It’s not always the World’s Most Powerful and Expensive or World’s Most Exclusive or World’s Most Beautiful bikes that tickle our fancy, sometimes it’s the total opposite — especially if the heart and soul of the bike is pure. Such is the case with the Deus Canggu bike shop in Bali — an intersection of the authentic love of motorcycles with the pure functionality of its environment. The Australian crew most famous for crafting Orlando Bloom’s Mono motorcycle, Deus ex Machina, have taken up shop in the surf Mecca of Bali and made a homebase to practice two of their favorite activities: Surfing and Custom Bike Building. Genius, no? Build it and they will come, Deus figure, and so they did. And among their first creations is this Inari bike above, named after the Japanese spirit of fertility and success. The small moto is based on a 1976 Honda CB100, one of the most popular bikes throughout Indonesia, and has been heavily modified — beefing up its suspension and all almost doubling its displacement to 180cc. Given the remoteness and rugged terrain of Bali, Deus’ Canggu shop is focusing on making smaller bikes with robust suspension and easy-to-fix, simple mechanics. The bikes don’t have to be shiny and head-turning, they have to be reliable, functional and stylish. Not just content with surfing and building bikes (and beautiful Bali-made tanks), the Canggu complex will also house a showroom, art gallery, workshop facilities, photographic studio, artists studio, and surfboard shaping bay. I need to get my ass out to Bali, pronto…

via BikeExif