something stolen from massive metamorphosis. the days of $50,000 “choppers” with ten grand worth of chrome and airbrushed skulls are over. i called it over two years ago. swap meet **** is the new bar hopper. man, i would rock ...
Read More »metric bobbers & cafe racers by doc’s chops
pix only today. met greg over the summer in florida. he was cool. thought i’d share some of his stuff. if my beer-addled brain correctly recalls, he was riding this yamaha xs750 triple. photos by erik runyon of choppershotz. for ...
Read More »the drunken automobile
yes. this car funs on beer. i mean, runs on fear. i mean… oh, f**k it. it’s obviously the progenitor of bender bending rodriguez. speaking of smoking and a*s… Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a ...
Read More »a machine does not have a soul…
...said jim henson the muppet man in 1963: ah! but he was being sarcastic! take that all you “*** bikes have no soul” harley/triumph **** cheek spreaders. if a soul is as defined, “the immaterial essence, animating principle, or actuating ...
Read More »his & hers kawasaki 175 trackers | busch & busch
these are the latest kawasaki f7 175 cc two-stroke thumpers to come across my desk. these street trackers are the latest busch bros creations. the sweet pair are for sale for an undisclosed amount. starting with the white one, the ...
Read More »backstreet buckets + sr400 chopper =
great photos of mark huang’s sr400 chopper from backstreet buckets: Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]
Read More »friday’s post of cool stuff #69: still operating pirate ambulances
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Read More »reader rides | eric eller’s 1976 cb750 super sport cafe racer
bikerMetric supporter and reader TOOLS1 helped this reader ride post happen. he knew the builder of this bike, eric eller, but the dude didn’t think his bike was worthy. cue wayne and garth. tools convinced eric his bike was indeed ...
Read More »cheapoChallenge winner #1: ryan’s kawasaki f7 chopper
ta freaking da! here is the winner of the first bikerMetric cheapoChallenge: ryan mcquiston’s 1971 kawasaki f7 chopper. the f7 was a two-stroke 175cc “dual-purpose” motorcycle. that’s what they called motoretards back then. that’s the word, right? motoretard? the kind ...
Read More »F.R.E.D.
F***ing Ridiculous Electronic Device! the darned laptop i bought less than two years ago may be on it’s last legs. it went berserk on me tonight as i was writing and making pretty pictures for the winning bikerMetric cheapoChallenge. after ...
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