Tag Archives: two strokes

our friend arpad sent these to me today. seems a man calling himself “cranberry” from kiev built this sleek old 1963 jawa 250cc two-stroke thumper. that’s two posts in a row about bikes from kiev in the ukraine. i don’t ...

don’t know how to start this one, folks. it’s personal. i’ve been through floods and earthquakes. i’ve lived in california when the ground gave way and new orleans when the wind blew and the water rose faster than many could ...

chris at bikeexif hipped me to this today through twatter, tweeter, ah, whatever. it’s a japanese television promo featuring steve mcqueen riding a honda cr250 through the dirt. there are many great things about this vid, so watch the entire ...

Found the bottom image on Sake Racer. He got it from Mulligan Machine. Had the top photo in an old folder on my laptop. Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]

Hope everybody had a great weekend. I didn’t turn the laptop on once Saturday or Sunday and am glad I took a break. Have a design gig to get done this week but will try to keep things updated here ...

KA-BLAMMO!™ One day I saw a killer two-stroke drag bike on Chopper Dave’s site and after two seconds on Google to see where he got it, I found this killer link to a bunch of old school Performance Machine photos. ...

That’s what some say about Slim and raw bikes like his, but I like his stuff. Rags like Cycle Source and The Horse agree. He’ll build anything. It doesn’t matter if the donor bike is a motocross two-stroke or an ...

Because I accidentally dissed the KZ last night, and because there are not enough Kawis on bM. Greasy…   >> Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]

Three R5 motors in one fun drag bike. Thanks to Motorcycle Picture of the Day.   >> Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]

Went out with the little lady last night to South Congress to drink beer, meet people, and watch the hotrods. I’ll post more hotrod images soon, but first wanted to throw up these pix. The killer XS chopper you see ...