Touring Surf City Garage

Muscular Memorabilia Story/Photos: T-Bone When Muscle Car Collector and Construction Mogul Tim Miller was looking for a product to keep his vast collection of GTO’s and other American Iron in peak surface protection and appearance he was sadly disappointed. Not one to give up, he enlisted the help of former Dupont chemist to create a […]

Price Automobilia Tour

A Sunday Afternoon Roll Photos/Video/Story: T-Bone • Click to watch the video on Blacktop TV Jared went on a Poker Run. It may be his last for a while. He went and got his wife pregnant without club approval. But that’s another story for another time. I think we won the winning hand on that […]

2013 Rodeo Drive Concours “Jet Age”

A Second Father’s Day Tradition Photos/Story: Tony Colombini It was two years ago when we were looking for something new to do on Father’s Day. (There are only so many deuces you can see in your lifetime.) When my father came out from the desert we decided to hit the Rodeo Drive Concours d’Elegance. In […]

Born Free 5 The Bikes

As told by Bob Seger: Photos of the bikes: T-Bone, Words: Roll Me Away by Bob Seger Took a look down a westbound road, right away I made my choice. Headed out to my big two-wheeler, I was tired of my own voice. Took a bead on the northern plains, and just rolled that power on. Twelve hours […]

Born Free – The Kulture

How Big is Too Big Story/Photos of the show: T-Bone This event was amazingly big. What does that mean? In my experience we left the house early to get there when it opened and by the time we got a couple of miles away there was bumper to bumper traffic of cages trying to get […]

Born Free 5 Video

Click the photo above to watch our video from BORN FREE 5! Video by T-Bone, with the musical stylings of The Bastard Winos and Skinny Jim and the Number 9 Blacktops! Featuring Billy on his ’04 Harley Sidecar Rig, Potter with his Street Glide, Terry on his Sporty and Me with my Road King Custom. […]

Edelbrock Carburetor Installation and MORE!

A Brief History, Tour and Installation Photos/Video/Story: T-Bone – Click the pic for the VIDEO on Blacktop TV We have always been a fan of Edelbrock here at Blacktop Magazine. In-fact it’s hard-pressed to find someone who isn’t a fan. For the past 75 years the Edelbrock family has been producing incredible performance and speed […]

Primer Podcast Interview

Now that was cool. Pictured: (left to right) Billy, William, Davis, T-Bone Photos: Provided by Primer Podcast, Story: T-Bone I got a call a while back from Davis who, with his partner in crime William, produce the Primer Podcast. Davis asked if I wanted to do an interview. My first thought, was, who would he […]

The Billy Run

Annual Run to Get the Cobwebs Out. Story/Pics: T-Bone Each year in Fall, we make it a point to schedule a run on the bikes. The ride is from the city through the mountains and down the coast hitting some hot spots along the way. Want to go along? The ride makes several stops and […]

Easyriders Bike Show Tour – Anaheim

Rolling through the halls at the Easyriders 2013 Bike Show Tour. Story/Photos/Video: T-Bone Is it just me or do you think that bikes belong outside, in the sun with speeding blacktop below them? These bikes are pretty enough and I have seen a couple on the highways and biways of Southern California, but for the […]

Larry Wood’s Garage Tour

A Peak Inside Famed Hot Wheels Designer, Larry Wood’s Garage Photos/Story: T-Bone Merciful So Cal member and cool pinstriper Stubby set up a tour for us at Elwood’s Garage in Long  Beach. It was a great sunny Sunday morning in February as the crew rolled out of Hot Cakes and Hot Rods weekly get together […]

David Mann Chopperfest 2012

Old and New Share the Grass Photos/Story by T-Bone A bunch of baggers. That’s what we noticed at this year’s David Mann Chopperfest. Certainly there were some cool chops and bobs, but we noticed a bunch more twinkie bags this year over last.There were some stand-out bikes and a great little swap-meet and more artists […]