find of the year (so far!). this is a jaguh chopper from the far east. i discovered it on borneo garage’s blog. don’t know it’s exact origin but after a little research it seems to be that jaguh is a ...
Read More »american made stuff
I’ve been dealing with Elswick Cycles for about a year now, and we’ve decided to stay friends and never break up. Thanks to their support, bikerMetric was able to build the FREEDOM or DEATH MACHINE. Elswick is a small family-run ...
Read More »last week’s poll results
things i like about biker blogs (in order of popularity): THE SHORT STORY: i’m going to do what please anyway. THE LONG STORY: bobbers: 32 (55%) babes: 28 (48%) cafe racers: 26 (44%) this is pretty much as i figured. ...
Read More »vintage bike of the day: nimbus motorcycles
nimbus motorcycles was a partnership between peder a. fisker and h.m. nielsen from copenhagen, denmark. the bike was a 750cc inline-four. the company was formed in 1905 to manufacture electric motors and in 1910 their “nilfisk” electric vacuum cleaner was ...
Read More »holiday customs xs650 bob-a-chop
discovered this very interesting yamaha xs650 chopper built by jared johnson at holiday custom motorcycles in portland, oregon on ted’s xs650chopper.com. i really dig the lines of the frame and the cross of the exhaust. the saddle reminds me of ...
Read More »you must watch these.
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Read More »techTips | setting up your home garage: part 2
This is Part 2. Last time we managed to figure out how much space we actually need to set up our workshop. If you haven’t already checked that out, you should start there. The first question was, “what do we want ...
Read More »curtis brubaker’s box van and poll results
there is a cool story behind these volkswagen-powered vans at rodster.com. here are the results of this weeks poll. i plan on building a metric bob, chop or cafe: this winter: 10 (17%) some time in 2011: 15 (25%) already ...
Read More »merry xmas metric mofos!
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Read More »whew…
killer day. do you know how much a can of cafe du monde coffee costs in freaking knoxville? [doh! top secret location approximately disclosed!] thirteen bucks! at some f***ing “organic” market where the kids wear fur and the adults have ...
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