Our Shop Truck Breathes Better

Installing an AEM Brute Force Air Induction System. Pics/Story: T-Bone Check out the video at BlacktopTV! This is the first in a series of articles to come this year where we update our shop truck into The Blacktop Bruiser. First the skinnies on the truck: 2005 RAM 1500 5.7L Hemi standard cab with 43,000 miles. […]

Vehicle Graphics

Story/Photo: T-Bone I know a lot of you are like us and have a shop truck to get parts or use as your daily driver. You can personalize your vehicle with your company name or any other graphic you design, or have designed. We thought we would share the word of Blacktop Magazine on our […]

Tite-Reach Extension Wrench

A Shocker Choppers Garage Product Test Feature While at the SEMA Show we had to pick up this tool for the Shocker Choppers Garage. Tite-Reach is a chain driven 1:1 ratio socket extension. They offer two different offerings, a professional version with metal casing and available in  1/4″ and 3/8″ drives, and a DIY version […]

SEMA Show Awards

Innovations of Generations Story/Photos: T-Bone The SEMA Show features several areas of awards from new products to Hall of Fame. Different manufacturers also present awards such as the Mothers Shine Award. To start off the show early Tuesday morning is the New Products Showcase Awards. Of the 12 categories and close to 2,000 products up […]

Mini-Chop Part One

A Mini-Bike goes under the knife at Shocker Choppers Garage Photos/Story: T-Bone We picked up this Baja Desert Runner about a year ago and have been terrorizing our quiet neighborhood on slow weekends. In between time, we have been making slight modifications without any real plan in sight. The “tank” in the top of the […]