bikerMetric‘s first post about JTbrothers was a sweet Yamaha XS that the two brothers from Belgium put together. The custom motorcycle build was really meant to be a practice build for a Triumph project, and bM thinks it was a ...
Read More »making due trump bob and 250-horsepower turbo kz1000 for sale
since i interviewed shoe 16 months ago, we’ve stayed in touch and had some laughs. one of these days we’re going to blast around and then spend the evening drinking moonshine. he’s a good man, a master mechanic and bike ...
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 »friday’s post of cool stuff #64: oblique
happy f***ing friday, metric motor freaks! even if it’s saturday by the time i finish this. i forgot something in yesterday’s thanksgiving post where i was thankful while being insulting to a lot of people i told to f*** off ...
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 »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"]
Read More »heiwa’s yokohama queen & fernando’s so-cal shadow
got a couple emails with a bunch of info and pix of two bikes from daniel at xtreme bikes magazine from spain ten days ago. one of the bikes has been here before, but at the time i offered only ...
Read More »alp concept design
been watching this builder out of los angeles for a few months. he built a clean sporty bob last year and is working on what seems to be a very interesting cb750 cafe as well as the trump pictured below. ...
Read More »helrich custom cycles last triumph streetfighter (for a while)
my friends jenn and dave at helrich custom cycles have their latest and greatest triumph “streetfighter” design for sale. the bike is the last streetfighter-style they are building for at least another year, if ever, so snag it while you ...
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