So I rode to LA and met the guys

The trip from Wes’ house in Hollywood from mine in Scottsdale is 387 miles — that’s 5 hours and 42 minutes of riding a café racer through the hellish desert into gorgeous LA. Luckily, the I-10 is fairly straight and … Continued

A biker’s guide to Christmas

What do you give a man or woman who already has motorcycling? That can be more difficult than it sounds. The clothes we wear, the tools we use and the stuff we do is highly specialized, subject to elaborate technical … Continued

Bike Pr0n: Yamaha XS650 Tracker

Just some pretty pictures and a nice video of a 1972 Yamaha XS650 tracker painted in King Kenny-rep colors courtesy of Deus Ex Machina, which plans to flog it at its Sydney HQ. More for sale ads should be like … Continued

Custom: Deus Ex Machina 225 Scorpio

The Yamaha 225 Scorpio is, rightfully, the kind of bike none of us would look at twice if we passed one on the street. Retailing for around $2,000 in places like India, Indonesia and Thailand, it’s just basic transportation in … Continued

Dress up drag racing with Deus Bali

Two weeks ago a disused construction site in Bali saw a motley collection of small-capacity Indonesian motorcycles gather for a fancy dress party turned drag race. The strip was nothing but a flattened bit of mud, gravel and dirt and … Continued

Video: riding sideways with Deus

Following on from Carby Tuckwell’s article the other day, It happened at Harold Park, here’s video of a bunch of hoons riding sideways on a horse track. Harold Park is an old, half-mile gravel horse racing track near Deus Ex … Continued

It happened at Harold Park

Ever get the feeling that Australians have more fun than we do? Combine 1 horse racing track, a hodge podge of dirt bikes, 1 vintage Vincent tracker, a 10-year-old and 1 dodgy photo permit in the US and the result … Continued