Laurent Herpailler sent us an email from France letting us know he liked the site and wanted to share his own metric builds. His first custom motorcycle up was this fully custom snazzy 1992 Suzuki VX800 tracker. Have a look. ...
Read More »friday’s post of cool stuff #65: save american democracy
first, a cool motorbike: and an even cooler one – made in america! yesterday (thursday) vermont senator bernie sanders introduced a constitutional amendment to the united states senate yesterday that would overturn the u.s. supreme court’s controversial “citizens united” ruling, which ...
Read More »vintage bike of the day: 1925 2000cc anzani v-twin race bike
anzani was an engine manufacturer founded by alessandro anzani (1877-1956) in 1907 in france. throughout its 73-year history, the company produced engines for aircraft, automobiles, boats, and motorcycles in factories in britain, italy, and france. alessandro’s early designs included a ...
Read More »interview with some dude who makes stuff
A few months ago I saw a bike that was in progress on xs650chopper. It was a killer XS650 boardtracker that caught my eye. I made it a point to visit the site every week to see what was up ...
Read More »friday’s post of cool stuff #24: the letter b
Okay motherfloggers, it’s Friday and I managed keep all my limbs for one more week. Hooray for me! Hooray also for George the Painter. I’ve been a fan of his two-page rants in the Horse for years. Seems my associate ...
Read More »vintage bike of the day | 1905 peugeot
1905 Peugeot board track racer. 250cc, 16hp, 110lbs, 87.32mph. >> Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]
Read More »steampunk+norton=boing!
Thanks to motoguru and EchoedLight: If I was a teenage girl and this bike was the first boy I ever loved, and he just made me come for the first time, it’s no wonder it makes me want to cry. ...
Read More »the splinter air-powered boardtrack racer
I love the brand “Indian” on his sweater. Dude, it’s a Splinter. Eric Stafford is a smartypants industrial designer from Canada who likes old school boardtrack racing. His concept motorbike, The Splinter, is a “barebones, pure function motorcycle.” Oooo, the ...
Read More »some board track and race images i’ve had laying around and drinking beer with jeromy
I love that photo. I wish I had a better photo of this bike to show you guys, but this is it. The CB750 is a relatively wide motor for this style, as board trackers are narrow bikes. Still, it ...
Read More »some asian builders are blowing me away
This motorcycle comes via Free Biker magazine. It’s a nice Japanese Taiwanese blog that seems to be the online presence of a custom bike magazine. Sadly, like many blogs, they simply throw up some killer photos and write nothing about ...
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