My friend Matt’s truck broke down on him for good and to stay in business he is being forced to sell his garage-built Frisco-style XS650 chopper. I’m bummed about this as Matt has really been a good friend in helping ...
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Discovered another local cat building slick metric bobbers and choppers. His name is Dave and he owns Voodoo Vintage in Austin. He’s done some XS chops and has plans to assemble a few clean and classic Suzuki Savages. We’re hoping ...
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Thanks for wasting your time here. I’ve got an interview coming up with Jeremy. His shop just built a slick little XS650 tracker and it’s about time to profile their work on bikerMetric. Look for that in the next few ...
Read More »xs650 brat bobber by visual impact
Received a message from Michael at Visual Impact a while ago asking if I’d be interested in profiling his latest build, a 1983 Yamaha XS650 brat-style bobber. After my reply in the affirmative, I looked forward to seeing it because ...
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This clean 1978 Yamaha XS650 bobber was built by G&L Choppers. The guys take pride in making everything themselves and they build only metric bobbers and choppers in old school styles. G&L also makes a lot of custom parts, from ...
Read More »freedom or death machine update
The FREEDOM or DEATH MACHINE is almost ready. While my arm has been healing, the bike was at a hot and sweaty garage where Matt tried to straighten and repair the rear fender and half-*** the brake linkage, strengthen the headlamp ...
Read More »more cool metric choppers and bobbers
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Read More »metric and vintage british drag bikes
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