Tag Archives: yamaha bobbers

Carmen Cirelli from London, Ontario, Canada, had never built a motorcycle before this Yamaha XS400 bobber. He had just been between watching the Biker Build Off Series, and worked in a garage. One day he decided to find a cheap ...

This week’s reader ride is from Dave in Antwerpen, Belgium. Dave’s a 39 year old maintenance mechanic in a concrete factory. He’s always wanted to build a chopper, some kind of single-seater with a chopped fender. “I was looking for ...

Trav Bennington is the coolest suit in the US of A. His first custom build was a 1981 Yamaha SR250 bobber styled after a painting of his wife, followed by another SR250 bobber. Both showed great choice in style, build, ...

I live on the Central Coast of California and ride along the beach a lot, Morro Bay and Cayucos area and a lot of riding through the coastal mountains.  I grew up on motorcycles, dirt bikes, motocross, and some street ...

Benjamin Hinkle spent six months of his free time in his garage. He bought a 2007 Yamaha V-Star 650 for $2,500. It wasn’t running at the time, but has gotten the works ever since. “I’ve never built a bike so ...

My name is Ryan Brannon I live in Friendswood, TX just outside of Houston. I am a Machinery Technician in the u.s. Coast Guard. I don’t have any cool stories just a dude in his garage with a welder, grinder and ...

Got an email today from someone’s ol lady. She was asking about getting her man’s bike featured on the site. She sent me this little itsy-bitsy pic, a name (Aaron Collier), a few words on the model (1983 Yamaha 650 ...

Getting back to the basics. Motorcycles are, above all else, a toy to most riders in North America. Ridiculous insurance rates, increased helmet and safety laws and a dying interest in hands-on activities from the younger generation have caused a ...

Vini, from Vini Garage Company, reached out to bikerMetric to share his personal bike and introduce his shop to the bM community. The French builder said that Vini Garage Company, also known as VGC, is about motorcycles first and foremost ...

Got an excellent email from Travis Bennington about his 1981 Yamaha SR250 Bobber. Travis is an attorney. As it turns out, those motorcycle riding lawyers aren’t all just weekend warriors. Travis spent his life as an artist. He’s worked with ...