Tag Archives: bikermetric motorbike design

I’ve designed my first custom metric chopper and whew…. Jeff and his son just left for their return trip to Maryland. It was interesting to finally meet him. He said he understood my mad vision of a radical gooseneck XS650 ...

Well motherf***ers, it’s happening. There are a few little touch-ups to do for the FREEDOM OR DEATH MACHINE when she arrives tomorrow, such as putting on the phenomenal saddle using my old “misteradiant” logo, and some massaging of throttle lines ...

FREAK OUT! Lets see what has changed since that photo was taken Tuesday morning. First, this whole project couldn’t be more last minute. Those two-week timeline dudes from the old chopper build off shows had it easy. Jeff works a ...

Here’s a pic of the FREEDOM OR DEATH MACHINE as of last Friday. The tanks are still too angular and the spot where the downtube meets the bottom rails sweeps up in an unappealing manner. Down to the wire, Jeff ...

Here is an email I received from Jeff late last night: OK dude, just home from Chris’s at 12am. First time to sit today at ‘puter. Here’s what I can scrounge from my last burnt brain cell. The bars I ...

I’ll post more details this afternoon. Here are a couple of photos of the work Jeff did this weekend. Can you tell the handlebars are over one inch off center? I couldn’t. Gabe’s risers look nice, though. Please visit Gabe ...

All right. As you could see from the photo in the post below, last night Jeff notched the bottom of the tanks to “get them down over the motor a bit so their tops would be more in line with ...

The proportions of the XS front hoop are very different then what Jeff is used to on his Brit bikes. The rear tube of the front hoop on a Brit is far back behind the motor, whereas the XS is ...

Jeff started hacking away at the frame today. Here’s a pic: At that point, he hacked off the front…   >> Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]