it’s been a hard week. being a blog dude of a popular-ish website that challenges the competition while creating a start-up manufacturing company is tough sh*t so please accept my apologies for the dearth of decent posts lately. having no ...
Read More »slick moto guzzi cafe | mandello raw power
dig this: those are in-progress photos of a moto guzzi 850 t5 with a hot-rodded top end, modified shaft drive, monoshock suspension with kawasaki w650 forks, custom brakes, and a whole lot more. here are some pix of the finished ...
Read More »scrambler cycle | vintage metric motorcycle repair, restoration, and customization
a strange thing happened on my way to the market yesterday. i received an email from kevin hahn, proprietor of a wisconsin shop named scrambler cycle, which specializes in vintage metric and european motorcycle sales and repair. the bike that ...
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 »george dockray’s custom guzzi cafe
i was introduced to george dockray when he sent me a few bucks to fix my broken laptop last week. he also sent me some photos of his tasty moto guzzi cafe that i posted yesterday in friday’s post of ...
Read More »friday’s post of cool stuff #40: wtf fng nwo gov lol
discovered a great story today from frank at motart. it’s a bike trip a dude named trevor made from some hillbilly junction in arkansas to the west coast and back with a couple of friends. it’s funny and he made ...
Read More »trade a complete early 1920’s model 18 norton…
…for a Vincent motor? Yes. In a flash. Don’t know much about the motor but am sure more info will surface. Until then, check out Matt Machine on his blog, the Machine Shed and see stuff like this, as well ...
Read More »it was one year ago today…
…when I started really ******* people off. On November 16, 2009, I wrote my first post for what was then bikernetmetricnews.blogspot.com (not there any more) which was soon bikernetmetric.com, which now forwards to bikernet.com. At that time, Bandit, the Supreme ...
Read More »stuff i saw in austin this week
This looks to be a kickass garage-painted 1962 Cadillac Coupe DeVille I happend across today. Then there was this strange pairing from last week: GET BEHIND ME, SATAN! Prince was in the bar wearing a disguise. He smelled like hand ...
Read More »moto guzzi six cylinder radial bike concept
Rumored radical six-cylinder radial motor racer by Moto Guzzi. The “specifications” are as follows: Engine: 6-cylinder radial Displacement: 1000 to 1200cc Cooling: Liquid cryogenic system (yeah, right) Final Drive: Shaft Frame: Titanium girder Front Suspension: Patent-pending tetralever system (tetra = ...
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