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Two years ago Erik Christensen sent in some pics of his build, a 1974 BMW R90/6 he built up in Alaska. Erik uses his completed motorcycle builds as props for family photo shoots. It’s a great way of his whole family involved. ...

Got in touch with J Shia from Madhouse Motors who shared a little update about two builds in her shop: Honda CB550 This bike is being built for a surgeon here in Boston who fell in love with Seaweed and ...

The Bonneville Salt Flats need no introduction. The first land speed record was set there in 1914. The Pontiac Bonneville and Triumph Bonneville are both named for the flats. It’s a place of legend. So it’s always nice when we ...

Finding a live motorcycle from the second world war isn’t easy. Neither is restoring the old beast and customizing it into a “reborn vintage soldier.” For Panjloh Handmade Motorcycles, it was worth every drop of sweat spent over an 8 month struggle in the ...

Want to get your custom motorcycle build online? Is it a metric bike? We’re looking for more of what everyone wants to see: Motorcycles. Cafe racers. Choppers. Bobbers. Trackers. Frankenbikes and other cool s***. Send in your custom motorcycle builds ...

If I asked you where we should go to test out some winter tires, Florida probably wouldn’t be your first answer. This video shows that you shouldn’t write it off, either: Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, ...

Five years ago we ran a Honda CB450 Cafe by Garage Co. Customs with some crazy paint from Blue Moon Kustoms, based out of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Does it look familiar? We’ve got some more recent pics from Jayme Schmidt of his ...

A year after posting Tigerman 2: Finland vs. one man and his Suzuki moped, our favorite Finnish foundry is back! Featuring a blonde of Amazonian proportions who straight up carries her motorcycle, a superhero (Tigerman, is that you?) lowered from ...

That last Detroit post got me feeling all worldly. Had to share these cool pics from Taxi Fabric Project, India. It’s a kickstarter/crowdfunded initiative that allowed Indian artists to redecorate the inside of taxicabs in Mumbai with poetic and colourful ...

Diehard Detroit is a drone-filmed video shot in tilt-shift and time-lapse, giving an impression of the decline and slow rebirth of Motown. The video is shot over the city as well as in ruins and abandonned locations. A beautiful video ...