bikerMetric custom metric bobbers, choppers, and cafe racers by honda, yamaha, kawaski, and suzuki

1980 Hairy Canary GS850 – Brotherly love, and the bike from a pistachio farmer. Jenny and her husband Mark are El Paso, Texas natives with a custom bike built for his brother, and and equally cool story to go along ...

Got another email the other day, this time from Chris Emmons of Fabwerkz in Dayton, Ohio. What he brought to the table was two pics of a custom 1977 Kawaski KZ-650. Chris and his father built the bike from the frame ...

BikeEXIF tweeted a cool video yesterday morning. That’s a lie. They tweeted it months ago, and I thought I published this, but apparently I hit save as draft instead. ****. Anyway… At first glance I thought it was only about ...

Got a message from Rob at Bullit Custom Cycles located just outside of Toronto Canada. Bullit specializes in 1970 and 1980 Japanese customs. They specialize in making billet triples and other billet parts for Japanese bikes. Rob got in touch to show off ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...