On Bromsgrove Street in Birmingham, England, James Lansdowne started his own business in 1898. The Norton Manufacturing Company specialized in making chains and other parts for the bicycle industry. In 1902 a man named Charles Garrard began to import French ...
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This is the famous supercharged 1949 Vincent Black Lightning owned by well-known British Vincent dealer Reg Dearden. In 1950 he returned it to the Vincent factory in Stevenage to have it outfitted with a supercharger in order to break the ...
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Read More »trade a complete early 1920’s model 18 norton…
…for a Vincent motor? Yes. In a flash. Don’t know much about the motor but am sure more info will surface. Until then, check out Matt Machine on his blog, the Machine Shed and see stuff like this, as well ...
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The first time I heard Rage Against the Machine I thought the Beasite Boys were suddenly all ****** off. According to the latest bM poll, beer and revolution are preferred by the same percentage of people. What does that mean? ...
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I love laying down facts upon the heads of the ignorant. With “tea party” fools such as Sarah Palin ******** about anti-obesity campaigns and how to “stand with our North Korean allies,” I thought it might be prudent to share ...
Read More »you can’t ride because the weather is sucking…
…but not here in Mexas, I mean Texas. It was 85 and partly cloudy in Austin today. Sometimes from my window it looked as if it was 55 Fahrenheit outside, but I felt as if I was back in Honolulu ...
Read More »2011 kawasaki w800
Triumph is kicking **** and making money with their “classic” styled Bonneville bikes, most notably the T120. That means you can expect Japanese manufacturers won’t be far behind with retro-styled mid-sized motorbikes. Enter the classic/retro styled Kawasaki W800. It’s the ...
Read More »1000 readers of garage built metric motorbike mayhem
A great thing happened on bikerMetric yesterday. 1,000 reader/visitors came by. 1,132 to be exact. It’s the first time we’ve hit a grand. In celebration of this hard-earned feat, I’d like to say thank you to everybody who’s become involved ...
Read More »leadfist cycles leather seats
These guys are funny and create killer stuff. skulls, boobies, wings & flowers – custom leather bobber seat | leadfist cycles snake eyes voodoo man – custom chopper leather seat | leadfist cycles They’ve also got a cool 1971 XS650 ...
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