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Welcome to our new series, techTips. Two makes a series, damnit. This is our second installment and was written by a nameless metric mechanic. Welcome to the XS650 Charging System: The XS650 is probably one of the best classic motorcycles ...

It’s freaking on. Everybody is making stuff for the XS craze. Look out for the Discovery Channel show starring some dude with a scraggly beard and a neck tattoo that will be accompanied by a long line of marketing tie-in ...

Hey guys, I’d like to introduce you all to Chris from Limeybikes here in Austin. Matt hooked me up with him and he’ll be doing some mechanical work on the Freedom or Death Machine. Chris probably wouldn’t consider himself an ...

There are dudes in Alabama building some hardcore bobbers and choppers with metric motors called Garage Company Customs, Inc. They made me put down my beer when I saw their XS650 build, the Flat Cracker. It was one of those ...

Visit Joe King Speed Shop to see more for yourself. He specializes in outlaw helmets that for the most part keep the man off your back. The shells are about 75% of the size of other well-known non-DOT lids and ...

Sent some money to Jeff last Thursday and on Sunday he took off in his blue El Camino to score our 1979 Yamaha XS650 for $850. Dig this exhaust. Seems they only made them with this Gatling gun design for ...

wFirst off, I’d like to thank and welcome WoMpY, the newest bikerMetric member. Thanks for joining, man! Here is another one of the builds I promised you bastards earlier this week, since that’s a big thing in the poll so ...

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On Sunday I posted a photo of a slick CB750 bobber that I found somewhere. Somebody told me it may be a cafe racer. “Whatever, dude,” I replied and we laughed as we drank our beers. Still, he may be ...