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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

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.

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.

It's like quantum physics - the fuel pump only works when you're not looking at it.

Something about having a supercharger 6 inches from your chest just feels stupid.

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!!

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.

I didn't know that Orange County made motorbikes, I thought that it was a reality programme about dysfunctional families !

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.

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!!

Is it art ? No. Is it junk? No. Is it OCC junk ? YES!!! 🤣🤣🤣Greetings from Berlin Germany. 🇩🇪🇺🇸

My brother was a Michigan licensed ASE Master Tech for many years, and for the majority of that time, he specialized in drivability & electrical systems. He loved chasing down faults in electrical systems and was the go-to guy in his geographic area. It's always amazing to me to watch someone chasing down faults & referring back to the wiring diagram and knowing that they understand what they are looking at.

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.

That thing is a rolling clusterfuck. Classic OCC. Comment no. 2000.

Steven is a really great guy and could solve this in half a cigarette if it was in his shop. Totally worth the trip!!

OCC bikes are not well made. All for looks and shouldn't really ever be started. You are a brave man...

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

I love that the chopper was so unfinished the supercharger not only doesn't do anything...it wasn't even programmed to work.

Craig, I’ve got a 1983 Honda shadow 750vt if you want it. Been sat in a barn for 7 years since my son was born. Fired up lovely 2 years ago, tank taken off to change perished fuel lines then left again The only problem is it’s in Wales uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Come on over! You know you want to do an international episode

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!

Part 17 of the OCC saga. "All show, no go" pretty much recaps the adventure so far

Kudos for getting Geico bike running! Sounds so much better! Most folks would have given up.

I have watched a previous video of you dealing with this bike. I appreciate your intestinal fortitude and determination and fixing said Bike. Wonderful video I am rooting for you.

To anyone watching in the UK it's obvious what is needed to get the bike running properly. It's called an Alan milyard. 👍

Was just built to be eye candy for Geico & they didn't even want it anymore.

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

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

I'd love to see the Tuttle's forced to work together to make their old projects functional.

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.

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.

Craig you had a whole lotta patience to try to figure this one out. I love every second of it 😂. I still don't own a bike yet but I love watching you fix and ride them 😎.

That camera deletes your hand like a middle school shop teacher.

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.

I don't have much interest with bikes, but I love watching engineering and mechanical videos. This was an amazing watch, so well made and explained, can't wait to watch more!

Most of OCC bikes were complete failures because Paul Sr. wanted a custom theme bike done in one week and he would go into a roid rage if Paul Jr. wasn't working fast enough.

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.

Who could sit on that seat? Like a medieval torture device.

Should have called me. Seriously. I used to fly to dealerships and fix vehicles nobody else could. It almost always came down to basic principals and incomplete procedures during diagnosis. I would have started by using a rat file, in the mounting boss for the tps. You can get a bunch more adjustment, too get your zero. Also, It would have been a good idea to do a voltage drop test. If your ground isnt excellent, itll screw up your 5v reference voltage for your pcm, and all sensors. Ive also seen aftermarket ignition switches drop a ton of voltage across them and its confusing as hell, when youve got 12.8v then suddenly 10v. Lol Vacuum leaks create lean conditions. Also creates high idle, that the iac starts "hunting" to correct. Its unregulated air that hasnt been read by the maf. You stated black smoke which is a rich condition. I like a good puzzle! Im about half into video currently. Good video. Finished. Wow! What a devil! A couple tools I suggest adding to your set that have served me well. 1. A Power Probe. You can give power and a ground with it. Great for fast diag. 2. A relay swith set for both large and small relays. Just pull questionable relay, put in correct sized swith, and you can turn your circuit on/off at will. I still think you should notch the tps, too get a little more adjustment. Also check that boost sensor again. Is it a 2 or 3 bar? The resolution makes a HUGE DIFFERENCE depending on the expected boost its meant to read. I could be wrong, but Im thinking you should have a 2 bar on that. Again... Great video!

Shows Steve is good at what he does. Design a system then someone mucks with it and then you diagnose the problem over the phone. Kudos.

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.

All the Orange County Chopper bikes were polished turds... They sure did take customers to the cleaners with them... 😮

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.

The Paul Sr. & Leno bit was gold. Had me tearing up laughing.

OCC took the notion that the purpose of art is to make you feel uncomfortable to a whole other level. 😂

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.

Every parent should watch your videos just to show what staying calm looks like. Your patience is unmatched

They were not built to ride. Built to be themed display pieces to promote a drama reality show, not daily riders.

