Tag Archives: xs650

dig this 1980 yamaha xs650 brat by visual impact. mike emailed me a few pix of the bike he calls “wicked soul.” wasn’t that a soundgarden out-take from badmotorfinger? the build is best told on xs650 chopper. enjoy the eye ...

tools1 sent a few more photos from his weekend trip to the kansas city greaserama. first up is this 1957 mz bk350: and this yamaha xs650 chopper: Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every ...

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 ...

i got an email from shaun from bobbed to the bone many weeks ago loaded with pix of his yamaha xs650 bobber build, which i’d requested, and due to the hectic nature of my life on the road, i haven’t ...

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 ...

visiting hugh owings in really f***ing charming asheville, north carolina yesterday. he talks a bit about the basic dynamics and mechanics of yamaha xs650 re-phased cranks in the 2.5 minute-long video below. we bulls***ted about bikes and he showed us ...

it’s been another month and another 19 risk takers have cast their lot with with bikerMetric. before we lay down with the festivities, i’d like to start on a note that some of you may have already heard, some of ...

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. ...

this is “mala sangre.” that’s “bad blood” for you americans. it’s a slick xs650 bobber built by jp choppers in spain. kickass bike. kickass video. kickass music. kick. ***. motherf***er. check out jp choppers on facebook. Get the best of ...