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Read More »happy thanksgiving!
I love laying down facts upon the heads of the ignorant. With “tea party” fools such as Sarah Palin ******** about anti-obesity campaigns and how to “stand with our North Korean allies,” I thought it might be prudent to share ...
Read More »vintage bike of the day and a new member
Today’s vintage bike is the venerable Honda CB77 Superhawk. For any of you who have read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a 1964 Honda CB77 Superhawk was the bike Rober Pirsig (the author) and his son rode thousands ...
Read More »FREEDOM OR DEATH MACHINE, the motorbike bash, a story of madness
I’ve designed my first custom metric chopper and whew…. Jeff and his son just left for their return trip to Maryland. It was interesting to finally meet him. He said he understood my mad vision of a radical gooseneck XS650 ...
Read More »freedom or death machine build #6
Here’s a pic of the FREEDOM OR DEATH MACHINE as of last Friday. The tanks are still too angular and the spot where the downtube meets the bottom rails sweeps up in an unappealing manner. Down to the wire, Jeff ...
Read More »motorcycles tomorrow. new orleans tonight. lombardi gras!
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Read More »super sunday!
bikerMetric loves you. For you vintage guys, an artist’s rendering of a Brough Superior S100. And a shot from the movie 1984, starring some very rare Vincent Black Knights. Here is a clean studio shot of one: Dig that. It ...
Read More »friday’s post of cool stuff postponed: too many serious things like the bikerMetric "FREEDOM OR DEATH MACHINE" project
Drank beer with local leather man Matt yesterday afternoon. He’s going to help with the XS650 bobber build I’m trying to complete by June 11 for the ROT rally here in Austin. He’ll be doing the leather work and we’ll ...
Read More »triumph and yamaha choppers + i have friends!
Yay for me! And you! Cochise County Choppers. Dudes…. Build an XS! [UPDATE 02.01.12: the website for cochise choppers no longer exists. sad.] All right guys, I’ve got a nice post coming with Jeff from “Saint Motorbikes” later tonight and then ...
Read More »some vids before SAINTS FOOTBALL!
Hey dudes. It’s Sunday and you know what that still means. I’m having friends over to drink beer and eat nachos and get loud and generally be men watching football. First, I have to clean this frickin’ place up. The ...
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