bikerMetric custom metric bobbers, choppers, and cafe racers by honda, yamaha, kawaski, and suzuki

When it comes to customizing a motorcycle, few upgrades make as big of a visual and performance impact as new fairings. Whether you’re aiming to improve aerodynamics, reduce weight, or give your bike a unique look, the right choice of ...

What is the high mileage for Harley Davidson? For an average motorcycle, high mileage is anywhere between 20,000 miles to 30,000 thousand miles. For a Harley Davidson, the high mileage is associated with its type and model. In the motorcycle ...

Copied with permission from YouMotorcycle: Motorcycling can get expensive, and motorcycles have their own version of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. First we want a bike that just runs, and maybe a not-too-beat-up helmet. Next, we start replacing the things that ...

All right, ladies and gentlemen. It’s time to go back to our regularly-scheduled programming of beer-soaked articles and interviews about old school metric bobbers, choppers, and cafes. If anybody is interested in contributing to bikerMetric, email me and give me ...

From Casey Anderson, who many of you have known and asked about over the years, on his Suzuki GS1100 chopper: The other night I was sitting out back with a whiskey and a cigar thinking about motorcycles and women. For ...

Flying motorcycle? Hovercraft? You decide. But Lazareth, the french team that makes automotive engineers’ wet dreams come true, is at it again. This time it looks like Ludovic “Ludo” Lazareth and his team are one step closer to making their ...

Michael Gerstenmayer is a fifth generation woodworker, running a one man business. He’s cabinetmaker and furniture restorer in the southwest of Germany, and most recently, he’s been applying his skill, trade, and art, to the world of motorcycles. bikerMetric: Hey ...

Son Mai is a 28 year old from San Jose, California. He owns a small business that specializes in 360° Virtual Tours for real estate and small businesses. He got into custom motorcycles when he was 23 years old and has ...

Our story could have started at the wooden gate of an old barn that has been sealed shut for years, and the race engine buried beneath the dust. But our story really ends before that, with the broken upper arm ...

Rob at Bullit Custom Cycles brought this ’78 Honda CB550 custom to the 2016 Freedom Machine Show. It was done up for a Bullit customer who wanted it light, fast, and loud! The bike is minimalist starting with a de-tabbed, chopped rear section ...