We just finished doing a rebody on Danny’s XS along with a front brake, new seat, new handlebar, headlight and more. A quick rundown on the bike: It started as a basketcase ’79 Yamaha XS 650 with a frame, engine, and ...
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Bike ***** is a YouTube channel by a couple Swedish girls you should keep your eyes on. Especially if you’re wondering how to stud your tires. More information about the studs: In the front tire there are 444 studs. M6 ...
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I live on the Central Coast of California and ride along the beach a lot, Morro Bay and Cayucos area and a lot of riding through the coastal mountains. I grew up on motorcycles, dirt bikes, motocross, and some street ...
Read More »biker throws shoe at monkey on his motorcycle, monkey goes ape
So there’s a monkey sitting on your motorcycle. Throwing a shoe at it from a distance is about an 8 out of 10 on the coward scale. Unfortunately, by the time this guy stood up for himself, well… Just watch: ...
Read More »yamaha v-star 650 bobber | reader rides
Benjamin Hinkle spent six months of his free time in his garage. He bought a 2007 Yamaha V-Star 650 for $2,500. It wasn’t running at the time, but has gotten the works ever since. “I’ve never built a bike so ...
Read More »custom bajaj pulsar by j&d custom co.
In June we featured Jay Patel, likely our youngest builder on bikerMetric, ever. Jay’s a 21 year old who dropped out of studying engineering to follow his dreams and start building custom motorcycles. In his father’s workshop he began to ...
Read More »custom honda supercub steampunk by k-kustom
K-Kustom has been producing some outlandish builds in Indonesia. This latest one is a steampunk-inspired custom Honda Supercub. The supercub has been the highest selling motorcycles of all time, but this one looks nothing like any you’ve seen before. There ...
Read More »custom honda cb550 by ackermann cycle performance
Ackermann Cycle Performance (ACP)’s roots are in general motorcycle repair. Over the years they’ve moved away from repairs in order to dedicated their time and resources to building customized motorcycles. ACP does welding, fabricating, CAD design, CNC milling, powder-coating, and makes some really ...
Read More »dirtbag documentary interview with paolo asuncion
The Dirtbag Challenge is an event that takes place every year in San Francisco. It’s a grass roots, low budget chopper build-off and party, and besides being a contest, it’s also a concept: if you want a bad-*** motorcycle, then ...
Read More »harley-davidson street 750 brat conversion by chappell customs
Chris Chappell’s at it again. This time it’s a Harley-Davidson Street 750 Brat, and yup (we went over this already), it’s a metric. You can check out all of our stories on Chappell Customs here, and keep in mind, these ...
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