Today Soundgarden released a new album. Yes, I said album. Call it a disc if you want, whippersnapper. The album is called “Telephantasm” and it’s a compilation of their biggest hits with one “new” song, “Black Rain,” taken from the ...
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Blue Collar Bobbers has nifty kits to turn your metric motorcycle into a bobber. If you can wrench a little, for about $1,600 (for the kit you see below) you can turn your ho-hum cruiser into a pretty slick little ...
Read More »interview with clay rathburn
It’s been an interesting week. I got my first interview request, instead of the other way around. It was from Clay Rathburn, the guy behind Atom Bomb. Clay and I traded a few emails and ended up with what you ...
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Read More »bull city rumble in durham north carolina
My friend Dirk introduced me to his associate Chad this week who sent some links about the 6th annual Bull City Rumble they had over Labor Day weekend. It’s thrown by Tonup NC and the Incriminators scooter club. Pat McGraw, ...
Read More »ebay helmets on sale now
This is a simple public service announcement to hip you to nifty crud. Today’s nifty crud is brought to you by eBay. Dig these funky helmets. They’re all for sale right now. I want the Bambi helmet. How badass is ...
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It’s Bullitt Theme Week on bikerMetric. First I put up my modified Japanese Bullitt poster background, then coincidentally discovered Chad Hodge’s “Bullitt” helmet, and while YouTubing for cool stuff to post, was reminded of this iconic car chase scene filmed ...
Read More »new metric mofos and an ace henderson
It’s that time again on bikerMetric where we celebrate the joy of giving in the name of our lord and savior… Just kidding. In the past couple of days we have gained new metric **** members. Hooray for alliteration. Public ...
Read More »xt500 bobber from idaho and tmi
Found this killer XT500 bobber that was built by a gentleman who calls himself Pugi. He lives “in the sticks” of Idaho. It’s 75% complete but it’s much too cool to wait and see what the next 25% looks like. ...
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Amazing things happened last night. First, I was working on a print ad for a client and finished up around 1AM. Then I got an email from an old girlfriend who keeps in touch. She sent me this: early 1920’s ...
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