Murray, OCC build 'Caddyshack' motorcycle

AP/Yahoo ^ | Thu Aug 3, 6:19 PM ET

[martin_fierro]

Murray, OCC build 'Caddyshack' motorcycle

Thu Aug 3, 6:19 PM ET

NEW YORK - Try to imagine the motorcycle that Bill Murray's classic "Caddyshack" character Carl Spackler would ride. Would it incorporate his love of greenskeeping, his hatred of gophers or his experiences as a "looper" for the Dalai Lama?

Those were the sort of questions Murray and the guys of Orange County Choppers had to ask themselves in fashioning a bike in the spirit of the beloved Spackler. Their efforts can be seen on Monday's episode of "American Chopper" on the Discovery Channel (10 p.m. EDT), with a second episode to follow the week after.

"It was like it was (Carl's) motorcycle, so it had a little bit of army surplus, a little bit of army ordinance and a little bit of greenskeeper," Murray told The Associated Press in a recent phone interview. "It was fun. I got to lift something every once in a while."

Murray spent several days with Paul Teutul Sr., his son Paul Jr. and company at their Montgomery, N.Y. bike shop. Teutul and family have been building custom-made bikes on the popular Discovery series since 2003. Their thoughtful process impressed Murray.

"It was as artistic as anything I've ever been involved with," said the 55-year-old actor. "It was very much like a creative writing session where you're trying to figure out some scene in a movie or show."

The result includes a pitchfork over the rear tire, grass clippers where wheel spinners might be and a painting of a gopher that's square in a rifle's sights.

The bike was auctioned at the sixth annual Murray Bros. Caddyshack Charity Golf Tournament in St. Augustine, Fla., in May. The tournament has raised more than $1 million for the St. Vincent's Foundation Mobile Health Outreach Ministry.

"When it was showed off at the end of the tournament, I don't want to say it was like the Vatican, but people were, like, very respectful," the actor said.

And the highest bidder for the motorcycle? Bill Murray.

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This undated but recent photo, supplied by Orange County Choppers, shows actor Bill Murray, second from right, as he stopped by the Orange County Choppers shop in Montgomery, N.Y., where he worked with Paul Teutul Sr., left, to assemble the 'Caddyshack' inspired theme bike, foreground. The finished bike can be seen on cable's Discovery Channel's 'American Chopper on Monday,Aug. 7, 2006, with another epispode on Aug.14. It was eventually auctioned at the annual Murray Bros. Caddyshack Charity Golf Tournament, the proceeds directly benefited the St. Vincents Mobile Health Outreach in Jacksonville, Fla.(AP Photo/Storm Sasaki,Orange County Choppers)

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[cripplecreek]

Smokable grass on the fender?

[keithtoo]

I love bikes, but the impractical BS bikes they build on that show are more stupid than stupendous. I am not impressed

Most of them look like a motorcycle version of the Munsters car, not a bike you would ride on the street.

[martin_fierro]

They're like cakes with way, waaaaay too much icing.

[stylin_geek]

What was the line" "It's a combination of California Sensimellian and Kentucky Bluegrass."

[cripplecreek]

OCC builds custom show bikes for the TV series but they also build nice custom road bikes.

[keithtoo]

I'm sure you're right. I guess a 'real' bike would be too dull for cable.

[Doomonyou]

"I smell varmint poontang."

[cripplecreek]

One of their "road worthy" bikes. Jessie James on the other hand won't build show bikes. Nuthin but riders.

[Blue Jays]

Hi All-

Bill Murray himself was the top bidder in that benefit auction and he will be the owner of the Caddyshack motorcycle.

~ Blue Jays ~

[spankalib]

In Kentucky, we used to call that "Rohan Rocket Reefer".

[TheOracleAtLilac]

With very few exceptions, after 3 years their recipe is very unimaginative/trite:

monster engine
hard tail
Ridiculous rake

OCC ain't "builders", they're parts hangers.

[absolootezer0]

monster engine
hard tail
Ridiculous rake

sounds like a recipe for disaster. i'll stick to my little cafe bikes, tyvm.

[postaldave]

besides, real bikes have three wheels.

[SFC Chromey]

Give me a Roland Sands bike any day!

[Sensei Ern]

Can anyone tell me what motorcycle this is? It is from the 1931 Marx Brothers movie, "Duck Soup".

[SFC Chromey]

Almost looks like my old bosses 1912-1915 Harley Davidsons. With the pedals, etc. but the cylinder doesn't look right for a twin. Not a BMW, maybe a Brit bike from that far back.

OK, I can't really see enough of it to know. (No tank badge visible)

[JoeSixPack1]

1925 - 1928 Indian

[JoeSixPack1]

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