this is the current world record holder in the 500cc pushrod class at bonneville: it’s the very derided honda cx500, motherfu***ers. they hit over 114 mph with a stock motor and half-assed body work in 2008. watch the video below. ...
Read More »reader rides | custom dnepr mt9 bobber: part 2
you may remember a reader rides post from a month ago where i profiled maxim’s mt9 dnepr bobber. it seems that they’ve modified the bike in a big way since those photos were taken. maxim wrote with new pix and ...
Read More »stan keyes from cyco cycle at his home garage
renowned wera and speed racer mister keyes allowed me into his personal garage in the backwoods of central jacksonville, florida yesterday. his business, cyco cycles can be found online here. three years ago stan went to bonneville and beat the ...
Read More »i’m a photographer!
more to come from godfrey vintage and the motorcycle scene in jacksonville, florida…. of all places. Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]
Read More »19 flagellatingly nascent gamblers
it’s been another month and another 19 risk takers have cast their lot with with bikerMetric. before we lay down with the festivities, i’d like to start on a note that some of you may have already heard, some of ...
Read More »the pimp hits tampa
and the motorcycle goes “vroom.” that motorbike is something to smile about. i’ve never heard a cafe racer sound like dime city’s new cb400/466 cafe racer does. it was all i could do to not call the nearby strip club ...
Read More »techTips | building your custom motorcycle frame: part 3
i finally got around to it, mofos. here is the latest installment of alex’s helpful series on how to build your custom metric chopper or bobber frame: You’ve Been Framed: Part 3 Picking up where we left off with two ...
Read More »masshole moto’s xs400 chopper: the pipe dream
somebody sent me a photo of this bike on flakebook a few days ago and i loved it because, as you all know, i dig swap meet ****. this metric chopper epitomizes that style and since sixty thousand of you ...
Read More »mobile, motorbikes and beer
went out last night with bikerMetric reader mike bailey for beer and blabbing about bikes. i think i did most of the blabbing. we hit an irish pub called callaghan’s and had one great bartender and one crappy one. it ...
Read More »the travels of don wood: win a free bedroll in iowa
got a transmission from the don wood outpost out there somewhere, traveling through the digital wires and radio waves. seems he’s been shanghaied by pirates. arr! for those of you that wonder how a man who creates the baddest biker ...
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