Getting back to the basics. Motorcycles are, above all else, a toy to most riders in North America. Ridiculous insurance rates, increased helmet and safety laws and a dying interest in hands-on activities from the younger generation have caused a ...
Read More »yamaha xs400 by vini garage company and cool french custom culture
Vini, from Vini Garage Company, reached out to bikerMetric to share his personal bike and introduce his shop to the bM community. The French builder said that Vini Garage Company, also known as VGC, is about motorcycles first and foremost ...
Read More »custom royal enfield lightning 535 by s2 customs
This week we got an email from Manmeet about his new shop, S2 Customs. He started with his father with whom he’d been kicking tires and talking bikes with since his childhood. Manmeet’s from Doaba, in the Punjab region of ...
Read More »reader rides | 1981 yamaha sr250 bobber
Got an excellent email from Travis Bennington about his 1981 Yamaha SR250 Bobber. Travis is an attorney. As it turns out, those motorcycle riding lawyers aren’t all just weekend warriors. Travis spent his life as an artist. He’s worked with ...
Read More »ventz review
I was offered a set of Ventz to test. I figured what the **** – I’ll give ‘em a shot. They’re a really neat idea to provide ventilation in your jacket, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see them take ...
Read More »thanks trent!
Earlier this week bikerMetric Facebook fan Paul Kerr uploaded a pic. Other fans began to mention Trent, bM‘s founder.I had already been in touch with Trent earlier on in the week. I gave him a little State of the Union address, along with an ...
Read More »bald eagle customs
bikerMetric is a little picky. We only cover Metric motorcycles. Japanese. European. The works. SAE doesn’t really have a place here. It’s not that we dislike them, it’s just that we just don’t care. This week I got an email ...
Read More »can i get a free advertisement on bikerMetric?
We got an email the other day asking for some free publicity on bikerMetric. It was a new social media startup with zero dollars and zero hours invested. Not exactly what I’m about to throw free support to. If you ...
Read More »the von dutch project – a documentary review
Kenny Howard, a.k.a. J.L. Bachs, a.k.a. Joe Lunch Box, a.k.a. Von Dutch was that one-in-a-million man. He was that renaissance man. The one who didn’t care much for money. Von Dutch was a pioneer who 70 years ago determined what ...
Read More »royal enfield 350cc porus by bambukaat motorcycle customs
This week we received an email from a custom Metric builder from Ropar, India. The builder, Bambukaat MC, sent a link back to their Facebook page along with some pics of their Royal Enfield build they called Porus. Here’s the letter: People ...
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