So you like metric cafe racers? What about thumpers? Suzuki’s? Beer? Well, you’re in luck, chumps! I’ve had the pleasure of trading a few emails with one of the co-founders of Ryca Motors, the L.A.-based two-man shop cranking out transformed ...
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kawasaki kz750 chopper
All right guys. Hope everybody had a great weekend. We’ve got a cool interview coming up in a day or two on bikerMetric with some dudes building killer cafe racer thumpers in Los Angeles. They like science and medical marijuana. ...
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Wish I had time to tell you all about the last-minute build of the FREEDOM OR DEATH MACHINE and the ensuing FREEDOM or DEATH Motorbike Bash that’s happening in 72 hours, but all I have time for is to thank ...
Read More »interview with shaun of slingshot cycles
Hey guys, I’d like to introduce you to Shaun Stewart from Slingshot Cycles in Virginia. On my first day as your mad editor, I posted a tiny bit about his CX500 cafe and XS650 bobber and ever since, that page ...
Read More »friday’s post of cool stuff #19: time is a construct of mankind keep us from going insane
First the shout-outs: #1. New Guy Alert: thekatros. Thanks, man. #2. New York City. You dudes hit bikerMetric up more than any city in the world and visited way over 200 times in the past month. From Staten Island to ...
Read More »friday’s post of cool stuff #16: saturday edition
I apologize for the tardiness of this Friday’s Post of Cool Stuff. Sometimes a guy has to take his woman out to drink beer. She likes Young’s Double Chocolate Stout. Here is a photo of ***’s hair dryer, stolen to ...
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Hey guys, I’d like to introduce you all to Chris from Limeybikes here in Austin. Matt hooked me up with him and he’ll be doing some mechanical work on the Freedom or Death Machine. Chris probably wouldn’t consider himself an ...
Read More »interview with larry pierce of garage company customs
There are dudes in Alabama building some hardcore bobbers and choppers with metric motors called Garage Company Customs, Inc. They made me put down my beer when I saw their XS650 build, the Flat Cracker. It was one of those ...
Read More »friday’s post of cool stuff! #11: bang
Surfing the ‘net tonight and found a nifty 1972 350cc Royal Enfield Model-B for sale for only $3,800 dollars, including shipping, from India. Yes. It’s in India. If Royal Enfields were my thing, I’d snag this puppy faster than an ...
Read More »what makes a style?
The bikes above are speedway bikes. If the bike from Sunday was a speedway then both tires would be knobby for dirt tracks. Also, current speedway rules demand it would have a chain guard. Lastly, this bike has front brakes ...
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