Story/Photos: T-Bone • Above: Jennifer Vos making the rounds. The boys at Topping Events are at it again. After a several month hiatus, Long Beach Fight Night busted through the early season rain showers to put on a great afternoon/evening of fighting. The evening had a full session of bouts with fighters from all over California. […]
Story/Photos: T-Bone Signal Hill, CA – I go to a lot of automotive shops. Specialists in wiring, fabrication, paint/body, interior, etc.. In Southern California there are pockets of great shops in almost every community. As a journalist, I try to bring you the unique aspects of each. And offer some advice on where to take […]
Story/Pics: T-Bone If you have been to any motorcycle event recently across the country, you most likely have seen the work of Duane Ballard. Duane is an artist who’s canvas is the hide of the bovine variety. In the fine art world, artists complain about their patrons wanting art to match their couches where they […]
Story-Photos: T-Bone Before the break of dawn, I’m pounding on the front door to my fellow Merciful; Wally’s place. We are meeting at Wally’s to take his ol’ lady’s Expedition up to Bakersfield for the March Meet. I see the Expedition in the driveway and but no Gordon or Jack. Thinking these guys are fucking […]
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We like vintage bikes. And we are big fans of Joe Kagerer and his team for putting on a great little event. Each month I try to make it out to the Vintage Bike OC event at Beach Burgers on Beach Blvd. in Huntington Beach, CA. Join in on the fun from 2pm – 4pm […]
Photos: T-Bone Here’s a photo gallery from the 2012 Grand National Roadster Show Trophy Girl Pinup Contest presented by Mitzi and Co and hosted by Megan O’Mary. The winners are: 3rd Place: Miss Dee Lush 2nd Place: Lil’ Bit 1st Place: Miss Lady Bug Congrats ladies.
A Speed and Chopper Shop in the heart of Sin City. Story/Photos: T-Bone Last Year Billy and I went out to Vegas for the Viva Las Vegas Car Show. While there we hit a couple of other hot shows that Easter weekend. The Rat City Ruckus under the shadow of the Stratosphere and Lowbrow Las […]
This month we feature a really sweet mild custom 1961 Cadillac. The boys at Skuza Motorsports – yep, of NHRA fame – sent us this, their latest from the shop in Broadview Heights, Ohio. Story: T-Bone, Photos: Skuza Motorsports and Kirsten Baker-Volatile Images I can smell the Chanel #5 as my mom is getting ready […]
Chris Womack shares us the star of this season of Chop Cut Rebuild with Dan Woods on SPEED: Story By T-Bone, Photos: T-Bone and CW Restorations I first met Chris Womack at the Grand National Roadster Show. There he was up front in Building 4 with the contenders for the coveted AMBR award. His 41 […]
Story and Photography by: Tony Colombini Installing the Widow Maker Industries’ Jockey Shift Kit on a pair of Harleys. Old school bikes are becoming more popular, the tide is turning from the modern fat-tire long – OCC Style – choppers to small and spry bobbers. We see bikes reminiscent of the mid 40’s – 50’s […]
Back to the Future By: Tony T-Bone Colombini It is time to kick-off another show season and here we are at the grand daddy of them all, The Grand National Roadster Show. The event was spectacular. With cars from all around the world, it was nice to see some new rides, some familiar friends and […]
