i don’t understand what’s funny about this song. it’s simply very sad and impossibly long. *** bless johnny cash. he would have been 80 this week. now that i’m half his age, i’m deaf when some speak. here’s something cool, ...
Read More »reader rides | luke’s kz750 twin chopper
luke mears sent in his black and purple kawasaki kz750 months ago and it go lost in my list of stuff to do. i recently discovered it and so…. walla! according to luke, the kz started out as a $100 ...
Read More »reader rides | jake’s honda cl90 scrambler
jake howard sent some nice photos of his pretty blue 1967 honda cl90. back then they were called “scramblers.” i like that better than “trackers.” one sounds like breakfast, and the other like a bounty hunter. the cl90 was a ...
Read More »reader rides | pedro’s 250cc montesa cafe
reader pedro jose sent his kickass montesa cafe racer. he calls it “pantera.” maybe that is because it was such hard pain in the ***. the final result is a unique take on the vintage cafe racer style. the story ...
Read More »reader rides | dave’s 1981 honda cb750 bobber
this is dave jansen’s clean cb build. the hardtail is a hand-welded custom mod as was the seat suspension. his bars are clubman’s that were on the bike when dave bought it. the electrical was redone to accommodate the new ...
Read More »reader rides | eric eller’s 1976 cb750 super sport cafe racer
bikerMetric supporter and reader TOOLS1 helped this reader ride post happen. he knew the builder of this bike, eric eller, but the dude didn’t think his bike was worthy. cue wayne and garth. tools convinced eric his bike was indeed ...
Read More »reader rides | ray’s 296cc diesel chopper
my internet friend ray roberts from bexhill, uk, sent some pix and info about the bike he rides, a 296cc yanmar diesel motor that makes a whopping six ponies at 3500 rpm. bexhill is south of london on the coast ...
Read More »reader rides | mike stodolka’s honda cb750 bobber
a few weeks ago i received an email from bikerMetric friend and supporter tools, who regaled me with the story of a sweet and incredibly inexpensive honda cb750 bobber build. he promised to get good photos and shoot them at ...
Read More »reader rides | will harmon’s triumph tracker
for some reason dudes who build bikes email me. i ask them for exclusive rights to their build. they foolishly agree. then i drink their souls with satan and laugh as we watch re-runs of “dancing with the stars,” cursing ...
Read More »reader rides | george harmon’s 1981 yamaha xs400 bobber
george is a 43 year old dude from dublin, ohio and he built this kick *** 1981 yamaha xs400 bobber with a little help from his friends. george wrote that he is a custom painter for a large car manufacturer. ...
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