T H E S E C O N D , S L I G H T L Y B E T T E R E D I T I O N

T H E E X P I G A T E D V E R S I O N

Deus ex Machina (god from the machine) roared into

Australia’s cultural consciousness in 2006, with some neatly

customised motorcycles and a quaint notion that doing

something is more fun than just owning something.

Deus (“day-us”) didn’t set out only to sell custom parts and

hand-built motorcycles, but to celebrate a culture of creativity.

The Deus ex Machina showroom/cafe/headquarters in Sydney

immediately became a shrine to ‘run-what-you-brung’

resourcefulness and street-honest industrial art.

The Deus philosophy recalls an era before the various pursuits

of fun – motorcycles, surfing, cycling, whatever – split into

exclusive, fundamentalist factions. All come together under the

Deus roof, where there’s simply respect for the authenticity

and enjoyment of the machine.

Since opening the doors at the Camperdown Temple of

Enthusiasm Deus has spread its own flavour of internally

combustible postmodernism around the globe. The way

forward is one down, four up.

© 2012 Deus Ex Machina Motorcycles Pty LtdISBN 978-0-646-53503-6

Designed and illustrated by Carby TuckwellPublished by Deus Ex Machina Printed by Mr Oh and Junny at AlsoDoMinie, Singapore

First edition published 2010 Second editon published 2012

© 2012 Deus Ex Machina Motorcycles Pty LtdISBN 978-0-646-53503-6

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Photography - Carby Tuckwell

Additional PhotographyEXPLODED GRIEVOUS - Andy BakerPIERRE THE CHEF - Chris Searl LOVERSLAND - Dustin HumphreyBALI - Tom Hawkins

Deus Ex Machina

THE HOUSE OF SIMPLE PLEASURES 98-104 Parramatta Rd, CamperdownSydney, NSW 2050 AUSTRALIA

EMPORIUM OF POSTMODERN ACTIVITIES1001 Venice Blvd, VeniceVenice, CA 90291 AMERICA

THE TEMPLE OF ENTHUSIASMJalan Batu Mejan No.8Canggu, 80361 INDONESIA

deuscustoms.com

The extravagance in which my surplus emotion expressed itself lay on the road. So long as roads were tarred blue and straight; not hedged; and empty and dry, so long I was rich. Nightly I’d run up from the hangar, upon the last stroke of work, spurring my tired feet to be nimble...[My] bike…lived in a garage-hut...Its tyres never wanted air, its engine had a habit of starting at second kick: a good habit, for only by frantic plunges upon the starting pedal could my puny weight force the engine over the seven atmospheres of its compression.

Boanerges’ first glad roar at being alive again nightly jarred the huts of Cadet College into life. `There he goes again, the noisy bugger.’ It is part of an airman’s profession to be knowing with engines; and a thoroughbred engine is our undying satisfaction. The camp wore the virtue of my Brough like a flower in its cap.

…Boa is a top-gear machine, as sweet in that as most single-cylinders in middle. I chug lordlily past the guard-room and through the speed limit at no more than sixteen. Round the bend, past the farm, and the way straightens. Now for it. The engine’s final development is fifty-two horsepower. A miracle that all this docile strength waits behind one tiny lever for the pleasure of my hand.

Another bend: and I have the honour of one of England’s straightest and fastest roads. The burble of my exhaust unwound like a long cord behind me. Soon my speed snapped it, and I heard only the cry of the wind which my battering head split and fended aside. The cry rose with my speed to a shriek: while the air’s coldness streamed like two jets of iced water into my dissolving eyes. I screwed them to slits, and focused my sight two hundred yards ahead of me on the empty mosaic of the tar’s gravelled undulations.

…A glance at the speedometer: seventy-eight. Boanerges is warming up. I pull the throttle right open, on the top of the slope, and we swoop flying across the dip, and up-down up-down the switchback beyond; the weighty machine launching itself like a projectile with a whirr of wheels into the air at the take-off of each rise, to land lurchingly with such a snatch of the driving chain as jerks my spine like a rictus.

…The next mile of road was rough. I braced my feet into the rests, thrust with my arms, and clenched my knees on the tank till its rubber grips goggled under my thighs. Over the first pot-hole Boanerges screamed in surprise, its mud-guard bottoming with a yawp upon the tyre. Through the plunges of the next ten seconds I clung on, wedging my gloved hand in the throttle lever so that no bump should close it and spoil our speed. Then the bicycle wrenched sideways into three long ruts: it swayed dizzily, wagging its tail for thirty awful yards. Out came the clutch, the engine raced freely: Boa checked and straightened his head with a shake, as a Brough should.

The bad ground was passed and on the new road our flight became birdlike. My head was blown out with air so that my ears had failed and we seemed to whirl soundlessly between the sun-gilt stubble fields.

