T-bone, Billy and Terry roll through the Easyriders Bike Show Tour in Anaheim. Check it out on Blacktop TV:
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…
SALT FLATS OF SWEDEN
Low Long and Lean Story: Michael Ojala, Photos submitted by Peter Ström I started my shop about 8 years ago to build different kinds of bikes. I’m very open minded when it comes to design in general. On the contrary,…
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…
B.A.D. to the Bone
“Every act of creation, is first an act of destruction.” – Pablo Picasso Photos: Billy, Story: T-Bone I am an artist, writer, chef and I guess now bike builder. I am finding quite a few close resemblances to the art…
Garage Tour of Classic Chrome
From Joe Amato’s Team, To Restoring your Dream Photos/Story: T-Bone There gets to be a point where you have to go out on your own. No matter what dream job you have, an entrepreneur knows they have to strike out on…
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.…
Building a Hot Rod Shop Truck pt. 2
Richard Graves’ Gets to the Details on his Truck Photos: Billy, Story: T-Bone The devil in the details. We stopped by Richard’s shop to see the progress on the cab-over truck he is building. He had the cab off to…
B.A.D. Engine Pt. 1
Wait till you see the black jewel to be unearthed from this beast. Photos/Story: Billy/T-Bone Today we ran over to visit with the engine for the B.A.D. Bike Build. Our buddy Mitch is going to split the cases. We ran…
Borgeson Turns 100!
Borgeson Universal Company celebrates it’s 100th Anniversary Pictured here, a 100 year old wood template U-Joint. Borgeson Universal Company is proud to announce they are entering their 100th year of quality manufacturing and exceptional service. [We had the opportunity to…
Price Automobilia Tour
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Forensic Bikeology
Ten Years Gone Photos/Story: T-Bone The B.A.D. Bike is a 1980 Harley-Davidson LowRider. As we begin to tear down what’s left of this highway carcass it’s easy to get lost in the stories this steel steed could tell. It appears…
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…
Building a Hot Rod Shop Truck
Iconic Hot Rod Builder Richard Graves’ Shop Truck Photos/Story: T-Bone Richard is building a truck. It’s not his first and most likely not his last truck. This truck is not a hot rodded classic truck from Ford, Chevy or Dodge.…
Bringing it Home
Cone-Shovel Rolling Chassis Donor Photo/Story T-Bone The B.A.D. Bike Build get’s underway with an anonymous donor basketcase Shovelhead. What was at first described as a ’70’s Superglide is slowly being discovered to be a Low Rider. More mysteries to be…