Once a biker always a biker. This is a mantra Jesse James lives by. Even with a handful of hit TV shows, larger-than-life personality and movie star wife, James still shows up at his Long Beach, California, motorcycle shop, West Coast Choppers, getting his hands dirty every day. How many other celebrities do you think can say that?
“I’m still here every morning ready to work. I think if I ever get to the point where I don’t work I’ll just get rid of the place. I think TV and everything else takes me away from what I really should be doing, and that’s working, and I feel cheated if I’m not welding something everyday,†says James, looking every bit as sinister as always; tattooed arms draped over the front of an evil looking chrome, black and red chopper.
The thing is, James is far from sinister. An extremely smart businessman and an even …Â Details
The famous custom motorcycle builder will get a cold shoulder this weekend, along with other icy body parts as he heads north for the latest death-defying feat in his television show.
Continuing its successful first season, “Jesse James Is A Dead Man†saddles a treacherous Arctic Ice Road, negative 60-degree temperature, and the superior capability of the BMW R 1200 GS Adventure motorcycle.
On Sunday, June 14 from 10:00 -11:00 p.m. , ET/PT, Spike TV will telecast the third episode of the new hit series “Jesse James Is A Dead Man,†where James will traverse the infamous Arctic Ice Road from Inuvik to Aklavik, Alaska… Details
You’ve been on the highway at, or just slightly above the speed limit, when a gang of sport bike kamikazes (labelled “organ donors” by my pal Jim Kenzie) goes screaming past at unbelievable speeds cutting in and out of traffic.
The place for those with too much horsepower and too little regard for their own lives is the race track. Fortunately many such opportunities are available — they’re called Track Days. Every race track you’ve ever heard of, and hundreds more, open their doors to “organ donors” on a regular basis.
I never expect to have the opportunity to drive a Formula One car around a world famous race course. I did, however, have the opportunity to pilot a vehicle with an equivalent weight-to-horsepower ratio at Road America. Let me state clearly, the responsibility for this highly risky state of affairs rests on the shoulders of Don James…Â Details