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Back in January, Adrian at YouMotorcycle bought a 2006 Kawasaki Ninja 650 with 330 km on it for only $1,300. The previous owner is an entrepreneur who’s businesses blew up, and then so did his wife (they had three kids ...

Copied with permission from YouMotorcycle: Motorcycling can get expensive, and motorcycles have their own version of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. First we want a bike that just runs, and maybe a not-too-beat-up helmet. Next, we start replacing the things that ...

All right, ladies and gentlemen. It’s time to go back to our regularly-scheduled programming of beer-soaked articles and interviews about old school metric bobbers, choppers, and cafes. If anybody is interested in contributing to bikerMetric, email me and give me ...

From Casey Anderson, who many of you have known and asked about over the years, on his Suzuki GS1100 chopper: The other night I was sitting out back with a whiskey and a cigar thinking about motorcycles and women. For ...

Flying motorcycle? Hovercraft? You decide. But Lazareth, the french team that makes automotive engineers’ wet dreams come true, is at it again. This time it looks like Ludovic “Ludo” Lazareth and his team are one step closer to making their ...

Michael Gerstenmayer is a fifth generation woodworker, running a one man business. He’s cabinetmaker and furniture restorer in the southwest of Germany, and most recently, he’s been applying his skill, trade, and art, to the world of motorcycles. bikerMetric: Hey ...

If you are a motorcycle enthusiast and love the thrill of travelling on a motorcycle, you would know that a lot goes into preparing for a long trip. From how to pack to when to eat, there are quite a ...

Son Mai is a 28 year old from San Jose, California. He owns a small business that specializes in 360° Virtual Tours for real estate and small businesses. He got into custom motorcycles when he was 23 years old and has ...

I went and had some patches sewn on my new cut this last Saturday. I made my pilgrimage to an old leather shop in San Jose that has been owned and operated by the same family for over 40 years.  ...

Our story could have started at the wooden gate of an old barn that has been sealed shut for years, and the race engine buried beneath the dust. But our story really ends before that, with the broken upper arm ...