Italian newspaper La Repubblica may have “accidentally” leaked photos of the upcoming BMW NineT cafe racer concept a little prematurely. They have since removed the page that used to show these images. Fortunately, we found them on Asphalt & Rubber. read ...
Read More »reader rides | erik’s 1974 bmw r90/6
Last week Erik sent in some pics of his 1974 BMW r90/6. Monday I posted a teaser about it with an ugly before shot and a nice sleek after shot that only revealed part of the bike. Tuesday I posted ...
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 It started out with a outdated bavarian machine.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 »estonian zydeco music biker vid
for the faithful who for some reason keep visiting at the same numbers since i quit posting regularly, this fun video was send from our good friend woody. it is a seemingly wacko estonio biker music vid with modern zydeco ...
Read More »custom bmw r32 from der polierlappen magazine
canada is guns, steve nash and this, sent by pat castel, editor and ambassador of der polierlappen, which google translates into polishing the overlap. in truth, it means the polishing rag. google translate is such a piece of ****. pat ...
Read More »bmw scrambler video by fuel motorcycles
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Read More »hugo’s leather and copper bmw r51/3 bobber
all the leather work on this r51/3 bobber was done by my friend elias dairis (click that link, please). he’s a young greek leathersmith and he designed all of the dead hide you see on this ride by hand. he ...
Read More »babes on metric motorbikes
finally. first one is for arpad: asian chicks with automatic rifles…. wait…. the chick on the right is a dude! bet he puts the v in v-max! and finally, a babe on a bsa rocket. always leave ’em with a ...
Read More »random stuff i like today: thumpers, xs650 bobbers, and no excuses
1953 150cc 2-stroke thumper with sachs motor and 4-speed | 50mph/80kmh it’s always a great day for a ride Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]
Read More »2010 dirtbag challenge and f***ing new guys
I really need to make it back to The City for next year’s event. The Dirtbag Challenge rules are simple and you’d think I first wrote them: 1. Build your bike for under $1,000 total, including the donor machine. 2. ...
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