Discovered a great nugget today. Sid Leitch is a Scotsman who knows a thing or two about vintage motorcycles. Today bikerMetric is profiling his Matchless MX2 Trackmaster. The MX2 is a 990cc air cooled v-twin. There is not a lot ...
Read More »motorcycle jacket and sneaker art
Snagged from some snooty website promoting an art show in Milan. You wouldn’t be interested in anything except what’s here; two interestingly painted motorcycle jackets: These were done by Ralph Flores. He’s a tattoo artist in Cali, engaged to a ...
Read More »danny’s bike
Received an email from Robert Elswick with this photo of a clean XS650 chopper he and his brother recently built for Danny. The guys are working on a new website and will have a ton of photos and information on ...
Read More »boatrap motorcycles tokyo
These dudes from Tokyo have it going on. bM’s Far East readers in Thailand, the Philippines, and Malaysia ought to dig these. wild w650 gooseneck chop | boatrap honda ftr223 bobber | boatrap yamaha sr400 bobber | boatrap honda rebel ...
Read More »new guy and check this out
fredspeedshop clicked the button of doom and signed up with us. Thanks, fred! I was checking some of the blogs he follows and one, Atari-san Kustom Chopper Works was pretty cool. Since earlier today I’d posted a Kawasaki Vulcan 800 ...
Read More »soundgarden telephantasm
Today Soundgarden released a new album. Yes, I said album. Call it a disc if you want, whippersnapper. The album is called “Telephantasm” and it’s a compilation of their biggest hits with one “new” song, “Black Rain,” taken from the ...
Read More »kawasaki vulcan 800 bobber kits
Blue Collar Bobbers has nifty kits to turn your metric motorcycle into a bobber. If you can wrench a little, for about $1,600 (for the kit you see below) you can turn your ho-hum cruiser into a pretty slick little ...
Read More »interview with clay rathburn
It’s been an interesting week. I got my first interview request, instead of the other way around. It was from Clay Rathburn, the guy behind Atom Bomb. Clay and I traded a few emails and ended up with what you ...
Read More »check out this dude’s blog
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Read More »bull city rumble in durham north carolina
My friend Dirk introduced me to his associate Chad this week who sent some links about the 6th annual Bull City Rumble they had over Labor Day weekend. It’s thrown by Tonup NC and the Incriminators scooter club. Pat McGraw, ...
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