...A skittish motor-bike with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on earth, because of its logical extension of our faculties, and the hint, the provocation, to excess conferred by its honeyed untiring smoothness. Because Boa loves me, he gives me five more miles of speed than a stranger would get from him.

T.E. LawrenceTHE MINT Part III: THE ROAD

I spend most of my time not dying.That’s what living is for.I climb on a motorcycle.I climb on a cloud and rain. I climb on a woman I love.I repeat my themes.

Frederick SeidelOOGA-BOOGA

S H A P I N G B AY

A R T I S T S T U D I O

G L A S S &PA I N T B AY

P H OTOS T U D I O

M OTO R C YC L E B E N KA L

H E A D O F F I C E

G A L L E R Y &S H O W R O O M

S TAG E R E S TAU R A N T B AT UM E J A N

B A R

SPECIAL FIT

SPECIAL FIT

S W A P P I N G , S E L L I N G , H A G G L I N G , F I G H T I N G . . . 1 2 P M S T A R T , R O L L E R R A C E S , H A R D M A N C O M P E T I T I O N S A N D A F R E E - F O R - A L L B I K E W A L L F O R S E L L I N G Y O U R O L D R I D E ( B E E A R L Y F O R T H E G O O D S P O T S ) . G O L D C O I N E N T R Y F O R B I K E S Y D N E Y . D E U S . C O M . A U

IN BENZIN VERITAS

Deus ex Machina (god from the machine) roared into Australia’s cultural consciousness in 2006, with some neatly customised motorcycles and a quaint notion that doing something is more fun than just owning something.

Deus (“day-us”) didn’t set out only to sell custom parts and hand-built motorcycles, but to celebrate a culture of creativity. The Deus ex Machina showroom/cafe/headquarters in Sydney immediately became a shrine to ‘run-what-you-brung’ resourcefulness and street-honest industrial art.

The Deus philosophy recalls an era before the various pursuits of fun – motorcycles, surfing, cycling, whatever – split into exclusive, fundamentalist factions. All come together under the Deus roof, where there’s simply respect for the authenticity and enjoyment of the machine.

Since opening the doors at the Camperdown Temple of Enthusiasm Deus has spread its own flavour of internally combustible postmodernism around the globe. The way forward is one down, four up.

THANKS

TO ALL THE MECHANICS, POETS, ARTISTS, MISCREANTS, CHEFS, SHAPERS, RIDERS, SLIDERS, PEDALERS, SWAPPERS, WORDSMITHS, DESIGNERS, STAFF, MOOCHERS, HEROES AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE MADE DEUS EX MACHINA THE MULTIFARIOUS HEAVING MASS OF ENTHUSIASM IT IS.

Special thanks to Frederick Seidel for kindly allowing us to use his inspired words.

THE MOTORCYCLES

The American 1200 V-Twin - PP.25-28Was conceived at the beginning of the Great Recession. Woolie’s goal was to take the most famous American-made, mile-dirt-track chassis called the C&J Low Boy (the winning-most, mile-dirt-track chassis ever built) and convert it into a street legal café racer, using as many American parts as he could (hence the name, The American).

The motor was built up with a Harley Sportster™ five-speed lower end, bob-weight-balanced crank performance rods, forged J&E high compression pistons, and Edelbrock™ big valve cylinder heads. Suspension up front came courtesy of Buell™, with triple clamps hand-made at Durelle Racing. Works Perfomance Products, hand built the rear shocks. Sun Rims™ from Buchanan’s, knock-off hubs and brake hangers from A&A Racing, and speedo and electronics by Motogadget™.

The Long Black SR500 - PP. 49-50TZ 750 front brake, Buchanans™ rims with 304 SS spokes. The fender was hand made by 7metal West with Deus fender mount. The headlight was a vintage Ducati Mona modified to fit the Motogadget speedo, head light bracket was hand made out of stainless steel. NOS Tommaselli™ clip ons and a quarter turn race throttle. The twin pull brake is off a old water buffalo.

The tank is a copy of a works Honda CR then heavily modified to fit the SR frame. The motor has a big J&E™ forged piston with all new valves and rocker with a fully ported set up, Megicycle™ cam shaft and FCR flat slid carb. The seat was hand crafted from the pan up – leather work was by C&C’s. Shocks by Works Performance™.

A & A Racing in Northern CA built the triple clamps (with adjustable offset) as well as the chrome-moly swing arm. The A & A Racing rear hub is a fully adjustable with knock offs and full floating rear brake hanger (over sized rotor and Brembo caliper).

