Category: Featured Ride

Articles of hot rods, customs, classics, bikes and other rides.

Rip’s B.A.D. Ride Poker Run 2013

Run for a good cause… Story/Photos/Video: T-Bone There have been some changes for Rip’s B.A.D. Ride this year. B.A.D. stands for Bikers Against Diabetes. The American Diabetes Association has opted to not hold a Festival this year as in years…

Andrew’s Caddy-Truck

Working the ranch in style. Photos/Story: T-Bone While hanging out with Keith Kaucher at the Good-Guys Del Mar show I ran into Andrew. A while back, Andrew asked Keith to draw up a 1959 Cadillac with a truck bed between…

B.A.D. Bike Build The Back Story

Father and Son team Tony and Billy from Blacktop Magazine were looking for a unique way to make a significant contribution to the Rip’s B.A.D. Ride benefitting the American Diabetes Association. We came up with a concept to build a…

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…

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…

Futurliner Coming to Life

Just Keep Fabricating-1939 GM Futurliner is coming to Life at Kindig-It Design Article/Photos supplied by Sherri Candland When the 1939 General Motors Futurliner, number 3 of only 12 ever made, was delivered 6 months ago to Kindig-It Design, there was…

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…

The Martino Merc

Dave Martino’s 1950 Mercury Sled Photos/Story: T-Bone, Model: Melissa Swizz and Panzer Shopdog – Click HERE to see a walk-around video on Blacktop TV! We first saw the Martino Merc when Dave brought his newly purchased sled to the 401k…

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…

MOXIE – 1932 PLYMOUTH PB COUPE

A Family Heirloom Photos: Dale Murray Photography/Billish Family :: Story: T-bone with Scott Billish I am walking around the Grand National Roadster Show last year and bouncing between the buildings, meeting up with new and old friends and inside one…

The Phantom of the Ace

Story: Kenta Falkered (submitted by Peter Ström), Photos: Stefan Boman Everything started when I saw Phantom of the Opera on TV. A bit later, I went to the theater and saw Phantom of the Opera live. Now, I went on…