I’ve only watched a couple of episodes recently.
I think the advantage OCC has over PJD is that Sr. has an actual design guy and they design the bike and plan it out up front. Jr. and Vinnie are making it up as they go along. Sr can present a design and tweak it with customer input. Jr can only present an idea and then hope for the best.
Never really liked either of them, but Sr. is definitely the bigger asshole, especially now.
The thing everyone forgets on the economics of this is that all parties are making money from the show. Even the basic employees have to be getting some kind of cut for just appearing on camera. So beyond the basic interest or salary Vinnie and Rick are getting, they’re getting appearance money on top of that, which I’d guess is the reason both of them came back.
I just wish they’d knock off the “random guys come to visit and are just allowed to wander out into the shop” bullshit pretend-surprise. No way some random schlubb just wanders into the shop and makes it in front of the cameras without being beat shitless with heavy bars and dumped out back, and it seems kinds wreckless to give the impression that just anyone can wander onto the show at any time.