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Today’s vintage bike is the venerable Honda CB77 Superhawk. For any of you who have read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a 1964 Honda CB77 Superhawk was the bike Rober Pirsig (the author) and his son rode thousands ...

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These pix were sent by a reader but we’re not sure exactly what motor is in it. Looks like a Yamaha TT-R125. Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]

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Bet this thing weighs less than 250 pounds. Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]

Found some great photos of vintage motorbikes, bike engines and more on flickr today. The photographer is Gordon Calder and he graciously gave me permission to present some of his work here. The motor images are Photoshopped to appear as ...

Here are a few images and a little history about the rare Duzmo. 1923 duzmo single engine Duzmo motorbikes were manufactured from 1919 to 1923. The company name is said to be a humorous take of “does more.” The original ...

Yer blues. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yer_Blues The album version on the “White Album” is better in my humble opinion, although this version above with Eric Clapton, Keith richards, and Mitch Mitchell rocks pretty hard. Some psych broad trying to gauge my emotional stability ...

I bag on Germans but I get to. I’m German. Third American-born generation. There are things I really dig about Germany, mostly automotive: Mercedes-Benz gull-wings, Volkswagen microbuses, BMW R-model motorbikes, and Porsches. 1938 porsche type 64 According to literature provided ...

My friend Matt’s truck broke down on him for good and to stay in business he is being forced to sell his garage-built Frisco-style XS650 chopper. I’m bummed about this as Matt has really been a good friend in helping ...