Time for a Road Trip

Photos: Anna/Potter, Story: T-Bone Living in Southern California I feel a bit isolated from the rest of our great country. Many of you have been under an arctic vortex with sub-zero temperatures and storm after storm after storm. I hope you were able to go out in the garage and work on your project and […]

A Visit to Burns Stainless

Aerospace Quality Race Exhaust Photos/Story: T-Bone In the Summer and Fall of 2013 I started receiving e-mail news about a new stainless steel polish called Manifold Destiny from Burns Stainless. The e-blasts said they would be at the SEMA Show, so I made it a point to stop by their booth. Like many of you, […]

Hillco Super Cruise

Going for the Goal Video – Blacktop Media Network Our buddy Gary Morin from Rusty Relic Photography has said throughout the year that we should hit the annual Hillco Fastener Warehouse Super Cruise. This year we woke up early and headed out to have some breakfast at the nearby Dennys then caravan over. After a […]

Treasure Hunt

At the So Cal Cycle Swap Meet T-Bone and Billy head out to the So Cal Cycle Show and Swap Meet at Veterans Stadium in Long Beach. The Topping Events’ meet is one of the best in the country. On this February morning you can see why. Great weather, friends and treasures to be found. […]

E-Stopp Shop Tour

Entrepreneurial Inspiration Photos/Story: T-Bone At the recent SEMA Show there was a cool green patina’d Buick hot rod with electric chair seats and an electric motor. Like good booth dressing, the vehicle was the exclamation point on the exhibitor’s products. In this case, the exhibitor showed only one product. Pretty risky move we say. That’s […]

A Shovel Full

The B.A.D. Bike Continues a Tradition From 1966 to 1984 Harley-Davidson manufactured the Shovelhead engine. From 66-69 the Shovelhead used the Panhead style generator case (Pan-Shovels). From 1970 they incorporated an alternator bottom end (Cone-Shovels). Late in 1978 the motor company increased the displacement from 1208cc’s (74 cu in) to 1340cc or 82 cubic inches. […]

Mooneyes and Mann

Mooneyes X-mas Party and The David Mann Chopper Festival Photos and Story: T-Bone This is going to be a long weekend. One that I look forward to every year. It was pre-dawn on Saturday. The Mercifuls were leaving Long Beach at 5am with a threat of rain to head out to the Mooneyes X-Mas Party […]

Celebrity Sightings at the 2013 SEMA Show

Some of the famous faces at SEMA Photos and Story: T-Bone What can an exhibitor do to drive traffic to their booth? Some look to the fantastic figures of the local models with logo’d mini-skirts and imaginative revealing outfits, where others call on their television celebrity friends. I have had the pleasure of meeting Dennis […]

16th Annual Rip’s B.A.D. Ride Recap

Some great changes were in the works this year! Photos/Video and Story: T-Bone Sixteen years ago, Rip Rose, photo/editor at Easyriders Magazine created the B.A.D. (Bikers Against Diabetes) Ride. We have been involved for many of the recent years and some of you may recall Blacktop Magazine hosted the first-ever Car Show on the grass […]