Tag Archives: xs650 choppers

it isn’t a bedroll, it’s where you wrap clothes and toothpaste and a towel and socks. that is what’s inside this don wood bedroll. that roll carries a supplies for a week on the road. there is still room for ...

a strange thing happened on my way to the market yesterday. i received an email from kevin hahn, proprietor of a wisconsin shop named scrambler cycle, which specializes in vintage metric and european motorcycle sales and repair. the bike that ...

a panda with two guns! the panda looks like it was cut with a waterjet. these pix were sent by bikerMetric reader len callum this morn. he took them at the “backfire moto” gathering last night somewhere in seattle. they ...

o. m. g!   i suddenly LOVE yoga! here are the top 25 keywords google finds when crawling bM: 1.  motorcycle 2.  honda 3.  custom 4.  bobber 5.  cafe 6.  racer 7.  chopper 8.  bike 9.  yamaha 10. builder 11. ...

i survived mardi gras. barely. now there is much work to be done, starting with a ton of errands out in the world. if you’re new to bikerMetric, have a look around. there are almost 800 posts and 3,000 images, ...

As I often do while drinking beer and surfing the web, I discover a builder who’s just getting it on, and seems to be giving Dirk Diggler a run for his money. New guys are fun to find, and the ...

jay at vintage customs is building a very rad xs650 rat bike. actually, it’s been built but nobody has seen pix of the entire bike. there are only a few close-ups on his website, but you’re going to see the ...

on the bikerMetric facebook page, “duckman” posted images of his new design, an xs650 digger. thought i’d share them with you. i posted a couple of 3D computer-aided design (cad) images of this bike over three months ago when he ...

once again, i tip my derby hat to my readers. you guys made a big impact with the “the bad hub i sold you isn’t my problem” post. it was the first instance of bikerMetric activism in our short history. ...

jamie elswick is selling his 1980 xs650 on ebay. his vehicle took a dump on him last week so this beast has to go. he’s selling it asap so he can get new wheels. there is no reserve on the ...