Since Australian custom motorcycle builders/lifestyle clothing manufacturer Deus Ex Machina opened shop in our hometown of Venice Beach, CA, the band of creatives have built 8 custom bikes. The Bully, seen here, is #9. Built from the remains of a post-collision Buell Lightning X1, The Bully had its compromised frame revitalized with a new chromoly […]
14
Oct
One-off café racer-style bike built in Venice Beach
7
Jun
John Ryland's Yamaha Virago-inspired custom bike
Although Richmond, VA-based Classified Moto is only two years young, but they have 13 bikes on order and their latest release, the Classified Motto XV1100, is based on a Yamaha Virago XV1100. Most notable on the bike are the signature gold forks, taken from a 2004 Suzuki GSX-R1000, hooked up to a CNC-machined custom upper […]
2
Feb
What happens when Australia gets ahold of a Yamaha 225
The latest option out of Australia’s Deus Ex Machina custom bike shop is the Mouse Trap, built from the heart and soul of a 2008 Yamaha Scorpio 225. Custom touches include bespoke front and rear fenders, alloy tank, modified Nitro Heads seat and laced 17″ rims. Finish it off with a black transmission and engine […]
6
Dec
Pedal for your heath or power up the engine for 188 mpgs
Like the popular Derringer Cycles we’ve covered frequently, Yamaha’s Y125 MOEGI pedal motorcycle concept is both motorcycle and bicycle in one — allowing the user to switch between pedaling to get where he wants to go and turning on the engine to allow it to do all the work for him. In the latter mode, […]
24
Aug
Stripping a 1978 Yamaha SR500 to its cleanest form
The brain child of designer Jay LaRossa, the Solus cafe racer is based on a 1978 Yamaha SR500 stripped to its cleanest essence. The Long Beach, CA-based Lossa Engineering specializes in cafe racers based on Italian, Japanese and British bikes from the ’60s and ’70s. Following old school tradition, LaRossa strips the junk and makes […]
Normally I wouldn’t be caught dead on a scooter, unless I was A) a sororeity girl or B) zipping around some Caribbean island in flip flops and a helmet made of discarded coconuts. But I would make an exception for the Yamaha CP250, whose futuristic looks began life as a concept, but has now been […]
Pasadena Art Center student Jake Loniak designed this amazingly bad ass vertical motorcycle…err, tricycle. I mean tripod. Whatever. The Deus Ex Machina (which is Latin for “Dope Ass Machine”) is straight out of an HR Geiger mechanized dream, cross-fertilized with that creature from Cloverfield. The electric concept is controlled by 36 pneumatic muscles, and is […]