Craig: "Redundant Ground? We don't need no stinkin' Redudant Ground!" @31:30

Friends don't let friends drive OCC Choppers 😂

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!

Persistence! Great job. Very intelligent troubleshooting. Honestly, had my doubts you could get it running right.

Hello from Australia, Great work on getting it to this stage. Can't wait for the next installment. I have just subscribed to your channel.

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!

Boat anchor is correct.

So much work on a quite fugly OCC frankenstein monster. First time here, and I loved the post.

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.

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!

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.

OCC was NOT about the motorcycles. It was just cheaper for large companies to "Buy a bike" and then get an HOUR LONG COMMERCIAL for their company in return - with a stupid bike that was never meant to do anything but start up and run.

17:45 this cloud of smoke he drags out of the shop. 😂

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.

Look at these Cameos , Craig is moving up in the world

Orange County Choppers built bikes that are meant to be stationary pieces that people just look at. There was a time at the "turn of the century" when these and other bikes became really popular because of TV. People realized that they had disposable income and could easily purchase one of these bikes. Everybody started making them! O.C.C. never "produced" anything. They bought frames from one person, engines from someone else, transmissions from another source, etc. The only thing that OCC did was make some fancy handlebars and weld together scrap metal to make a sissy bar. They were never meant to be ridden so it's no wonder that this bike never ran correctly. Awesome that you were able to get a hold of Steve Thompson and that he was and is willing to help you get this bike running! Maybe you get a Discovery Channel show where you do a revival of the Teutle bikes, one per show. Lord knows they would never be able to figure this out on their own, even if they put all three heads together I doubt they could come up with one singular brain. 😳

A man after my heart. Failure is when you give ip early. You did not. But went whole hog found some design errors. Wow what a learning curve.

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.

"Never Go Full Jank" needs to be some Bearded Mechanic merch. 😆🤞🏻🤞🏻

This was so much fun to watch, thanks for your hard work sir

This man be grinding!!!!

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.

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.

New to the channel from Norway, instantaneously hooked. Learned a lot about misplaced anger 😂

I'll never understand... The guy had the bike's builder working in a shop space right next to him. But instead of tapping that resource, he brings it to a string of yahoos that have probably never even seen a supercharged bike...

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.

Someone at OCC has been watching thei series laughing in their big pile of cash.

OCC Choppers finessed ALLLLOOOTTTT of people with these custom bikes

OCC Choppers Are a showpiece not for riding They're just to put in the corner of your shop and look like a piece of art.

Absolute show of patience. Moral of the dont buy an OCC bike, never agree to fix one and run if you ever see one again.

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! 👍

I know nothing about bikes. I came for the problem solving skills.

Bro OUTSTANDING VIDEO!!! Yo have come far with THIS one Grasshoppa! I can't WAIT to see what comes next with that bad boy!

You should get a smoke machine for checking for air leaks. They will save you MANY headaches when looking for airl leaks!

Craig is so personable, so relatable, made this channel one of the most "watchable" KZfaq channels.

Looking forward to a new dyno run ;) 10/10 vid, really cool!

I've been working on bikes and cars more than fifty years, building engines almost as long, my son used to love watching OCC and I often watched with him. I've always thought they were just show hacks and in no way "real choppers". With the limited success you achieved, I'm still convinced. In all candor, I don't even like anything more than the most basic electronic ignitions on bikes. My last coast to coast trip on my 96 chopper ended up with points replacing the dyna s ignition which failed somewhere in Texas, coming from eastern N.C. I'm hoping my next round trip will be on the 42 WLA I recently bought and am prepping for a long ride.

The call into Paul Sr. had me rolling.

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! 😊

its been wild seeing the saga of this damn bike. its gonna be so nice to see it finally running properly.

Can’t wait to see how this finishes out

Would've been funny if you called Geico costumer service.

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.

Informative AND entertaining. Love the humor.

Solid troubleshooting. Good job. Takes a lotta want to and patience.

Okay I was skeptical when I saw this pop up in my feed but honestly this is goddamn comedy gold

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.

I remember grandpa tellin me about pluging in his Harley to the laptop in the 70's to diagnose issues. Great old time stories :P

The only good thing to come out of OCC is the ability for all you guys to make this content fixing their garbage.

An inductive load will always have continuity because all it is, is a wire in a coil and typically have 5 to 60 ohms of resistance

I appreciate the diagnostics. I have extreme empathy for your frustration. I would have given up. Thanks for the honest video

Your the best mechanic I've ever seen on KZfaq.