Shannon “Shoe” Gower has been involved in the motorcycle industry since he was a gleam in his daddy’s eye. His dad was “Uncle Bob” Gower and by age 12 Shoe was working as a certified Suzuki mechanic. Shortly afterward he ...

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Found the first two photos on Deep Funny Monkey: A very nifty 250cc Ducati thumper bobber. The motor was probably built in the early to mid-1960’s. The Mach 1 was a clean and fast little thumper. At 255lbs (116kg) it ...

Ducati did what many were anticipating for years and surely expecting for the past few months when they unveiled their version of the “power cruiser” in Milan this week. ducati diavel – right Eleven months ago I posted a little ...

Here’s another cool Japanese-built metric bobber; a Yamaha SR400 brat style bobber by Kick Back. Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]

1973 CL350 pictured here has a 1969 CB350 tank and was built by Jonathan Wood. The headlight is an old CEV scooter headlight with integrated 2.25″ tachometer. The tail light is a Lucas-style unit with a plate mount. The seat ...