discovered a cool bike on chop cult this week and wrote the builder/owner to see if he’d like to send some pix and info and get a profile here on the mad metric pirate vessel we call brrrrrrgMcmatey’s! it’s the ...
Read More »biltwell brodown with lowbrow and you
get yer hankerin’ fer pabst blue ribbons and cocktail weenies because it’s the 2nd annual brodown at the mainstay rock bar in downtown cincinnati, right across from the v-twin expo this saturday, february 5th from 8:00 p.m. ’til 2:00 a.m. ...
Read More »monster craftsman | high quality and affordable chain tensioners
Jon at Monster Craftsman from PA makes the tightest, strongest, and most affordable chain tensioners you can put on your bike. I’ve known Jon for about six months now and the testimonies I hear from folks who get his chain ...
Read More »waking the zombies in three easy steps
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 »friday’s post of cool stuff #42 part 2: caught between new year’s and a dog hair in my teeth
fixed last night’s typos, ate eggs, and now drinking my last three turbodog beers. hair of the turbodog. there was thunder and lightning at 7am today. i like that to start the new year. it’s a metaphor and a meme ...
Read More »biltwell dot-approved helmets
When I first wrote Biltwell I was asking a favor. They responded by sending their kickass exhaust kit. Then I asked for another favor for our bash in June, and they sent stickers, tee shirts, a killer helmet I bequeathed ...
Read More »xs650 chopper "freedom or death machine" on motart
Frank posted some new photos and a short article about the FREEDOM or DEATH MACHINE on his killer blog, MotArt. It is an honor to appear on his site and I’m thankful to Frank for digging my madness. Here are ...
Read More »v-star bobber 650 by uptown customs
Here’s a 2000 Yamaha V-Star 650 bobber. A lot of frame work was done to the downtube, backbone and more. The manifold was custom made to accept a Keihin carburetor. The 1 3/4″ exhaust, handlebars, coil/ignition mount, tailight mount, and ...
Read More »new biltwell products from some guy that wanted more than i would give
Monster Craftsman is now carrying Biltwell parts. Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]
Read More »latest in 21st century metalflake helmet design
The Biltwell boys have some killer new metalflake helmets, mofos. They call them “Megaflake.” Slick chrome trim. Mixed paint applications. Badass bling-a-ding-dong. galaxy duo-tone | black over silver sunset duo-tone helmet | root beer over orange I’ve requested something rad ...
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