![]() Luckily for me I just got a good old regular firm handshake that cracked every knuckle, but I smiled through it and sat down rubbing my hand. His hand came out and as it did, I was just hoping I wasn’t going to get one of those state side multiple hit, slide, and knuckle handshakes as I can’t do them. Once in his office, Jesse arose from his large chair and towered above me, I wished at that point I’d eaten Shredded Wheat for breakfast and done some push ups. So, now I was getting worried and a little apprehensive as come on, I’m just a wee man from the hills of Yorkshire and now I was about to be introduced to Jesse James, a descendant of the original outlaw and by the looks of things so far, he’s bad. The large chained up dog which looked at me like I was a piece of succulent chicken, made me look for hiding places nearby in case I had to run. All sections are set out in what is really a whole block or around 80,000 square feet in downtown Long Beach and are heavily guarded by a huge iron gates which would not look out of place in a prison.Īs I was escorted to Jesse’s office area, I was trying to take it all in as I walked passed cool graffiti walls and several neon signs, the one that stuck in my mind the most was the one saying ‘F*ck Off Mother F*cker’ just outside his door, hardly the greeting I was hoping. There are around 50 employees throughout the business, 5 sheet metal, 3 painters, 4 motorcycle assemblers, 5 frame/fenders (mud-guards for us Brits) and pipes, 4 CNC operators, 4 designers, 2 engineers, 1 laser cutter and then there is shipping, apparel, admin the list goes on. ![]() ![]() The workshops were enormous, the cars and bikes being built were grand to say the least and the area dedicated to Jesse’s toys was impressive. I don’t like crashing bikes at the best of times but when a motorcycle has taken 12 months of planning and building, it’s totally one of a kind and the only one in the world plus the builder just happens to be built like a brick sh*t house and has a ‘Pay up Sucker’ tattoo, you know no to upset him.Īs I strolled into West Coast Choppers in Long Beach California, there was one thing apparent right from the off and that was everything was huge. If there was one bike I didn’t want to crash, then it had to be this one. ![]()
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