yes, a 1972 triumph oil-in-frame (oif) with a five-speed and a completely rebuilt motor bored big to 750cc. the bike has an electronic ignition, clip-on handlebars, and won’t have a battery. yes, it’s partially powered by magic formed by the ...
Read More »traveling away from here
it’s that time again. time when it’s all a bit much and i need a break. time where i don’t turn on my email, don’t answer the phone, and merely screw off. i have to. bM is more than simply ...
Read More »what motor is in this metric bobber?
saw this on back street heroes blog. they wondered what motor was in it. i can’t figure it out, either. looks like a thumper and was taken at fathead’s in south dakota, if that helps anyone. anybody know what engine ...
Read More »some s***ty party for suckers
this poster sucks. what a bunch of s**t. the bike in it sucks. and fat chicks? and beer? beer sucks. this all sucks. suck suck suck. naked drag racing sucks. bring a gun. weirdo suckers. Get the best of bikerMetric ...
Read More »beer poll
thanks to everybody who voted in the beer poll. a couple of days after i posted it i realized i missed two valuable options: 1. i make my own 2. miller, the champagne of beers oh well. it’s just a ...
Read More »yamaha sr250 chopper from rat bikes spain
received a nice email from a cat in portugal the other day. his name is marco: it might look familiar because i posted a nice photo of it three days ago and asked if anybody knew anything about it. then ...
Read More »new members, hedkase cycles, and off to save the dog
bikerMetric had the most viewers ever yesterday. about 300 more than we’ve been averaging in the past month. london, bangkok, phx, manila and l.a. were the top five yesterday. thanks for coming around, mo-folks! i want to thank tools for ...
Read More »snake that exhaust around a yamaha thumper chopper
i have only one photo of this bike. it’s from the amd championship that went down in chicago and minneapolis recently. don’t know who built it but it seems to be a yamaha thumper. it’s freaking wacky and i dig ...
Read More »motors, music and moonshine
do you like music? do you like rock-n-roll music? how about hillbilly agro? or simple one-man-and-his-guitar tunes? do you understand that johnny cash was the first punk rocker? then you will dig rusty knuckles. and i haven’t gotten to the ...
Read More »nate spainhower custom painted helmets and the gitmos
the paint artist at ardcore choppers and bikerMetric supporter nate spainhower has been working on some nifty biltwell lids lately. click the pix to check ’em out. nate has also been working on painting custom bicycles for shamrock cycles. the ...
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