The Mono SR542 - PP. 63-72Heatpainted SR 542cc engine with 42mm flat slide carb, flowed head and race exhaust, airbox removal, braided line kit, Ohlins™ Monoshock converion, stretched swingarm, Ohlins™ inverted front end, 320mm flating front disc, Braking™ 4 piston caliper, billet alloy top and triple trees, 5.5” headlight with mesh cover, Pro-Taper™ bars, stainless speedo and tacho, Alloy XT style tank, W650 seat adaptation, LED stop light, billet indicators, ignition relocation kit, stainless front fender, wide front and rear wheels with stainless spokes, and K180 tyres in 130mm front and 180 rear sizes, alloy foot pegs.

Triumph T120 Bobber - PP. 123-128 Triumph T-120 hardtail, Joe Hunt™ magneto, custom oil tank. 18” rear, 21” front.

1200 V-Twin Cafe Special - PP. 135-1382009 H-D Nightster™ custom. SR 400 tank conversion. 19” dia front wheel, 18” dia rear wheel, alloy rims, stainless spokes, Dunlop tyres, Ikon front and rear suspension, 2 into 1 exhaust with ceramic black coating, re-mapped injection, Storz™ rearset pegs, clip-on bars, electronic speedo, solo seat, trimmed front and rear fenders, LED stop lights and custom paint.

TT SR400 - PP. 155-158 (also page 7-8)Yamaha SR 400 2 valve single transformed into the Deus IoM tribute. Japanese hand-made alloy tank, custom triple clamp and headlight assembly. K&N pod filter kit, goldstar style pipe and ducktail saddle.Ohlins™ suspension, Brembo™ brakes, 40mm flatslide carb.

The Drovers Dog SR520 - PP. 155-158Powder coated black rims and hubs, stainless spokes, Firestone™ vintage tyres, stainless fenders, wave disc, Brembo™ 4 piston caliper, Ikon™ suspension front and rear, 520cc engine with flowed head, CR round slide carb, race exhaust, full braided line kit and removable surf rack.

Triumph Thruxton - PP. 179-180904 big bore kit with flowed heads, 39mm flatslide carbs with K&N air filters, Deus 2 into 1 race exhaust, billet oil coolers, full air box removal kit, full Aprillia Tuono front suspension including twin 320mm floating front discs and 4 piston calipers. Digital speedo, Beringer™ master cylinder, Rizoma™ grips and mirrors, custom headlight, alloy tank, alloy seat unit with all electrics hidden underneath, Ohlins™ rear dampers, wave rear disc, 5.5” wide alloy rim with 180 tyre and billet sprocket cover.

SR500 Salt Racer - PP. 187-200Modified TT500 frame, SR500 2 valve single, DID rims with shaved tyres for weight reduction. Custom gearing, lightweight 428 chain, custom alloy bikini fairing and tank.

W650 Street Tracker STP Livery - PP. 227-230Richard Petty tribute colours, Pirelli Scorpions, Over Racing™ 2 into 1 heat wrapped exhaust, Custom drilled bevel cover, WM™ Racing alloy tank, flat track seat kit, custom speedo mount.

W650 The Bloodnok - PP. 235-238Modified frame, hand rolled rear fender, vintage Cokers, custom seat, micro switches, Brembo™ master cyclinder, Braking™ wave disc, inverted front caliper.

W650 Sacred Cow - Bobbersaki - PP. 238-242Deus Bobbersaki™ Kawasaki W650 hardtail conversion with Triumph T120 front drum brake, T120 petrol tank, classic headlight with stainless bracket, internal throttle assembly, steel rear fender with “sparto” stop light, pea shooter pipes, 733 big bore kit with flowed head and clear coated bare metal.

W650 Swing Bobber - PP. 243-244Trick W650, custom-fit SR400 tank, bobbed rear guard, modified rear frame and custom battery box, custom solo seat, Daytona™ headlight and speedo, Deus custom pipes, standard W650 rims, standard W650 front guard.

Grievous Angel SR400 - PP. 249-252Handshaped aluminium bullet fairing powder coated black, Over Racing™ stubbie under pipe, black powder coated factory mags, clip-on bars, ducktail seat and tracker tank in piano black, modified SR frame, K&N™ pod filter kit, CV carb, beadblasted engine case, Brembo™ 4 pot front caliper and Braking™ wave disc, Ohlins™ rear shocks.

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1 THE FRONTAL MATCHLESS

2 THE AMERICAN 1200 IN VENICE

3-4 DEUS CAMPERDOWN

5-6 JAWA SPEEDWAY BIKE IN THE DEUS CAFE

7-8 JEZ.T ON THE DEUS SR400 - TT

9-10 TRACKING IN INDONESIA

10 TONY DISPIGNA TYPOGRAPHY

11 GRIEVOUS ANGEL A1 SCREENPRINT

13-14 THE CUSTOMS FAMILY TREE

15-16 HUSKY TANK, STRAIGHTY DENIM

17-18 XT500 AND W650 FLAT TRACKERS

19-20 SAILOR JAPPY AND THE CR

21-22 EMPORIUM OF POSTMODERN ACTIVITIES VENICE

23-24 1001 VENICE BLD. VENICE CA.

