TWO METRIC CUSTOMS

Australian Motorcyclist Issue #23

• MOTOmania GET AN EXPERT
• BEAR FACED
• ISLAND EVOLUTION
• NEW BIKE PRICES HOW MUCH IS IT
• WHAT SAY YOU? HAVE YOUR SAY. IT’S FREE
• THE GREAT DAYS OF MOTORCYCLING CLASSIC MORRIS
• A JACKET THAT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE NORM’S
• TELEGRAPH TO THE CAPE
• READERS’ TRAVEL WHAT DID EMERSON SAY AGAIN?
• LONG TERMERS WHAT HAVE WE DONE NOW?
• BIKE LAUNCH YAMAHA TRICITY
• PUBS OF THE MONTH
• I BUNGLED BIG TIME
• TRAVEL EDELWEISS TOURING
• WORLDS BEST CUSTOM BIKES
• COLOGNE BIKE SHOW THE LITTLE BITS
• MELTS LIKE PUTTY IN YOUR HANDS
• LAUNCH INDIAN SCOUT
• TOURING TASSIE
• TWO METRIC CUSTOMS
• MOTOGP TECHNOLOGY AND POWER
• BOMBALA BIKE SHOW…
• NEWS THE LATEST AND GREATEST
• FIRST LOOK
• FURBALL

WHO SAYS IT HAS TO BE AF? WORDS/PHOTOS THE BEAR

“A girl whose cheeks are covered with paint Has an advantage with me over one whose ain’t.”

Ogden Nash, Biological Reflection

Customising is a funny business, isn’t it? On the one hand it is all about personalising your motorcycle, making it “yours” in a way that factories simply can’t match. On the other hand it is just as subject to fashion as almost any other human activity. And in customised motorcycles, the fashion has pretty much always been to start with an American bike – all right, let’s not put too fine a point on it: a Harley. But does the base bike for your custom job necessarily have to be put together with AF nuts and bolts?