the neumann project.

Imagine the City of Los Angeles without freeways. A city where pedestrians actually use the side walk for walking, and rail cars buzzing around town like fireflies. Flashback to the golden era of Hollywood during the 30's and 40's when this was a reality. This was when a small group of delinquents decided to "soupe" up their old Ford model T's and raced them down towards Hollywood and Highland (the original quarter mile). This of course was a huge issue with the local tabloids, and was considered a menace to society. Of course any form of rebellion is considered a box office hit which eventually landed the act in major motion pictures forever immortalizing it history. Bill Neumann a small town east coast boy was fascinated by these new machinery. He loved these cars so much that he decided to relocate to Burbank C.A. to pursue his dream of motorsports. He first started writing columns for the Petersen Publishing company then eventully opening his own aftermarket parts company specifically for the volkswagen vehicle. Witha strong precence of the Import car market in the 90's he decided to produce aftermarket products for Honda's. This was one of the first few companies to produce quality aftermarket products for sport compact cars which substantially was a hit in the southern california youth market. This eventually lead to Neuspeed sponsoring  a BTCC (British Touring Car Championship) Race team campainging the european version of the Honda Accord.

Big john In the studio.

Wait till' his soundcloud account is in effect!

thursday with Big John.

Last Thursday, John and I went to XLARGE store in Los Angeles to check out  DJ D-Styles and some really cool gear! For those of you who don't know who Dj D-Styles is, He has been around for years representing a crew called Invisible Skratch Piklez who have won a lot of dj battles in the Mid-90's and early 2000's, as well as the world famous Beat Junkies. He is known for his eclectic music and for being very skilled in the form of scratching. John and I caught up on the latest clothing, music, and art which consisted of actual pages ripped from black books of graffiti artists and X-Large's own Mickey Mouse hands inside the store walls which formed LA. I posted a flyer with the address and  recommend that you check out this store if you are looking for some fresh street gear!

gaijin period.

Street art has many definitions. Mostly defined as graffiti, a modern rebellious method of art with an extensive history based in Brooklyn and the other boroughs of NYC. Today's street artist are now exposed to modern day art galleries. What was once considered a crime are now collected by art enthusiast much like it was a painting of Vincent van Gogh. Enter Gaijin Fujita of Los Angeles. A new breed of street artist blending Los Angeles lifestyle of graffiti on walls, and old school Japanese woodblock style art. The art fonts are typical of modern style of catching fame on the streets. The battle scenes are what makes these pieces seem like they have an epic battle cry feeling. Check out his other works and make sure you hit up his gallery whenever its near your town.

website: www.lalouver.com/

vanilla caffè latte

Nothing like seeing a hottie on a motorcycle. Especially on a purposely built Cafe Racer. Props to you girl!

FINish! fitment!!

Flashback to the mid 90's when most Hondas were rolling on sets of authentic Racing Hart Tracers, SSR Type X's, and Mugen MR5 wheels. Out comes an underdog of the group, 5 Zigen released to the Southern California masses in 1996. 5 Zigen pronounced as "Go Zigen" in Japanese was mainly an exhaust and performance aftermarket parts company. Introduced was the ARD GT-Spokes. This fin style wheel was reminiscent of the O.Z. Superturismo for European made cars like the Volkswagen MKII Golf. Extremely rare in today's standards with sizes in mostly 17 inch. This timeless design will surely be a collectors treasure in import tuning memorabilia. - FIN

cinema hero.

From time to time we here at asphalt hero will be featuring a much deserved person honored as being the hero of the month. For his cinematic geniues. From movies such as Sonatine, Brother, and Batterou Royale. We award Beat Takaheshi as Septembers Hero of the month. If you havent checked out his movies yet then it is a must!! A revolutionist in japanese cinema. Changing the game of the yakuza / gangster genre to a whole new level.