Custom Motorcycle Builds

Trav Bennington is the coolest suit in the US of A. His first custom build was a 1981 Yamaha SR250 bobber styled after a painting of his wife, followed by another SR250 bobber. Both showed great choice in style, build, ...

Got an email from Jay thanking bikerMetric for our ongoing support and sending some info on his latest build, “The Phantom”. We’ve featured Jay a few times, originally in June 2015, when he came to us as a 21 year old ...

We just finished doing a rebody on Danny’s XS along with a front brake, new seat, new handlebar, headlight and more. A quick rundown on the bike: It started as a basketcase ’79 Yamaha XS 650 with a frame, engine, and ...

I live on the Central Coast of California and ride along the beach a lot, Morro Bay and Cayucos area and a lot of riding through the coastal mountains.  I grew up on motorcycles, dirt bikes, motocross, and some street ...

Benjamin Hinkle spent six months of his free time in his garage. He bought a 2007 Yamaha V-Star 650 for $2,500. It wasn’t running at the time, but has gotten the works ever since. “I’ve never built a bike so ...

In June we featured Jay Patel, likely our youngest builder on bikerMetric, ever. Jay’s a 21 year old who dropped out of studying engineering to follow his dreams and start building custom motorcycles. In his father’s workshop he began to ...

Ackermann Cycle Performance (ACP)’s roots are in general motorcycle repair. Over the years they’ve moved away from repairs in order to dedicated their time and resources to building customized motorcycles. ACP does welding, fabricating, CAD design, CNC milling, powder-coating, and makes some really ...

You know why I like AC/DC? They just keep producing. So does dariztdesign from Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Last month we showed you a build full of Java culture from k-kustom. Faiz Darizt called bikerMetric “a great source of inspiration” for him. I ...

It’s a cold and rainy day in Toronto Canada, and the only thing on my mind is trying to decide if I want to the two empty rooms on my main floor into an indoor motorcycle garage for the winter. ...

I always like hearing from Ariez, (real name Aris Eko Cahyono), a small town welder and motorcycle builder in Indonesia. Here’s his latest build, fusing motorcycles and java culture. From Ariez: I built this motorcycle for my friend who ask me to build ...