25-28 THE AMERICAN 1200 V-TWIN

29-30 THE G-50

31-32 DEUS BALI FROM BATU MEJAN

33-34 CUSTOMS QUIVER

35-36 THE CANGGU COMPOUND BY NIGHT

37-38 INARI WITH FINS

39-40 TRACKING INDONESIA - JASON SALISBURY

41-42 OIL AND WATER

43-44 WOLFMOTHER PLAY DEUS BALI

45-46 DRESS UP DRAGS

47-48 SOMMERSBY FLAT TRACK

49-50 BJS SR500 CAFE

51-52 EXPLODED GRIEVOUS

53-54 THE LOAM RANGER VS PUDDING HEAD

57-58 A LOGO PADDOCK

59-60 EVENT POSTERS 2009-11

61-62 CAMPERDOWN WORKSHOP 7.47AM MAY 2007

63-64 CARTOON PHYSICS

65-70 DEUS CUSTOM SR542 ‘THE MONO’

69-70 ORLANDO BLOOM IN THE DUST

71-72 THE MONO - PLAYED BACKWARDS SAYS ONOM

73-74 MIKE LIKED BIKES - HONDA RC166

75-78 DEUS 4TH BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL OF PUERILE FUN

79-86 FESTIVAL OF THE V-TWIN 2010

87-88 DEPARTURE RALLY FOR THE CHARLEY BOORMAN TRIP

89-96 DEUS CAFE CAMPERDOWN

91-96 DUCK RAGOUT, THE FUEL OF WARRIOR POETS

97-108 VINTAGE SURF & SKATE SWAP MEET NR1 - DEC 2009

109-116 VINTAGE SURF & SKATE SWAP MEET NR2 - APRIL 2009

117-118 TEE FARM

119-120 CAMPERDOWN SHOWROOM

121-122 MATT MACHINE, A ROSE AND THE JAP

123-128 DEUS TRIUMPH T120 BOBBER

129-134 DEUS MOTORCYCLE SWAP MEET - MARCH 2008

135-138 BALD TERRIOR AND THE 1200 V-TWIN CAFE EDITION

139-154 CAMPERDOWN BICYCLE SWAP MEETS 1,2 AND 3

155-158 DEUS SR400 CUSTOM ‘TT’

159-170 LOVERSLAND SURF TOUR NOVEMBER 2008

171-172 LOVERSLAND EXHIBITION PARTY

173-174 DEUS ORIGINALS TRACK FRAME

175-176 ‘THE DROVERS DOG’ CUSTOM SR400

179-182 DARE’S TRIUMPH THRUXTON CUSTOM

183-184 WINGLID AND IDLE WORSHIP

185-202 SPEEDWEEK 2006 - LAKE GAIRDNER S.A.

203-212 HAROLD PARK FAREWELL DIRT TRACK DAY

213-214 GOLDSTAR SR400 CUSTOM

215-216 ‘THE EVIL TWIN’ W650 CUSTOM

217-218 THE INDIANS EXHIBITION - DEUS CAFE 2005

219-226 BICYCLE FILM FEST 2006 EXHIBITION AND PARTY

227-230 THE SWELL TRACKER W650

231-234 VINTAGE BMX SWAPMEET MAY 2010

235-238 THE BLOODNOK - DEUS W650 SHORTY CUSTOM

239-242 BOBBERSAKI - DEUS HARDTAIL W650 CUSTOM

243-246 DEUS SWINGBOB W650

247-248 VENICE WORKSHOP WALL AND SHADOWY JEZ

249-252 DEUS GRIEVOUS ANGEL SR400

T H E S E C O N D , S L I G H T L Y B E T T E R E D I T I O N

T H E E X P I G A T E D V E R S I O N

Deus ex Machina (god from the machine) roared into

Australia’s cultural consciousness in 2006, with some neatly

customised motorcycles and a quaint notion that doing

something is more fun than just owning something.

Deus (“day-us”) didn’t set out only to sell custom parts and

hand-built motorcycles, but to celebrate a culture of creativity.

The Deus ex Machina showroom/cafe/headquarters in Sydney

immediately became a shrine to ‘run-what-you-brung’

resourcefulness and street-honest industrial art.

The Deus philosophy recalls an era before the various pursuits

of fun – motorcycles, surfing, cycling, whatever – split into

exclusive, fundamentalist factions. All come together under the

Deus roof, where there’s simply respect for the authenticity

and enjoyment of the machine.

Since opening the doors at the Camperdown Temple of

Enthusiasm Deus has spread its own flavour of internally

combustible postmodernism around the globe. The way

forward is one down, four up.

© 2012 Deus Ex Machina Motorcycles Pty LtdISBN 978-0-646-53503-6