Tag Archives: yamaha cafe racers

don’t know how to start this one, folks. it’s personal. i’ve been through floods and earthquakes. i’ve lived in california when the ground gave way and new orleans when the wind blew and the water rose faster than many could ...

on the bikerMetric facebook page, “duckman” posted images of his new design, an xs650 digger. thought i’d share them with you. i posted a couple of 3D computer-aided design (cad) images of this bike over three months ago when he ...

Hey guys & gals, I’d like to introduce you to a little shop in Georgia called Karnage Kustomz. It’s run by a man named Eric Nemzer and since he left his successful day job to pursue his dream, he’s built ...

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: ...

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 ...

Running errands yesterday led me to my tobacco shop, where I wanted eight ounces of my favorite pipe blend and a new Zippo because the one I bought on eBay sucks. Parked in front was a nice little Honda CB350 ...

[UPDATE 08.19.12: check out this link to read more about limeybikes] Say you’ve got an old metric motorcycle. Say you need some help with it. Carburetors gunky? Too much travel in your forks? Built an XS650 chopper but have no ...

One more cool bike I’ve had lying around on my hard drive for a few months. Wish I knew something about it to share with you mofos. If you know, please comment below. Really dig this style of fairing. Get ...

There seems to be a big splash of custom Yamaha Viragos online this week. Thought I’d do a little research and find some other bikes and additional info beyond what you may have seen. First is the following bike, a ...

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 ...