Tag Archives: hugh’s handbuilt

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 ...

welcome back to bikerMetric, mofos. here is the latest techTip from our resident mad mechanic, hugh owings. he’s going to show you how to properly re-build and re-assemble your xs650 transmission, for those of you in need of doing so ...

it’s been a long time coming but here it is…. a techTip! once, i was a man who thought he knew some sh*t. i was a man who knew who to trust, who to fight for, who to believe, who ...

preface, 08.02.12: never partner with somebody who dos not live up to his first promise and expect the next promise to come true. yes, we did it. CENSORED came through three months late as i traveled highway 90 from ocean ...

this is it, mofos. some guy and i are about ready to launch our labor of hate love, RUSTYMETRIC. it’s a digital mag we’re selling as a downloadable pdf. it will look like a magazine but because we’re not killing ...

visiting hugh owings in really f***ing charming asheville, north carolina yesterday. he talks a bit about the basic dynamics and mechanics of yamaha xs650 re-phased cranks in the 2.5 minute-long video below. we bulls***ted about bikes and he showed us ...

this bike comes from hugh at hugh’s handbuilt that i discovered today through the lords of loud. it’s a 1997 honda rebel that hugh’s wife owned but which needed a little lovin’. the little beastie even pops wheelies. what fun! ...