# Does Shaquille O'Neal owe money to Jesse James for a bike? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 20, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-shaquille-oneal-owe-money-to-jesse-james-for-a-bike/392892 "2007-02-20T01:04:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![diggleblop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-shaquille-oneal-owe-money-to-jesse-james-for-a-bike/392892/1 "2007-02-20T01:04:34Z")
I heard through the grapevine that Jesse James of West Coast Choppers built a chopper for Shaq and Shaq never paid him for the bike. What’s the dope on this? Any truth or only a rumor? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-shaquille-oneal-owe-money-to-jesse-james-for-a-bike/392892/2 "2007-02-20T03:01:51Z")
Let’s try MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-shaquille-oneal-owe-money-to-jesse-james-for-a-bike/392892/3 "2007-02-20T18:57:44Z")
I can at least confirm the first part of that…Jesse did build a chopper for Shaq…it was documented in one of the early shows abut Jesse. As for whether he paid him for it or not, that I don’t know… ---
**Author:** ![diggleblop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-shaquille-oneal-owe-money-to-jesse-james-for-a-bike/392892/4 "2007-02-21T19:10:58Z")
Hmm, I’d love to find out though. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-shaquille-oneal-owe-money-to-jesse-james-for-a-bike/392892/5 "2007-02-21T20:58:14Z")
On the Dan Patrick Show Shaq said he’d been told it was a gift or freebie of some kind, then Jesse James decided it wasn’t. He did say he hadn’t paid for it. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-shaquille-oneal-owe-money-to-jesse-james-for-a-bike/392892/6 "2007-02-21T21:06:23Z")
[I’m going to hell.](http://niggastolemybike.ytmnsfw.com) NSFW. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-shaquille-oneal-owe-money-to-jesse-james-for-a-bike/392892/7 "2007-02-21T22:10:46Z")
The way I remembered the show, it seemed like it was a surprise for Shaq for winning the NBA championship or something. Well, no it wasn’t a surprise, because I remember Shaq going to Jesse’s garage to be fitted for the bike. It was _huge_. StG ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-shaquille-oneal-owe-money-to-jesse-james-for-a-bike/392892/8 "2007-02-22T00:42:39Z")
Yeah, but the question is who has the balls to go collect? ---
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-shaquille-oneal-owe-money-to-jesse-james-for-a-bike/392892/9 "2007-02-22T19:37:55Z")
Somehow I would think Jesse would… he’s pretty d@mn gutsy…