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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 ...

Discovered another local cat building slick metric bobbers and choppers. His name is Dave and he owns Voodoo Vintage in Austin. He’s done some XS chops and has plans to assemble a few clean and classic Suzuki Savages. We’re hoping ...

Gifny and Nandang are the guys at HajarBroxx, a custom metric motorcycle company from Bandung, Indonesia. They call this the “Brat Baron.” Looks more like a tracker to me than a brat, but that leads to a discussion of semantics ...

I don’t hate these guys, but they’re coming off as elitist corporate w*****. Appearing in American Express commercials this summer and shamelessly promoting themselves for months on end with every bike they build (only two so far), I wonder when ...

A classic with a monstrous hook. I dare you to watch the whole thing and not unconsciously start to sing the chorus to yourself today. Now that it’s stuck in your head, and you realize chicks might dig it, you ...

By the looks of the XL350, this was filmed between 1976 and ’78. Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]