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Yamaha XS400 Custom

Ben Branch January 24, 2013
  • Australian
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Flat Trackers
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Scrambler Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

Brett over at Hand Made Vintage Customs has a knack for building refreshingly unusual custom motorcycles, this bike is based on a 1980 Yamaha XS400 and it’s a hybrid of both scrambler and tracker schools of motorcycle engineering.

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Glad, Glad and Lizzy

Ben Branch January 11, 2013
  • Australian
  • Motorcycles
  • Photography
  • Style
  • Vintage

This 1920 photograph comes from the fantastic Museum Victoria collection, it depicts Glad Linaker, Lizzy Chinnery and Glad White sitting atop their v-twin motorcycles.

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Sportster Cafe Racer by Deus Ex Machina

Ben Branch December 26, 2012
  • Australian
  • Cafe Racers
  • Deus Ex Machina
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

The Harley-Davidson Sportster is one of the more cafe-racer-conversion friendly motorcycles out there, they always have an eye-catching look to them and performance isn’t too shabby if the builder can get the weight down to sub-Sherman Tank levels.

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BSA Afternoon

Ben Branch November 25, 2012
  • Australian
  • BSA
  • Photography
  • Style

This image comes courtesy of the Museum of Victoria and it shows a couple taking an afternoon ride on their BSA with their Jack Russell.

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Motorcycle Gloves by Deus Ex Machina

Ben Branch November 17, 2012
  • Australian
  • Deus Ex Machina
  • Gear
  • Gloves
  • Japanese
  • Retro

The Japanese company Harold’s Gear used to produce some of the best retro motorcycle gloves you could find anywhere, sadly the state of both the global and Japanese economy have been tough on the small firm and they recently went out of business.

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Smokey Joe by Deus Bali

Ben Branch November 12, 2012
  • Australian
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Deus Ex Machina
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

Smokey Joe is a project undertaken by the team at Deus Ex Machina Bali for their friend, surfing and beer drinking companion, Ellis Ericson….

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Temple Vibes

Ben Branch October 6, 2012
  • Australian
  • Films
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Surfing

This captivating 2 minute video was shot by the talented Yuji from Japan, he was in Bali visiting the Deus Bali “Temple of Enthusiasm”…

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Le Gicleur Noire by Deus Ex Machina

Ben Branch October 3, 2012
  • Australian
  • Deus Ex Machina
  • Flat Trackers
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

Le Gicleur Noire is French for “always bet on black”, it’s also the (rather fitting) name chosen by Deus Ex Machina for this, their beautiful new Kawasaki W650 custom.

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Honda S90 Cafe Racer by Deus Ex Machina

Ben Branch September 12, 2012
  • Australian
  • Cafe Racers
  • Deus Ex Machina
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

The Honda S90 is one of those bikes that doesn’t get the cafe racer treatment nearly often enough. The ultra lightweight motorcycle was manufactured by Honda between 1964 and 1969, it was fitted with a 4-stoke, air-cooled single cylinder engine capable of 8hp and capable of just over 60mph (with a light rider).

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The Brat by Garage Project Motorcycles

Ben Branch August 29, 2012
  • Australian
  • Cafe Racers
  • Design
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Style

The CB350 Brat is one of those bikes that lit up the moto-web when it was released last year, it had features on BikeEXIF, Cyril Huze Post and Sydney Cafe Racers and the world loved it.

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Holden Torana GTR-X Development and Testing

Ben Branch August 26, 2012
  • Australian
  • Cars
  • Concept
  • Design
  • Retro
  • Vintage

We featured the Australian Holden Torana GTR-X a few months ago but only recently came across this footage of the car being tested on a private development track.

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Deus Wallpapers #2

Ben Branch August 15, 2012
  • Art
  • Australian
  • Deus Ex Machina
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

Say what you want about Deus, they have some of the best photographers and designers in the business working under their collective roofs.

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