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Parts & Labor, San Diego, CA

Parts & Labor, San Diego, CA

In The Beginning There Was a Parking Lot

10 years ago the SoCal boys from Biltwell had their first clear out sale in a parking lot. Which turned out to be a great hit. Biltwell have oodles of parts in their catalog (some of them available in our webshop!), and with all the packing, unpacking, shipping, returning and re-shelving a few dings and scratches are unavoidable. Which gave them the name for the parking lot event: the Scratch-and-Dent sale.

It’s been working so good that year-on-year the event has been growing steadily, and soon colabs with other brands showing off their parts, custom ideas and accessories just happened. An actual show was born, and soon needed more space, which they found in the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego, California.

The show’s name, „Parts & Labor Custom Motorcycle Expo“ doesn’t

stand only for the many stalls offering everything a wrencher might dream of – a genuine bike show evolved along with it with ever increasing numbers of great builds. No wonder there, Biltwell have honed their wrenching taste with their awarding the annual People’s Champ at Born Free. They’re also organising regular opportunities to discover the latest customising vibes and new builders at the Biltwell 100, the Diablo Run or at the Kernville Kampout.

Anyway, the show weekend was just the perfect pretext for us to give the Baja Twins a little road time going over to San Diego. Bringing a few selected parts from our catalog was a no-brainer, making for many interesting chats. We also took the time to look over the other bikes, so’s no future trend will pass us by unnoticed :)

We also totally decided that coming to Parts & Labor 2026 is pure inspiration & a necessity.