Watch the sparks fly. The final episode is now online.

Sit at the feet of the masta. See how welding and customizing is meant to be done, at the hands of the world’s most glorified welder, Jesse James. He shows you the skills and craftsmanship that has made West Coast Choppers the benchmark in custom motorcycles. If you’ve been living under a rock, and haven’t seen the first 5 episodes, what are you waitin’ for?  Go check them out on RANT! After you finish this last installment, you’ll be good to go…well on your way to making your own custom masterpieces.

in the LBC, the “c” is for culture

Some of us on the WCC crew are lucky enough to get weekend passes, and venture outside the razor wire bejewelled walls, and they go do all sorts of interesting things. Like visit Cisco Burger, go to the bookstore and read Garage Magazine for free, prank call Austin Speed Shop…things like that. Sometimes we even dip our foot into the deep end of the subculture pool and go to gallery openings. This one was last weekend at Shelter, an old school surf shop on 4th Street in Long Beach. It had a nice eclectic collection of surf and fringe hotrod art. And a nice ecelctic collection of people looking a it. Our boy David Lozeau had a few cool pieces in it. We profiled David in our Garage Magazine issue #19 in case you missed it. Check out the full article, and also check out his site for his recent work. The show is up through the middle of April.

Stay tuned for other low brow and hot rod shows. We’ll let you know what’s happening in the LBC and beyond.

We don’t mess around when it comes to our parts.

But we will have an April Fool’s Day parts sale! All in stock parts (except frames) on sale for one day only. April 1st 7am-3pm email parts@westcoastchoppers.com or call us 562-983-6666

What could be better, a super rad ‘66 T-bird for a super rad chick.

Here’s the progress we’ve done so far. Austin Speed Shop has got the interior covered so we’re working on the paint. Check back soon for the finished version and the full story.

BE READY FOR WARM WEATHER WITH OUR NEW SPRING LINE OF JESSE JAMES INDUSTRIAL WORKWEAR.

Stay cool at work as the temperature starts to climb. The Jesse James Industrial Workwear Carpenter Shorts are some of the best for the job site. They have a full fit and feature a hidden flexible panel in the crotch for comfort and ease of movement. The heavyweight fabric stands up to the toughest tasks. They’re reinforced with triple needle stitching on the seams, heavy duty hardware, and have ample oversized pockets and a hammer loop for utility and storage. They are available in tan and black.

Our Short Sleeved 5/Tens Industry Work Shirt is constructed from 6 ounce heavy duty cotton twill. It features our own Lock Out™ stain resistance and release treatment, under arm flex panels for added ease of movement. Hard-wearing buttons, and triple needle stitching make this a comfortable and durable addition to your workwear wardrobe. Short Sleeved Workshirt is available in dark navy, grey carbon, tan, and pine.

Both brand new items are available at select Walmart Stores, and online at Walmart.com.

WCC CLFII + QTM = A ONE OF A KIND KICKASS MOTORCYCLE

A little back story: QTM is company formed by an engineer who peeled off from Brembo. If you don’t know who Brembo is, let’s just say they’re a bunch of Italian guys that make brakes. Not just any brakes, but the ones you use if you’re really serious about stopping from 200+mph. Basically, they’re pretty much the gold standard.

So, QTM was founded to fill a need in the marketplace to make Brembo brakes available for cruiser-type motorcycles. This eventually grew to include SuperMoto and dirt motorcycle brakes, as well. Although world renowned for the performance of their brake systems, Brembo doesn’t manufacture any chrome parts, or any parts that fit onto a traditional heavyweight cruiser. So, QTM was created to cosmetically refinish their calipers as well as engineer and manufacture all the bracketry and disc centers required to fit Brembo parts onto these type of bikes.

End of back story, and onto the bike at hand. Brembo supplies a lot of the brakes for our bikes, so it was only natural for QTM to partner up and make a showcase custom. They used our CFLII frame as the launching pad, and took off from there to build a truly one of a kind badass custom bike. To get all the specs and details, pick up the May issue of Hot Bike Magazine.