Tea Fest Car Show, Tea, South Dakota In the Upper Plains for 4 to 5 months of the year car people work on, improve, prep and polish their beloved rides. This is because in this part of the country it is…
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Tech and detail articles.
Custom Motorcycle Plug Holder
Don’t Get Caught In A Jam… Never get caught on the side of the road again with fouled spark plugs or with a frustrating motorcycle that won’t start with ease. The RTW (Round-The-World) Spark Plug Holder comes complete with a…
Jamco Parts
Jamco Announces New Name, New Offerings, New Locale and New Ownership Tony Genty purchases family business, announces debut of Jamco Parts to reflect expansion of product lines, define new vision Family owned and operated Jamco Suspension has changed its name…
So Cal Cycle Show and Swap Meet
Summer came pretty quick. We still have a couple of projects to finish. Time to start hitting the So Cal Cycle Swap Meet at Veterans Stadium. Here’s their schedule for 2016 June 26, 2016 July 31, 2016 August 28, 2016…
Behind The Scenes at MAGNAFLOW part one
Battling Heat Issues on a Harley
On our 2004 Harley-Davidson Road King sidecar rig, heat becomes a real issue. A couple of years ago we punched out the motor a bit and added high-compression heads at HB Hot Rods and Hogs. This mild build-up and the added weight…
KC’s Paint Shop
Photos: Rich Pierce We recently stopped by KC’s Speed Shop to take some shots as well as to catch up with him and see what he’s been up to. KC Mathieu is his full name and is best known for…
A Spark of Knowledge
Installing Pulstar Plasma-Core Spark Plugs on a 2004 Harley-Davidson Road King Custom Photos/Story: Tony Colombini Sometimes a story may take on a life of it’s own. This simple project in the garage started out as a quick installation tech article,…
Installing Weatherstrip
Jeff’s late ’55 Chevy Truck Cab gets Weatherproofed Photos: Jeff Allen and Tony Colombini, Story: Tony Colombini When I joined the Mercifuls Car Club many years ago, Jeff Allen was voted in on the same day. However, Jeff was a member in…
Wrap Artist
A Blacktop Installation Feature: Wrapping Pipes on “Down Payment Blues”. T-Bone’s bike gets wrapped up with Heatshield Products’ Cobra Skin Exhaust Wrap. I have been meaning to do this for a while. It was only a week when my bike…
Getting the Best Shot
A SEMA Show New Product Highlight Photos: Billy, Story: T-Bone A neat thing about the SEMA Show is all the entrepreneurial spirit. Miles of aisles filled with new products. I was particularly attracted to products that solve a specific problem.…
The Tire Fryer
NOW ON BLACKTOP TV: Mark Johnson’s 1965 Falcon Altered Gasser Video shot by Primer Podcast and edited by The Blacktop Media Network. Mark Johnson tells the story about his altered gasser at the 2015 SEMA Show.