Nov

Motorcycle builder Matt Hotch

Motorcycle builder Matt Hotch in Fullerton, California 2005. We are looking at the famous V-Lux Harley.

Originally from Minnesota, Matt Hotch has been building custom motorcycles since he was sixteen years old. Read more

Jun

West Coast Choppers Jesse James

West Coast Choppers – Custom Chopper Builder Jesse James

Jesse James is a bad boy — both literally and figuratively. He’s a tattooed, thrill-seeking, motorcycle enthusiast who perfectly encapsulates a certain “outlaw” archetype, especially with his name. But he’s also engaged in actual bad behavior, from petty crime as a youth to cheating on America’s sweetheart, and even assaulting paparazzi, which he freely and gleefully admits. So it’s no surprise that he was bound to flame out hard.

When the scandal over his infidelities reached a fever pitch, James not only walked away from his lucrative TV projects, he also shut down his legendary West Coast Choppers garage in Long Beach, California and left the state for good. Aside from a few interviews and the release of a tell-all book, he’s basically been a ghost since then. Here’s what happened to Jesse James…