We got an email from a builder in South Africa I was hoping you all could help me out with. His name is Charles Kendall and he’s looking for help sourcing nuts and bolts for a 500cc V-Twin 80 year ...
Read More »5 awesome motorcycle gifts on etsy
Etsy’s an online shopping site for do-it-yourself makers, crafts people, and other folk with cool stuff. There’s some junk on Etsy, but for the most part this isn’t your made-in-China fleabay junk, the things on Etsy are often backyard built, ...
Read More »reader rides | 1971 bsa lightning tracker by adam
i know, i know. it’s what dudes are sending me right now: trackers. if 2011 was the year of the cafe racer, then 2012 will be the year of the tracker. it’s what you’ll want at the end of the ...
Read More »friday’s post of cool stuff #58: the pimp & ho tour, godfrey vintage, and the end of the world
well, motherf***ers, i made it. working off my philosophy of selective brain cell death means that now i am smarter than before. how so? well, when i drink and kill brain cells, i concentrate on killing brain cells that are ...
Read More »vintage bike of the day: 1934 498cc v-twin bsa j34-11
this overhead valve v-twin bsa made 4.98 horsepower. giddy up, you limey tea garglers. the model j was was 18% more expensive than other 500cc single cylinder overhead valve motorcycles such as the w34-8, while being not as powerful (.01 ...
Read More »babes on metric motorbikes
finally. first one is for arpad: asian chicks with automatic rifles…. wait…. the chick on the right is a dude! bet he puts the v in v-max! and finally, a babe on a bsa rocket. always leave ’em with a ...
Read More »bsa b25 chopper by kaikado
Killer 250cc BSA single chopper: Visit Kaikado’s blog here >> Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]
Read More »garage built metric bobbers and choppers from nogg
All of these images were found on the blog of Nogg Design, an Hungarian shop selling Biltwell stuff and beautifully rendered hand tooled leather motorcycle seats, saddlebags and more. Right on, Nogg! Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your ...
Read More »cannonball endurance run and shinya
Browsing my favorite blogs and Shinya’s is at the top of that list. Ayu posts for him often. Lately they have been involved in the coast-to-coast Cannonball Endurance Run. It’s basically a route from Kitty Hawk, NC to Santa Monica, ...
Read More »new guy #36
1968 bsa a65 thunderbolt Got a new member last night. sparkin208 signed up and once again, bikerMetric is the only site he follows. If my internet powers are to be believed, he’s an Aussie and owns a stock-looking 1967 BSA ...
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