NASA Tribute Chopper

NASA Tribute Bike by Orange County Choppers

Let me just state up front that I found the “stars” of American Chopper completely and utterly OBNOXIOUS… but they did happen to do a really spectacular tribute bike themed around Space Shuttle Discovery‘s Return to Flight mission in 2005, STS-114.

Orange County Choppers‘ site is all Flash-based, so I can’t give a direct link to the photo album of this bike, but it’s on the third page of “On-Air Theme Bikes”, under the Choppers section on the main page. I’ve taken screencaps to show here.

NASA Tribute Bike by Orange County Choppers

The bike’s episodes are #58 & #59, which aired October 3 & 10, 2005. Minus the stars’ antics, fights and general… drama… the bike is a thing of beauty, and if these guys have one thing right, it’s an eye for minute detail. The gas tank is shuttle-shaped, the exhaust pipes (shown below, my favorite detail) are tipped with a replica of the Space Shuttle Main Engines, and the airbrush work and detailed painting throughout is just… spectacular. I particularly like the miniature orbiting shuttle “spinners” on the wheels, front and back. The gallery is definitely worth a look!

NASA Tribute Bike by Orange County Choppers
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Comments

  1. Brian says:

    I like smokin’ lightnin’ (organ blast, electric guitar wakka-wakka), heavy metal thunder (organ blast, electric guitar wakka-wakka).

  2. Danielle says:

    Absolutely the best scene in ST: First Contact if I do say so myself.