took a few photos with my lame phone camera because, oops! my fancy new camera needed a memory card and when i purchased it and not a salesperson thought to inform me. i figure if you purchase something and it ...
Read More »1983 gl1100 bobber | richard becker
and the competition…. you first saw richard’s goldwing work on bM at the beginning of the year with his 1976 gl1000, the condor. he’s since gone very slightly raw with this gl1000 bobber, “ol’ sparky,” finished this last november: the ...
Read More »suzuki gt550 two-stroke streetfighter | motohangar
meet what might be the most radical suzuki gt550 in the world. the engine is a 36 year-old three cylinder two-stroke in a custom subframe and tail section. the bike, built entirely by motohangar in virgina, is called “the honduki” ...
Read More »art for losers by classified moto
my friend/dude who tolerates me, john ryland at classified moto, is more than a fab motorbike builder, he’s a *** designer and he creates of all sorts of things. as a *** designer myself (and a poser!), i dig his ...
Read More »dum dumdum duuuuuum!
it finally happened. 200 bikerMetric member/followers. still averaging about one a day and along with each new member is a couple hundred new readers. therefore, here are the f***ing new guys who wade through the “hurt bankers” rants for the ...
Read More »vintageish bike of the night: 1981 honda cb1100r
And a little editorial about Honda’s diminishing brand and lack of innovation. First, a nicely restored 1981 Honda CB1100R: And the rumored for three years, a new CB1100R: I sure wish Honda would do something like that. Instead for 2011 ...
Read More »ducati diavel power cruiser
Ducati did what many were anticipating for years and surely expecting for the past few months when they unveiled their version of the “power cruiser” in Milan this week. ducati diavel – right Eleven months ago I posted a little ...
Read More »honda cb900 cafe racer inspired streetfighter
Discovered a couple of rad Honda CB900 cafe racers built by some Spanish cats from a shop called Cafe Racer Dreams. The CB900 might be a bit large to be considered a cafe, but these streetfighters have cafe racer influences ...
Read More »jvb moto suzuki single hot rod streetfighter
The guys at JVB Moto built this bike nine years ago. That’s called “being ahead of your time.” It’s a Suzuki XF650 thumper in a modified Kawasaki GPX600 frame. They’ve built streetfighter/bobbers and trackers mostly and lately seem to be ...
Read More »an oldie but a goodie: the yamaha virago road creature
I think I’ve had images of this bike for a decade. It’s called the Road Creature and it was made by a gentleman named Paul Scott from Hertfordshire in the UK. He seems to have fallen off the face of ...
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