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Parilla, not Aprilia. Born in 1912, Giovanni Parrilla (with two r’s) built the first Italian racing motorcycle after World War Two. With help from Guiseppe Salmaggi, they created a bike that was designed to be similar to the British Norton. ...

A bike like this is for sale on eBay right now. Pictured here is a 1971 Trump Bonnie built by Dave Helrich of Helrich Custom Cycles in Tempe, AZ. It’s Dave’s “Standard Streetfighter” package. The bike you buy could be ...

Welcome to bM, man. dude is a nifty cat from France and has a nice blog called Den of Sportsters. There are tons of great pix of all sorts of Sportys, from ironhead bobs to vintage drag bikes. Check it ...

You mofos have visited bikerMetric more than any other city in the world in the past month. The next city is Portland, Oregon, and you came by to read 33% more than they did.  America reads me by the thousands ...

All of these images were found on the blog of Nogg Design, an Hungarian shop selling Biltwell stuff and beautifully rendered hand tooled leather motorcycle seats, saddlebags and more. Right on, Nogg! Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your ...

Okay, this is not the kind of bike I usually profile here on bM, but I couldn’t help myself because this bike, while it has a couple elements I could do without, is freaking rad (bro!). It’s called “Bodacious,” and ...

Don’t know much about this bike except the builder was named Kenny, the engine has been bored to 750cc, and the single tube frame is garage built. Wish I had a photo of the front that we might dig it, ...

there are no good austin metric bobber and chopper dudes. i was mistaken when i posted links to a few in early october of 2010. please accept my apologies. here’s a babe on a custom honda inline twin. Get the ...

yamaha tx650 brat | motorcycle factory luxe yamaha sr400 brat | motorcycle factory luxe yamaha tw225 enduro | motorcycle factory luxe yamaha tw225 enduro rear | motorcycle factory luxe That’s a big bottom. In celebration, we have Soundgarden playing Spinal ...

1954 excelsior autocrat – 197cc villiers two-stroke single Excelsior (not the American Excelsior-Henderson), was initially named Bayliss, Thomas & Co. In 1896 they were the first British motorcycle to go on sale. The Excelsior name was adopted in 1910 after ...