Jesse James is shutting down West Coast Choppers. Bet the recession is hurting him big time. Jesse’s famed business, and what his reality show was taped over, is closing after 18 years in business.

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Jesse is pulling out more roots from California and no even bothering to run them long distance. From the Long Beach Telegraph:

Celebrity news empire TMZ is reporting famed chopper builder, philanthropist and hometown hero Jesse James is closing West Coast Choppers, one of the city’s most prominent landmarks.
The article doesn’t say when the world-famous shop on West Anaheim Street at West Coast Choppers Place will shutter, but indicates James, who famously split with ex-wife Sandra Bullock earlier this year before splitting town for Texas, is giving up on Long Beach.

I wonder what Jesse will do in Austin? Does he have a motorcycle place out there? Do you think he is doing a good job of staying out of the press?

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