Jakub Beker is an IT Specialist, a father of two, and the husband of a beautiful wife. He also builds rad motorcycles like this Yamaha Virago XV920 cafe racer under the name Ugly Motors. He lives in the small town ...
Read More »reader rides | 1983 yamaha virago 750 bobber
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, ...
Read More »yamaha virago 750 cafe racer by bullit custom cycles
We got in touch with Rob Bullit at Bullit Custom Cycles about his custom Yamaha Virago 750 Cafe Racer. The motorcycle was handed over to its new owner a few months at the 2014 Toronto Mods and Rockers. The engine ...
Read More »interview with eric meglasson of spin cycle industries
a long, long time ago, probably last week, i found a builder doing stuff i thought was kind of neat, but also reminded me of a van halen cover band; doing a great job of playing somebody else’s original tune. ...
Read More »the bikerMetric group is now on chop cult
yes, it’s true. while zurker is cool, they are in beta stage, so i started to think of where and how to get the old group going again, as i’ve heard from many who are bummed i stuck it to ...
Read More »metric bobbers & cafe racers by doc’s chops
pix only today. met greg over the summer in florida. he was cool. thought i’d share some of his stuff. if my beer-addled brain correctly recalls, he was riding this yamaha xs750 triple. photos by erik runyon of choppershotz. for ...
Read More »art for losers by classified moto
my friend/dude who tolerates me, john ryland at classified moto, is more than a fab motorbike builder, he’s a *** designer and he creates of all sorts of things. as a *** designer myself (and a poser!), i dig his ...
Read More »dum dumdum duuuuuum!
it finally happened. 200 bikerMetric member/followers. still averaging about one a day and along with each new member is a couple hundred new readers. therefore, here are the f***ing new guys who wade through the “hurt bankers” rants for the ...
Read More »old school amal style flake and natural grips
don’t know about you, but i love this style of grip. i got old school flat black bobber grips for the ForD but wanted a pair of the gum ones because they look gold colored and will be tight looking ...
Read More »virago xv750 to rock in noir film plus japanese **** children
this bike is a yamaha virago xv750 streetfighter built for a movie directed by the photographer, sunny zhao: the movie is called “reciprocity” and you can check out the trailer here. i believe it was built by john ryland and ...
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