saw something about road sign hacking on the biltwell blog yesterday so i went looking for bigger images for you guys. i thought about doing snazzy grafix myself where the text doesn’t bleed out over the background and all that ...
Read More »old school amal style flake and natural grips
don’t know about you, but i love this style of grip. i got old school flat black bobber grips for the ForD but wanted a pair of the gum ones because they look gold colored and will be tight looking ...
Read More »elswick cycles xs650 chopper for sale | SOLD
jamie elswick is selling his 1980 xs650 on ebay. his vehicle took a dump on him last week so this beast has to go. he’s selling it asap so he can get new wheels. there is no reserve on the ...
Read More »new 7 metal west 6" fenders
bikerMetric buddy dan at 7 metal west has just come out with a 6″ version of the ribbed ducktail fender “for the 150mm tire guys.” you’ve seen the beautiful ribbed brass fender he made for the ForD, and these are ...
Read More »motorcycle photo of the day
hey people. bikerMetric member steve from motorcycle picture of the day has moved to a new url, if you didn’t figure it out a week ago. after telling blogger/google to blow off over some hubub about copyright, he launched his ...
Read More »that eastern bobber bike again
i simply really dig this killer little thumper. photos by spongy at the bees knees: Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]
Read More »xs400 bobber in the works
our hungarian motorcycle journalist friend arpad sent me a photo over the weekend of a bike he said was being built. i noticed the watermarked logo as that of the master szakal’s shop, art deco motorcycling. here is the donor ...
Read More »it’s a beautiful day! friends, bikes, booze…
well, somehow i managed to score a couple more bikerMetric followers since last night’s post which surely has added to my homeland insecurity file. here is the easy-to-index list of noobs who have joined our mad little metric motorbike club ...
Read More »william’s 1967 triumph bonneville chopper
this is william covert’s 1967 bonny. he’s a troublemaker and likes me for some reason. he’s a punk rocker, killer biker, musician, and photographer. you’ve probably seen his photos in bike rags for years. he took these pix. when william ...
Read More »liars | nick stringer of metal head fabrication
It’s well documented that I dig Nick’s leaf-spring forks. He’s been refining front ends professionally for five years, and has been messing with metal since he was a boy. He’s out in Solana Beach, California, between San Diego and the ...
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