The Bonneville Salt Flats need no introduction. The first land speed record was set there in 1914. The Pontiac Bonneville and Triumph Bonneville are both named for the flats. It’s a place of legend. So it’s always nice when we ...
Read More »wheels & waves x loser machine video
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 »friday’s post of cool stuff #67: the end of the year as we know it
it’s the last day of the year because as often happens, friday’s post of cool stuff isn’t done until saturday. i’ve been busy obsessing over the declaration of independence, and have edited it in greater detail than i did in ...
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 »jessica’s custom triumph tiger bobber
bikerMetric friend and member TOOLS1 emailed a while ago with some nice photos he took at the beginning of the month at ralph wayne’s backyard nationals in kansas city, mo. the bike is powered by a 1967 triumph t100c and ...
Read More »triumph t140 bobber | bobbed to the bone
shaun from bobbed to the bone emailed some nice photos of his latest build, a raw and ready 750cc triumph bonneville t140 in a custom 1968 t120 frame. the bike was built in six weeks from parts shaun had laying ...
Read More »alp concept design triumph thunderbird bonneville racer
got a really cool email from alp sungurtekin yesterday. he was at bonneville last week racing his 1952 650cc pre-unit triumph thunderbird which he completed only 11 days ago, just in time to get to haul *** to the salt ...
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 »i’m a photographer!
more to come from godfrey vintage and the motorcycle scene in jacksonville, florida…. of all places. Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]
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