I really need to make it back to The City for next year’s event. The Dirtbag Challenge rules are simple and you’d think I first wrote them: 1. Build your bike for under $1,000 total, including the donor machine. 2. ...
Read More »the servi-cycle by simplex manufacturing of new orleans
Here is an interesting vintage motorcycle brand that very few know of; Simplex Manufacturing Corporation of New Orleans, Louisiana. Simplex was founded in 1935 by J. Paul Treen, a Harley-Davidson dealer in Baton Rouge. In the early 1930’s he recognized ...
Read More »friday’s post of cool stuff #22 v2.0 – attack of the killer t*ts!
Because last night’s post sucked. And not the good kind of sucking. Let’s start where we left off… Oh my ***! She’s gonna need another beer in, like, twenty minutes! Now you’ll never think of the words “cow bell” the ...
Read More »out with the old, in with the new
What do you get when you take this bike… … and breed it in an unholy manner with this bike? (Jeopardy theme music plays in background) . . . You get this bike! I knew putting my VTX1800 motor in ...
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Clean little VLX600 bob: CL360 bobber with great song and smoking babe: Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]
Read More »dave cook’s rambler – honda cb550 transverse 4-cylinder custom bobber
This bike is one of my all-time favorite custom motorcycles. It is called the Rambler and it was built by Dave Cook of Cook Customs. In August, Milwaukee-based Dave became the first American to win the AMD World Championship of ...
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