i’ve been to oak ridge, knoxville, nashville, memphis, little rock, dallas, austin, houston, beaumont, baton rouge, new orleans, biloxi, mobile, jackson, meridian, birmingham, montgomery, pensacola, tallahassee, tampa, daytona, jacksonville, savannah, charleston, charlotte, asheville, atlanta, cincinatti, and mansfield/lexington. yes, that’s a ...
Read More »caught a turtle and drank beer with him
then we set him free. leaving eric and his home garage today. don’t know when we’ll be back. he and his family were incredibly gracious for putting us up for two weeks as our gtp was repaired from the dents ...
Read More »scrambler cycle | vintage metric motorcycle repair, restoration, and customization
a strange thing happened on my way to the market yesterday. i received an email from kevin hahn, proprietor of a wisconsin shop named scrambler cycle, which specializes in vintage metric and european motorcycle sales and repair. the bike that ...
Read More »bobbed to the bone xs650 bobber
i got an email from shaun from bobbed to the bone many weeks ago loaded with pix of his yamaha xs650 bobber build, which i’d requested, and due to the hectic nature of my life on the road, i haven’t ...
Read More »vintage motorcycle days at the mid-ohio racetrack
went up to mansfield/lexington ohio to the ama mid-ohio vintage motorcycle days this weekend with eric to a race that broke out in a flea market. it was an interesting trip. we met the guy who built that old honda cx500 ...
Read More »announcing bikerMetric merchandise
tell me if this has been done before. the bikerMetric ball bearing **** ring. “more ***** for her pleasure.” one size fits all. except **** plugs. for some reason. Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a ...
Read More »coming august 1
this is it, mofos. some guy and i are about ready to launch our labor of hate love, RUSTYMETRIC. it’s a digital mag we’re selling as a downloadable pdf. it will look like a magazine but because we’re not killing ...
Read More »what’s better than a panda with a gun?
a panda with two guns! the panda looks like it was cut with a waterjet. these pix were sent by bikerMetric reader len callum this morn. he took them at the “backfire moto” gathering last night somewhere in seattle. they ...
Read More »with great thanks
i must announce the departure of alex chopperbuilder from bikerMetric. he has issues that will keep him from fulfilling his duties as our techTip dude. he has a very old home and a family. working bathrooms are at the top ...
Read More »hugh’s handbuilt, re-phased xs650 cranks and a don wood bedroll
visiting hugh owings in really f***ing charming asheville, north carolina yesterday. he talks a bit about the basic dynamics and mechanics of yamaha xs650 re-phased cranks in the 2.5 minute-long video below. we bulls***ted about bikes and he showed us ...
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