Hey there metric mofos. Thank all of you for coming by and signing up. Our latest member, kevin.udy, signed up a couple of days ago and I’d like to welcome him to our little metric motorcycle madhouse. When I moved ...

This was the last year Crocker made singles for speedway racing. They were being pushed out of competition by *** machines with greater power. Two years after this bike was made, Crocker introduced their first v-twin, and a legend was ...

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… and nobody told me! ****. I’ve really lost my touch. Not that I’d have drank more beer, but I’d have probably sought out more brews to taste beyond the standard six or so I enjoy regularly. So here are ...

The internet is such a wealth of accidentalism. Yes, I just invented that word. Whilst surfing random links, a metaphor for the choices we make in life, I found this: Seven years ago Honda introduced that bike, the Solo, a ...

Recognized as one of Britain’s greatest motorcycle designers, Val Page worked as a motorcycle engineer and designer with J.A. Prestwich (***), Ariel, Triumph, and BSA. Page developed victorious racing motorcycles and stunning civilian machines that influenced generations of motorcycle design. ...

This clean 1978 Yamaha XS650 bobber was built by G&L Choppers. The guys take pride in making everything themselves and they build only metric bobbers and choppers in old school styles. G&L also makes a lot of custom parts, from ...

Here are a couple of images from the old Modern Mechanix magazine. I love the “low pressure spherical airwheels.” Click the images to see the larger pages. Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every ...

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Sometimes it’s **** and it’s felt like that for months. It has nothing to do with the weather. I should be riding now. Last night there was a thunderstorm and afterward, around 8:00, it was maybe 80 degrees with bright ...