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Aug 5, 2021 · Jesse James. Jesse. James. Graham sits down with the mastermind behind “West Coast Choppers,” Jesse James in his shop in Austin, Texas. James opens up about his troubled youth that included fights, stealing and jail time and how it cost him his promising football career. James also discusses the backlash from his highly-publicized divorce ...
- 20 He Makes Exclusive Firearms
- 19 Was Sued For Not Building A Cadillac
- 18 Bodyguard For Concert Tours
- 17 Rough Teen Years
- 16 West Coast Choppers in The Mid-West
- 15 Has Been Married 4 Times
- 14 Dreams of 200 Mph
- 13 Co-Owner of Cisco Burger
- 12 Has Worked For Boyd Coddington
- 11 Got His Break on “Motorcycle Mania”
Jesse James doesn't only like to build motorcycles, he also likes to make some of the nicest custom weaponry in the country. Perhaps the neatest build he's done as a part of his Cisco 1911 series is called the Lady Liberty. Using original pieces of handrails off of the famous New York statue, Jesse has built 3 handguns, which sold for $85,000 a pie...
Micheal Jones from Nebraska sued Jesse for a breach of contract. Jones hired James' company to customize a 1949 Cadillac Sedanette with a budget from $250,000 to $350,000. Though Jones made the required payments by the spring of 2007, no car was produced. When Jones asked if it could be ready for it to compete in the Don Ridler award for car-buildi...
Before he found fame in motorcycle building, Jesse James was a bodyguard for a few years for bands such as Danzig, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Soundgarden. After about a year on tour with these guys, he began to take on other managerial responsibilities as well, which began to weigh him down. Though touring the world and attending different motorcyc...
Since his parents split when he was four years old, Jesse stayed with his father, who was a dealer on top of his antique business. Since his teens, Jesse's relationship began to degrade with his father, who had taken in a woman and her kids, leading to an abusive relationship between them that came to a breach when Jesse was accused of burning down...
Though when the original West Coast Choppers shop in Long Beach, California, had been closed after Jesse's troubling divorce with Sandra Bullock, Jesse has since reopened the motorcycle shop in Dripping Springs, Texas. Here, he works a smaller operation but still delivers the world-class work that Jesse James is known for. His bikes are still some ...
His marriage to Sandra Bullock is a very well known and documented—if tabloid magazines are anything to go by—but what is largely unknown is his other three wives that he's had since 1991. First was Karla James, to whom he was married from 1991 to 2002 and has two children with. Another child came from Janine Lindemulder, whom he married in 2002 an...
During his time at Monster Garage, Jesse James' has had eyes on the 200-mph club. He spent years building some of the coolest cars for the show and working with many different teams, including one full of well-known customizers who have built their own unique and well-known cars. With the experience from such builders, Jesse's dream has never come ...
While with Sandra Bullock, they owned Cisco Burger, a restaurant that Jesse named after his deceased pitbull. The burger joint promoted eco-friendly food that didn't have any sort of preservatives and served nothing but old-school burger charm to the people of Long Beach. Since then, the Long Beach location has closed down, and though prospects hav...
After his time at Performance Machine, Jesse James worked for Boyd Coddington in the late-80s, where he further refined his welding and fabrication skills. It's during this time, he says in an interview, that he started to make his own fenders after work. He tells about how he made $700 in salary per week from working at Boyd's shop compared to mak...
Before TV, Jesse James was working on the West Coast Choppers empire. It was a documentary by Discovery that was made about Jesse James and his company that got him onto the home television screens and into the limelight. He was then offered the job as a host on Monster Garagewhere his career on the small screen really took off and led to Jesse est...
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- Knifemaker. It seems that Jesse is a bit of an overachiever and has a hand in just about everything. He ever makes and sells his own high-end culinary knives, some knives costing as much as $1,300!
- Sobriety. Jesse has been very open about his rough childhood, or rather, that he didn't have a childhood. Jesse often talks about how his father was abusive towards both him and his sister and how he felt he had to raise himself.
- Animal Lover. Jesse may be an amazing fabricator who's covered in tattoos, but he's actually a big softie at heart. Jesse is known for being an animal lover to all sorts of species.
- Fashionista. Jesse is known for being a master fabricator, a blacksmith, and a gunsmith, among many other things. Jesse did a collaboration with Walmart a while back, and his own line of apparel and merchandise for "West Coast Choppers" that he still sells on his website.
Aug 13, 2023 · Before becoming a household name as a reality TV star, Jesse James toiled as a bodyguard for heavy metal bands like Danzig and Slayer. He and his custom motorcycle shop, West Coast Choppers ...
Dec 31, 2023 · Another star to request the help of Jesse James and his team at West Coast Choppers is Kid Rock, and he needed something loud to reflect his bright and powerful personality. The crew certainly delivered, by assembling an epic-looking chopper, finished in orange with matte black detailing. Shaquille O'Neal's Chopper
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May 3, 2024 · The Birth of West Coast Choppers In 1992, Jesse James opened West Coast Choppers in his mother's garage, laying the foundation for what would become an iconic celebrity motorcycle manufacturing facility. Despite humble beginnings, with no loan, no partners, and a glimmer of the future, James persevered and painstakingly built his empire.
Jul 20, 2019 · Jesse James (West Coast Choppers) discusses his accomplished football career through high school, and getting revenge on a bully QB: | secondary school, career, quarterback
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