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hot_occ_chic: How often do you have fans showing up at the shop wanting to see you?

Paul Jr: All day, every day.

Paul Sr: Seven days a week, whether you're there or not there.

Paul Jr: But, like I say, we have a nice retail shop up the street, and people come to see us there, where we're open seven days a week. We have all the bikes there, and it has become such a destination point that we actually have bus tours go there.

People locally don't go, but people come from all over the states, plus Europe, Ireland, Scotland, Puerto Rico ... everywhere. I'd have to say Australia takes the cake though, because I don't think you can get much farther away from us.

Dyver: Have you thought about producing a kit bike for us financially unendowed?

Paul Jr: We've considered it.

Paul Sr: Anything's possible.

Paul Jr: The line of bikes that we're working on coming out with will be somewhat more affordable than the bikes we have now.

Paul Sr: Quite a bit more affordable.

bernardara: Paul Sr., how big do you see OCC getting in the coming years with the show and all of this exposure? What's the next big thing for OCC?

Paul Jr: A clothing line is going to be a big thing for us. We're going to come out with a high-end clothing line that's going to be awesome. It's something I wanted to see happen from the beginning and we just didn't have the time or resources to make it happen.

Paul Sr: I think our production bike will be a real huge success, too. That will be a major step with moving forward with OCC now.

vinorider: What year did OCC start?

Paul Sr: 1999.

Smac500: How is the new shop working out? Is it clean and orderly?

Paul Sr: For the most part, yeah. And it's working out very well. We're running out of room already.

mcw_nj: How many work at the shop?

Paul Jr: At the shop alone, there's got to be, I'd say, 22 to 25 people, maybe even more.

Paul Sr: Yeah, there's more.

Paul Jr: But yeah, quite a few.

Cubsfan05: How long do you think you will keep making this great show?

Paul Sr: (laughing)

Paul Jr: Our guess is at least another three years. We'll be around for a while. As long as our fans keep watching, we'll make the show. When they stop watching, we'll go back to what we were doing before the show.

cr125occ: What kinds of bands do you guys like?

Paul Jr: There's a lot of good bands out there. U2 is one of my favorite bands. Tom Petty's awesome. Newer stuff, too — I like Jet.

Paul Sr: I like the Stones, a lot of the '60s and '70s music. I'm not too much into the newer stuff. I like U2 and that kind of music, too.

Paul Jr: Oh yeah, and I like Aerosmith.