November 7, 2011: after four months, a new master of machinery has been revealed and the new bikerMetric techTips master contributor is mr. hugh owings. he has a shop in asheville. he drinks both great and ****** beer. he has ...
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the motorcycle is back – do the ride thing
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 ...
Read More »honda cb550 by bullit custom cycles
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 ...
Read More »reader rides | 1981 yamaha sr250 bobber
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 ...
Read More »sneak preview | bmw r90/6
Before we even asked for your pics and custom motorcycle builds, we got an email from Erik out in Alaska, with something really, really special. It started out with a outdated bavarian machine. BMW’s R90, circa 1974 and it turns ...
Read More »reader rides: the martinovs family jawa 634
In my inbox this week was an email from Igors Martinovs in Latvia. we exchanged a few emails and I learned the story of a vintage JAWA 634 that has been with his family for generations. read more >> Igors first ...
Read More »what would you rather wednesday: busch brothers showdown
Introducing the first WWYRW: What Would you rather? Wednesday?! The idea’s pretty simple: We take a look at some fly bikerMetric custom metric bobbers, choppers, cafe racers, or other motorcycle related goodness. I pick a theme, you decide which one reigns supreme. ...
Read More »kawasaki kz200 | dariztdesign
Faiz Darizt is no stranger to bikerMetric. He’s as much a fan of bM as I am of his work. Trent said it best in his last April Fools Day post: “the brothers at dariztdesign are self-taught and spend countless ...
Read More »yamaha xs 650se | jtbrothers
Meet Johan and Joris Theybers from Belgium. They go by the name JTbrothers. Joris, the younger brother, was bit by the motorcycle bug on a young age and a lifelong motocross rider. One day, destiny came knocking on Joris’ door ...
Read More »some dude in los angeles has a suzuki 650 single brat
for sale. yes. you can own this s40/savage/boulevard/whatever they call it now brat bike for only $4,000. it’s worth every penny for a one-off custom that doesn’t look like every other brat on the streets, or any other suzuki thumper ...
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