Tag Archives: rat bikes

once again good friend TOOLS1 has come through with a freaky-assed motorsickle he found. this one was discovered at the “heart of america motorcycle enthusiasts show” yesterday at the kansas city airport. the owner/builder was not there, but his boss ...

hey metric mofos, the poll that’s up at this moment is pretty important, as it will largely determine what parts we start making. we cannot start making them all, and will probably start with two or three products, so if ...

it’s unpainted raw ratbike week on bikerMetric. here is one for the boxer fans to get your beemer boing on. it’s called “fatt herta:” it’s one of many killer creations by fna custom cycles from lakeland, florida. if you don’t ...

no. you have no idea what is really happening. when you see the final product, you will understand how the “cockroach chop” is the new “cafe racer” (ie: the latest trendy thing to suck up to). now, how did we ...

something stolen from massive metamorphosis. the days of $50,000 “choppers” with ten grand worth of chrome and airbrushed skulls are over. i called it over two years ago. swap meet **** is the new bar hopper. man, i would rock ...

went up to mansfield/lexington ohio to the ama mid-ohio vintage motorcycle days this weekend with eric to a race that broke out in a flea market. it was an interesting trip. we met the guy who built that old honda cx500 ...

i was in the middle of this post when my account was disabled for violation of blogger terms and services for some reason. on the bM flakebook page, benny is known as “lee black.” interesting. here is what he wrote ...

bikerMetric profiled bikes built by the dudes at lucky monkey last spring, and ever since i’ve visited their blog waiting for another crazy creation to come out from their hannibal lecter-possessed hands. yesterday, it did: what the **** is it? a ...

and now for something completely different. adam cockburn is an aussie bikerMetric reader and bM fakebook member, i mean poser, who sent in his honda cb250 rat bobber. the following is adam’s take on the build he calls “the ugly ...

jay at vintage customs is building a very rad xs650 rat bike. actually, it’s been built but nobody has seen pix of the entire bike. there are only a few close-ups on his website, but you’re going to see the ...