Tag Archives: thumpers

Got this from one of my favorite blogs, Chalopy: The following scoots are for sale at CMS, a shop in the Netherlands where you can find 1.8 million Japanese motorcycle parts, including hard to find aftermarket craziness like turbochargers for ...

But first the FNG’s: MB Leathers, unlucky for the rabbit, J, and mskundert decided between freedom and death this week and received beer and sandwiches for their loyalty. MB Leathers is a Swiss dude crafting hand-made motorcycle seats, saddle bags, ...

Killer 250cc BSA single chopper: Visit Kaikado’s blog here >> Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]

Found the first two photos on Deep Funny Monkey: A very nifty 250cc Ducati thumper bobber. The motor was probably built in the early to mid-1960’s. The Mach 1 was a clean and fast little thumper. At 255lbs (116kg) it ...

Thanks to Scott at Pipeburn for being a bikerMetric fan. I’d discovered Rajputana Custom Motorcycles and Scott linked to us. Readership got bumped up an extra 150 readers yesterday and bM had an even 800 readers and 3,190 pageviews. In ...

Here is a killer 500cc Royal Enfield thumper by some dudes in India: Visit Rajputana Custom Motorcycles here >>   >> Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]

Yoinked this photo off The Vintagent. This bike is a 493cc OHV four stroke single. The company which eventually became Sunbeam is listed as being established in 1790, although it’s possible the origins began 50 years before this date. The ...

Parilla, not Aprilia. Born in 1912, Giovanni Parrilla (with two r’s) built the first Italian racing motorcycle after World War Two. With help from Guiseppe Salmaggi, they created a bike that was designed to be similar to the British Norton. ...

1954 excelsior autocrat – 197cc villiers two-stroke single Excelsior (not the American Excelsior-Henderson), was initially named Bayliss, Thomas & Co. In 1896 they were the first British motorcycle to go on sale. The Excelsior name was adopted in 1910 after ...

These dudes from Tokyo have it going on. bM’s Far East readers in Thailand, the Philippines, and Malaysia ought to dig these. wild w650 gooseneck chop | boatrap honda ftr223 bobber | boatrap yamaha sr400 bobber | boatrap honda rebel ...