mike from visual impact sent some pix of the new paint work he’s been up to. that is root beer candy over silver flake. sweet. the photo below is even better. i dig the flames on one side, the pinstripes ...
Read More »custom gas tanks by smith motor works
besides being in the process of making new gas tanks for the FREEDOM or DEATH MACHINE, scott at smith motor works has a bunch of cool designs. what makes his work special is he first creates each tank using a ...
Read More »reader rides | pedro’s 250cc montesa cafe
reader pedro jose sent his kickass montesa cafe racer. he calls it “pantera.” maybe that is because it was such hard pain in the ***. the final result is a unique take on the vintage cafe racer style. the story ...
Read More »engraving a fuel tank by hand
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Read More »today in the garage
baby trent’s first welds: boogers. everybody starts somewhere. i’ll suck less next time. eric made a high-low beam toggle and another engine kill switch on the headlamp housing of his latest road kill machine. Get the best of bikerMetric directly ...
Read More »the top secret project begins
no. you have no idea what is really happening. when you see the final product, you will understand how the “cockroach chop” is the new “cafe racer” (ie: the latest trendy thing to suck up to). now, how did we ...
Read More »the freedom or death machine rebuild | post #2
PEN VS. SWORD video and death defying resurrection of the FREEDOM or DEATH MACHINE. okay. so they’re leaky. it’s only been 17 months. the bike has been stored in garages all that time. limey kept gas in her tanks for ...
Read More »pre-post-apocalyptic motorcycle design day
yes, it’s end of the world fashion, custom metric motorbike style. posters, clothing, and death defying gas tanks. first up is john ryland’s new stuff. he’s got a couple of nice posters and a great new t-shirt: john has a ...
Read More »otto carter | master engraver
boom! got a flakebook message from my friend shoe today. he sent me a link to the man who does his engraving, otto carter, from abeline, texas. initially i figured i’d save these for “friday’s post of cool stuff #57” ...
Read More »1999 kawasaki w650 tracker
check this gorgeous gast tank made my the madmen at rigid hips in stockholm, sweden, motherf***ers. according to nicke, the great editor of their blog, this tank was constructed with the use of “millions of kilowatts of gamma ray radiation” ...
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