JET Performance Installation Tour

Installing a Performance Module Photos/Video/Story: T-Bone. Click pic above for video on BlacktopTV Call us crazy, but we enjoy working with people we like. I would bet a bottom dollar that you tend to buy products or work with people…

B.A.D. Bike Design and Planning

Now What? Story: T-Bone If you are like us and have never built a bike from the ground up it can be a bit daunting. Sure the TV shows show how easy it is, like a snap-together kit. Most of…

Lilly Fuentes-Joy Photography

A Photo Essay Photos by Lilly Fuentes-Joy Photography The other day, Lilly messaged us on Facebook asking if we  take submissions. Why not? Here are a pair of ladies she shot recently up in Northern California. First is Ciara Payne…

Treasured Truck Trunk

Say that three times fast… Photos/Video/Story: T-Bone You may recall when Billy and I were at the SEMA Show we saw some really cool products. One of them we mentioned in a previous article was the AeroBox from the family…

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…

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,…

Gibson Performance Installation Tour

The Roar of the Baller Photos/Story: T-Bone Here is another installment of transforming Billy’s 2007 RAM Hemi Quad Cab into the Blacktop Baller. We installed an AIRAID cold air intake system, ACCELL coils and a Hellwig Helper Spring and Sway…

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…