын
Love the recap at the start!! It actually helped me remember exactly what you did last on it. Definitely worth doing on multiple part builds craig!!!
@JCar-p3g2 ай бұрын
Brother your determination and heart to fix something is encouraging. Keep up the good work.
@richardelliott83523 ай бұрын
One must first realize that entertainment was the goal of the TV show. Trying to convert that goal into a real motorcycle is just a fool's errand , and you wind up transferring the same fictional goal, entertainment, into a KZbin video , unless you rebuild the entire deal. A lot more hammer adjustment than machinist's measurements were featured on that show.
@CountryFenderBass2 ай бұрын
The guy across the street from where I managed a Chevrolet store bought Anna Nicole Smiths pink chopper. He was bragging how it’s gonna be worth a ton of money. It’s a collector’s item! He told us. The day it arrived we went over to look at this monstrosity. It literally looked like a group of 12 graders put it together in a high school shop project. It was terrible. I felt sorry for him because he spent a ton for it. As far as I know he still owns that pink turd.
@jdawz28162 ай бұрын
@pinkturd!😂🤣😅🤣😂
@SmoothBrain232 ай бұрын
@@CountryFenderBass I just looked it up, 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@harveywallbanger31232 ай бұрын
I can still remember back in the late 2000s how many "investors" around here ran out and bought PT Cruisers, the more garishly painted the better. "Collectors items, American made, sure to increase in value!". To this day I still see them rotting out next to the trailers of the people who bought them. A fool and his money are soon parted.
@CountryFenderBass2 ай бұрын
@@harveywallbanger3123 yup PT Cruiser were $5000 over sticker! That car and remember the Prowler?
@andreddd892 ай бұрын
@CountryFenderBass prowlers were uglier then the pt cruisers lol
@mbrsart2 ай бұрын
I feel like you deserve a medal for taking this nightmare by the horns
@fatford420924 күн бұрын
I’m not really a bike guy, more of a car guy but I grew up watching OCC with my dad, and watching the journey of this bike has been incredible despite all the hardships, I want nothing more than to see this get Road Tripped so bad
@kjm-ch7jc3 ай бұрын
Allen Millyard could sort out your problems, but you might end up with extra cylinders.
@treeguyable3 ай бұрын
Worked on Mercedes Benz for 7 yrs as a dealer tech, factory trained. One electrical problem,that wasn't " run of the mill", ( not many are) usually wore me out way more than any physical work on the cars.
@AquaTech2253 ай бұрын
Electrical issues definitely can warp the mind chasing it down
@michaelm.19472 ай бұрын
Not a mechanic - just someone that occasionally fixed stuff (alternator replacement, stereo stuff, clutch replacement, etc.) and the electrical stuff always yeeted my patience out of the solar system.
@treeguyable2 ай бұрын
@@michaelm.1947 The word " machanic" can be pretty broad and inclusive. Plenty of run of the mill mechanics , who taught me stuff. Some days on some things, I am super duper! Other days, Mr Dud!
@JeffKopis3 ай бұрын
Craig, you know what you really gotta do: Junk the blower, shitcan the computer, put a carb on it, an actual seat, bars you can reach, and just ride it.
@GeorgeSmith-ze5vk3 ай бұрын
That’s what I was thinking the whole time… sorry the nipple ripper just looks dumb…
@JSMCPN3 ай бұрын
Meh, the computer makes it easier, not harder.
@raffitchakmakjian3 ай бұрын
@@GeorgeSmith-ze5vk nipple ripper, looool. The chest pest.
@bobbywalter53203 ай бұрын
50 fiddy
@JeffKopis3 ай бұрын
@@JSMCPN Only if you know how it works, and how to fix it. If even The Mighty Beard struggled with it, what chance would the rest of us have??
@yippieyayey2 ай бұрын
17:45 this cloud of smoke he drags out of the shop. 😂
@PrinceMishka3 ай бұрын
Happy birthday! Congrats on fixing the mechanical issues with the bike - it reminds me of people working on old pimp my ride cars that just never worked to begin with.
@thundercactus3 ай бұрын
All things considered, the Geico bike is actually a pretty good looking work of art, BUUUUUT that being said, I think if you removed the super charger and added an actual seat, the aesthetics and rideability would only be improved lol
@paulbarclay41143 ай бұрын
it doesnt look rideable to me at all it looks like a deathtrap
@themightiestofbooshes94433 ай бұрын
Absolutely. If they removed the damn charger, it would run a lot better. With it being a high compression engine to begin with, boost isn't doing them any favors. But therein lies the problem: the charger makes it unique, almost more than the dang paint job. If there was a way to convert this to a low compression engine without replacing too many of the major parts, the charger would make sense.
@paulbarclay41143 ай бұрын
@@themightiestofbooshes9443 good luck riding that pos no matter what you do to it its a deathwobble machine dont ever get it above 40
@ianthepelican27093 ай бұрын
An improvement would be removing the engine altogether and adding pedals. 😂
@kalaharimine3 ай бұрын
The cliff drop would be the finishing touch to this "art" piece.
@joelunchboxx2 ай бұрын
Solid troubleshooting. Good job. Takes a lotta want to and patience.