1973 CL350 pictured here has a 1969 CB350 tank and was built by Jonathan Wood. The headlight is an old CEV scooter headlight with integrated 2.25″ tachometer. The tail light is a Lucas-style unit with a plate mount. The seat ...
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 »colorful honda ****
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Read More »hajarbroxx cb100 tracker
Gifny and Nandang are the guys at HajarBroxx, a custom metric motorcycle company from Bandung, Indonesia. They call this the “Brat Baron.” Looks more like a tracker to me than a brat, but that leads to a discussion of semantics ...
Read More »funny old honda commercial
By the looks of the XL350, this was filmed between 1976 and ’78. Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]
Read More »jeff + jacob = cb750 cafe + r75/5
Took this photo on Friday the 13th at Lovejoy’s. My old associate Jeff has a couple of R75 Beemers. One is crazy with deer horns on the headlamp, various doo-dads glued around it, and a Barbie doll or two hanging ...
Read More »new guy and vintage three-wheeled honda road racer
Mornin’ mofos. We got a new member yesterday. Adam Callahan has had his name added to the list of people who will be spared in the coming apocalypse. Thanks, Adam. Dig this strange three-wheeled Honda road racer I’ve had laying ...
Read More »get your stuff done here and die
[UPDATE 08.19.12: check out this link to read more about limeybikes] Say you’ve got an old metric motorcycle. Say you need some help with it. Carburetors gunky? Too much travel in your forks? Built an XS650 chopper but have no ...
Read More »1974 honda cb400t for sale
A guy in Austin has a sweet 1974 Honda CB400-T for sale. This is when I wish I had twenty-five hundred bucks laying around, playing with itself, hoping it gets spent on a bike this slick. 1) Buy it. 2) ...
Read More »honda cb900 cafe racer inspired streetfighter
Discovered a couple of rad Honda CB900 cafe racers built by some Spanish cats from a shop called Cafe Racer Dreams. The CB900 might be a bit large to be considered a cafe, but these streetfighters have cafe racer influences ...
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