Tag Archives: yamaha chops and bobs

six weeks ago i posted about a build my friends at el solitario mc were constructing. today i got a message; they finished. they call it “the winning loser” and it’s the killer little 1989 yamaha sr250 you see here: ...

our hungarian motorcycle journalist friend arpad sent me a photo over the weekend of a bike he said was being built. i noticed the watermarked logo as that of the master szakal’s shop, art deco motorcycling. here is the donor ...

yamaha v-star 650 chopper built by uptown customs. some dude’s honda cb550 bobber: honda cb350 bobber by “coop’s chop shop.” can’t find a website but the paint makes one think it’s the artist coop, who can be found here. Get ...

these mofos are building a bike for €1000 ($1,325). it’s a 1986 yamaha sr250. yes, it’s the day of the 250’s on bikerMetric. if you don’t like that, then…. i must visit spain soon. i’ve always wanted to visit barcelona ...

Here’s another cool Japanese-built metric bobber; a Yamaha SR400 brat style bobber by Kick Back. Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]

Received an email from Robert Elswick with this photo of a clean XS650 chopper he and his brother recently built for Danny. The guys are working on a new website and will have a ton of photos and information on ...

Here’s a 2000 Yamaha V-Star 650 bobber. A lot of frame work was done to the downtube, backbone and more. The manifold was custom made to accept a Keihin carburetor. The 1 3/4″ exhaust,  handlebars, coil/ignition mount, tailight mount, and ...

These pix were sent by a reader but we’re not sure exactly what motor is in it. Looks like a Yamaha TT-R125. Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]

Found these photos of killer metric bobbers and choppers from Japanese builders at Joints Not Twin and the Old Speed Factory blog. Check them out! Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form ...

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