SEMA 2012 – Opening Day

Let the party begin… Story: T-bone, Photos: Billy and T-Bone We started the day at the New Products Award Breakfast hosted by Dave McClelland with keynote speaker Chip Foose who spoke about the passion in our industry. When he left Boyd’s shop with only $700 in the bank, and his wife announcing that she was […]

SEMA 2012 Preview

Photos/Story: T-Bone Day one of the big show. We rolled out of Southern California leaving our boy Panzer to watch the homestead and keep our loved one company. A beautiful day anticipated a great ride through the California Desert to Las Vegas some 230+ miles to the east. First a couple of stops to pick […]

Cruisin’ For A Cure

The “SAVE YOUR LIFE” Show Story: T-Bone, Photos: Gary Morin (Rusty Relic), Tony Colombini That’s a pretty bold statement. And it’s true. Over one hundred of our car cruisin’ buddies’ lives have been saved from Prostate Cancer this year alone.  We have tested over 10,000 men and literally saved well over 3,000 men from this […]

Scorpione Kustom Swap Meet

Kustom Bike and Car Swap Meet in Aprilia, Italy. Pics/Story: Tommey Sperandeo Here is the third edition of the BBQ/Swap meet organized by the custom shop “Lo Scorpione Kustom” , in their own location in Aprilia (near Rome), dedicated to Harley-Davidsons & pre-70 custom cars, with the presence of some BMW and Moto Guzzi oldtimers. […]

Ventura Nationals

Chasing the blue moon to the 2012 Ventura Nationals. Photos/Story: T-Bone Here I am again in the early morning watching the moon set as the guys in my club are gathering to hit another significant show. Last December we were gathering under a lunar eclipse to hit the Mooneyes X-mas Show and Drags. This morning […]

Miniature Engine Collection

Car Crazy, Inc. is presenting the Bob Haagenson collection of miniature engines for auction with EBay Seller: “Kidzstuff1”. Bob Haagenson of Pomona, California, a master at building model replica engines for decades has opened his collection for auction with expert EBay Kidzstuff1. Chris Unger and his staff at Car Crazy, Inc. will manage the auction […]

Rev’ved Up 4 Kids 2012

Edelbrock’s 7th Annual Rev’ved Up 4 Kids Charity Event Story/Photos: T-Bone Edelbrock – The Big Red Machine (as quoted by an employee and not to be confused with the Motorcycle Club) has put on another great event. This was more than a car show hosted by a manufacturer. It was a two-day charitable event for […]

Verona Italy Bike Expo 2012

Photos/Story: Tommy Sperandeo 20-22, January 2012 – The 2012 edition of the Motor Bike Expo in Verona, Italy, had even more space dedicated to Customizers and Custom motorcycles, than the previous ones, and had international guests from United States and Europe, such as Jesse James, Arlen and Cory Ness, Mondo Porras, Fred Kodlin, DK Motorrad, […]

Good-Guys Del Mar Nationals 2012

Photos/Story: T-Bone The Del Mar Nationals hosted by Good-Guys Rod and Custom Association is the big event for San Diego County. Sponsored by Meguiars the show was a standout of shiney panels and brightwork. This is a great show to catch up with friends. The weather this year was a bit drizzly and riding the […]

Hamburg Harley Days 2012

Photos/Story: Tom and Kim Van Allen Let me start by saying I’m glad we didn’t plan our vacation around this year’s event. It may look like I have nothing good to say about it, but it was OK. They moved the venue to a location about 2.5 miles from where it was on our last […]

A Gathering of Kustoms

A Gathering of Kustoms

  Story/Photos: T-Bone The first annual Gathering of Kustoms A decision was needed to be made. This weekend was the huge Ink-n-Iron festival at the Queen Mary. A feast of a festival for sure, but with a $50 price tag plus parking and such, I just couldn’t justify the cost. Fortunately there was another event […]