Pete’s blog, Occhio Lungo has been putting out some great posts about the Irish National Rally at the end of last month in Killarney, Ireland. Pete and K rode up on a 1939 Norton ES2, with K on the back seat ...
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I’ve translated some of what I found on this video in French, as I found the french to be a little more well written than the English translation. That being said, I’m no expert. So click the pic for a ...
Read More »r.i.p. evel knievel
5 years ago… R.I.P. Evel Knievel We all know Evel and the XR-750 went hand in hand, but he rode plenty of metrics as well. From Wikipedia: Knievel briefly used a Honda 350cc motorcycle, using it to jump a crate ...
Read More »funny norton commando transformer vid
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Read More »friday’s post of cool stuff #65: save american democracy
first, a cool motorbike: and an even cooler one – made in america! yesterday (thursday) vermont senator bernie sanders introduced a constitutional amendment to the united states senate yesterday that would overturn the u.s. supreme court’s controversial “citizens united” ruling, which ...
Read More »stan keyes from cyco cycle at his home garage
renowned wera and speed racer mister keyes allowed me into his personal garage in the backwoods of central jacksonville, florida yesterday. his business, cyco cycles can be found online here. three years ago stan went to bonneville and beat the ...
Read More »good sunday!
just a few bikes from around the world with a shout out to blood falcons for the killer ktm cafe by roland sands and sparetime for the xs650 chopper at the bottom from mooneyes. custom ktm thumper cafe racer honda ...
Read More »vintage motorbike of the day: the oldest norton in the world
On Bromsgrove Street in Birmingham, England, James Lansdowne started his own business in 1898. The Norton Manufacturing Company specialized in making chains and other parts for the bicycle industry. In 1902 a man named Charles Garrard began to import French ...
Read More »amd world championship metrics
I’m tired of insanely tall, stretched out 45-degree v-twin “choppers” with Hugh Jazz rear tires. Thank *** the judges in Sturgis didn’t award many bikes fitting that description in the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building last week. Not ...
Read More »not to make you sick or anything
Here is something nicer: 1966 honda cb160 cafe Finally, something even nicer: the batbonnie Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]
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