There are some interesting things going on with Phantom Manufacturing. First, they have a new “auto-incandescent kiosk thingy,” also known as a website. Here is a purty picture of their EG model: According to them, each bike is “designed “as ...
Read More »friday’s post of cool stuff #17: freedom or death bike build #3
“I’ll stab you in the face!” Not really. That was a drunk in the street this afternoon. We were drinking, too. He was yelling at nobody on the corner as I was walking by with the woman who inexplicably loves ...
Read More »honda cb77 chopper
Found this old Honda CB77 twin on the Lucky Monkey blog, originating from the Philippines. You’ll find a few freaky little metric choppers and some very unique silversmithing there. The leaf spring action is darned nifty. I wonder how much ...
Read More »freedom or death bike build #2
Here’s a photo. It’s in the mail: Robert and his bro Jamie hooked themselves up with a blog and they wrote nice things about me. They said I know stuff. They obviously haven’t known me long or drank a lot ...
Read More »visual impact xs650 brat-style chop kit
The guys at Visual Imapact have a nice new product for those of you who dig brat-style choppers: The XS650 Brat Kit for the garage builder. The pipe is made of high-quality D.O.M tubing and each piece has extra material ...
Read More »limeybikes!
Hey guys, I’d like to introduce you all to Chris from Limeybikes here in Austin. Matt hooked me up with him and he’ll be doing some mechanical work on the Freedom or Death Machine. Chris probably wouldn’t consider himself an ...
Read More »vincent **** | 1951 rapide
From the good folks at Southsiders: Really dig Vincent motorbikes. Of all the vintage bikes in the world, they hold my fascination like no other. Hunter S. Thompson dug ’em, too, and mentioned them in a few of his works. ...
Read More »attack choppers!
Goodness, I really dig this stuff. Yes, it’s a 2002 KTM 520, chopped like mad by some crazy dude named Paul. It weighs 220 pounds/100 Kilograms. You can read about it on one cool freaking blog called Attack Choppers. Bird, ...
Read More »trump stuff
Stuff from Psycho Wheels blog: This bike is for sale. The babe isn’t. If you click the photos, you’ll see the contact email and maybe get yerself a kickass Trump chop! >> Get the best of bikerMetric directly in ...
Read More »the bikerMetric FREEDOM OR DEATH MACHINE!
Robert Elswick is not only donating the 6″ over tail for our XS650 FREEDOM OR DEATH MACHINE, he’s creating custom handlebars, a custom-designed oil tank to be used as secondary gas tank, and two tank site gauges. He is even ...
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