If you dig bikes as much as we do, you will dig this category of posts. Shocker Choppers celebrates all things two-wheels and some with three! Features include installation, customization, bike features, rides and the biker culture.
This is how we do it… Story: T-Bone, Photos: T-Bone/‘Carlos Gomez We have been busy getting the word out about the B.A.D. Bike Build. Recently we hosted the popular Starting Gate Bike Night. To sponsor a bike night Jim and Hairball ask that you pay for the trophy. Well, we like to go all out […]
Over 300 Bikes roll up the Southern California Coast Story, Photos and Video: T-Bone Boy what a ride! In an effort to help support the American Diabetes Association’s program Rip’s B.A.D. Ride, Billy and I signed up for the Bartels Harley-Davidson’s 30th Anniversary Ride. Bill Bartels and family have been supporting the Rip’s B.A.D. Ride […]
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 past, because the cost of the Festival was so high it was threatening the non-profit […]
A slow start, with plenty to do. Photos/Story: T-Bone We have been working on the project quite a bit. Just not in the gettin’ dirty playing with wrenches and grinders kind of way. We are looking for great stories to share about how people have overcome diabetes, about people who continue to inspire us to […]
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 chopper, share the progress of the build on The Blacktop Media Network, and then sell […]
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 […]
From Eddie Ryan’s Shop to Backyard Builder Photos/Story: T-Bone We heard around the grapevine that there’s this cat who has a yard full of old Harleys right here in town. In-fact every morning at 6am he frequents the downtown coffee shop for breakfast. My buddy Krylon John and I hit the diner and met-up with […]
Ain’t No Sad Songs On A Banjo Photos/Story: T-Bone For many of us gear heads half the joy of working on our cars is actually driving our cars. Who’d a thunk it? Well, when you are behind the wheel we gaze over the big circle on the road ahead. In-fact, in driving school they say […]
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 […]
Bench Racing with T-Bone I enjoy working on a variety of projects. I enjoy working with my hands and being active. So why am I so lazy when it comes to getting the right tool for the job? You know what I’m talking about. Laying underneath the new project and trying to dislocate a stuck […]
Installing an AEM Brute Force Air Induction System. Pics/Story: T-Bone Check out the video at BlacktopTV! This is the first in a series of articles to come this year where we update our shop truck into The Blacktop Bruiser. First the skinnies on the truck: 2005 RAM 1500 5.7L Hemi standard cab with 43,000 miles. […]
The Latest from Shocker Choppers Garage Photos/Story by T-Bone It all started when Billy said: “Hey Pop’s I want to build something that will help me work out my arms and shoulders. What do you think of this?” as he showed me some pics on his phone of some garage-built hand cycles. He continued: “We […]
