Say it loud. Say it proud. Check out the skillz on Gil.

Believe it or not, there is life outside of West Coast Choppers. Jesse lets us have a weekend off every 4 months or so (workload permitting) to go and “have a little fun” as he says. Some people catch up on sleep, some go to Star War renactment events in the valley, others choose to host internet-themed murder mystery dinners where it’s never the butler that did it…but the weird guy in the corner with the terry cloth wristbands, greasy hair, a Casio wristwatch, eating a bag of Cheetohs (which pretty much describes everyone at the party).

But a few intrepid souls go out and kick ass in their spare time…and do the rest of us at WCC proud. One such fella is Gil Aguirre. His on the clock hours are spent at WCC as manager of the race division and chief mechanic. He spends his free time hucking, dominating whoops, jumps, and holes–basically throwing a helluvalotta dirt in the air. He races in the SCORE Sportsman’s Class. If you’re not familiar with that class…anything and everything goes!

Here’s the spec-speak Gil gave us on the truck: It’s a 1994 Ford Ranger powered by a Chevrolet LS1 with 450hp. It’s mated to Chevrolet TH400 transmission and the rear end is a custom fabricated Ford 9inch housing. It has 20″ of front travel and 26″ in the rear, all controlled by the use of FOX SHOCKS. It runs 35″ Goodyear Wranglers tires and the body is a Fiberwerx late model f-150 body.

The shots below are from Laughlin on January  16th and 17th from the 6.5 mile man made course known for swallowing cars alive. The 1st of a 5 race series where finishing both days is essential. Gil’s involvement for that race was to codrive and navigate for Nick Tonelli and if anything happend on course he would have to Mcgyver it together for a finish because there is no race support allowed at Laughlin. If it can’t be fixed, you’re screwed, and you get a DNF for the weekend. So you can see he’s a pretty important guy.

So, how’d he do? Day one he got 2nd in class, and day two he finished 1st! When the dust settled, and they averaged all the times, Gil and team came up in 1st for the weekend. Wooo-the-fucking-Hooooooooo! Way to go, Gil! Now get your ass back to work…we’ve got an ark to build, there’s another storm headed for Long Beach!

Gil’s sponsored by BEEHIVE sports bar in HB, Wicked Creations, Goodyear Tires, and Fiberwerx, and of course WCC and CIsco Burger.

Hell ya it does.

Thank God our European distributors sent us a sample of the new parka-style jacket. Our lovely in house WCC model was brave enough to wade into flood waters and risk typhus and dangerous rip tides to demonstrate its superior all weather capabilities. It’s got a lined interior and waterproof coating on the outside— this jacket was no joke as we had to cross the newly formed lake of ghetto runoff water to get to the bike shop. Made in France and embroidered in Spain. Where, unlike Long Beach, the rain is mainly on the fucking plain.

West Coast employees secretly plan the jubilee for Jesse’s birthday party at 2am.

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Professional motorcoach operator, aka bus driver, wheel polisher, loader, fueler, motivator, golden child, drink recipe enthusiast, dog lover, hotwing snob, snowmobile wheelier, and so much more.

Damian scored big on his last birthday with a personalized ’showtime’ canteen. It was commissioned to celebrate his new drink special… so good it even made the news. Now he can look even COOLER on the road.

“The crowd pleaser and showstopper is the Showtime Tea, named after Damian Holton, Bullock’s bus driver and bodyguard, whose nickname happens to be “Showtime.” He wanted a sweet tea drink on the initial cocktail menu and he happened to be at the bar the day a shipment of Jeremiah Weed Sweet Tea Vodka came in. With a little experimenting by Buhl and a former bartender, Holten got what he wished for and so was born the Showtime Tea, which also happens to be a favorite of Saucedo. A take on an Arnold Palmer, I must admit it was darn good tea and a perfect complement to the cuisine.”

Sip in the Seasons at Bess Bistro: By Nicole Carbon

It was another usual day at WCC.

Mr. T barking at the iron cross gate, Jesse pulling in with his loud-ass Ducati, Mahi Tacos special at Cisco, and finishing up another bike at the shop. When suddenly off in the distance we hear the the shifting of gears, the roar of tires on pavement and … bicycle bells? Rounding the corner a gang of 15+ hardcore cyclists. Black spandex shorts gleaming in the sun, white shirts flowing, tru-wraps and easter egg colored helmets. This is not our usual black leather and studs crowd. The Mount Vernon Nazarene University group stopped by to see the other the other kind of 2 wheels. Starting in San Francisco and on their way to the border and then ending in Phoenix. the Ohio group thought they’d bring out their inner gangster at WCC. Good luck riding down the rest of Anaheim street.

Most riders come from hell, these riders are on a mission for heaven.