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there isn’t much to say about brough superior that hasn’t been said by others much more knowledgeable and experienced than i. so i’m gonna lift most of what there is to say about this 1932 black alpine model and it’s ...

i don’t understand what’s funny about this song. it’s simply very sad and impossibly long. *** bless johnny cash. he would have been 80 this week. now that i’m half his age, i’m deaf when some speak. here’s something cool, ...

Browsing my favorite blogs and Shinya’s is at the top of that list. Ayu posts for him often. Lately they have been involved in the coast-to-coast Cannonball Endurance Run. It’s basically a route from Kitty Hawk, NC to Santa Monica, ...

Found some great photos of vintage motorbikes, bike engines and more on flickr today. The photographer is Gordon Calder and he graciously gave me permission to present some of his work here. The motor images are Photoshopped to appear as ...

Killer old *** twin drag bike snagged from Chico Moto. donald is our latest member. Thanks for the love, man. Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]

KA-BLAMMO!™ One day I saw a killer two-stroke drag bike on Chopper Dave’s site and after two seconds on Google to see where he got it, I found this killer link to a bunch of old school Performance Machine photos. ...

Leif “Basse” Hveem was a Norwegian speedway champion in the 1940’s and ’50’s, winning the European Longtrack Championship twice, and dozens of Nordic and Norwegian Championships. In the mid-30’s he raced with rare Atlas, Rex, and DKW motors. He rode ...

… rock. And somebody is making new ones.   >> Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]

bikerMetric loves you. For you vintage guys, an artist’s rendering of a Brough Superior S100. And a shot from the movie 1984, starring some very rare Vincent Black Knights. Here is a clean studio shot of one: Dig that. It ...

1928 bill skilton special – j.a.p. thumper motor J.A. Prestwich motors rock! Get the best of bikerMetric directly in your inbox, once a week, every week. [wysija_form id="1"]