So another action packed weekend has come to pass. We now have time to catch our breath again. With the Top Gear Festival in full swing, the Deus crew was flat out battling the 30+ degree temps over the two days out at the Sydney Motorsport Park. With a full featured stand, including a NASA Airstream Van, The Chev truck, 2 Corvettes and of course 15 odd bikes, Deus had a huge presence across the entire venue, enough so that Captain Slow (James May) decided to beat the heat under our stand while oggling over the beautiful works of metal and rubber. As the festival provided more events and attractions than one could poke a stick at including, Webber setting a new … View More

Following on from Stage 1:- “After a lot of sparks Jeremy welded up the new tank and seat mounts as well as the surf rack and a special request for an old Ammunitions tin I found to store my lunch and other goodies. We decided to put different sprockets on the bike for some highway gearing so the 225 can keep up with the highway traffic for the long trip home.” Photographed by Thomas Walk

A thumper is a motorcycle with a four stroke, single cylinder engine. It is called a thumper for the sound it makes. It goes thump, thump, thump. We like them because they’re lightweight, torque-y, easy to maintain, and make that sweet sound. Thump, thump, thump. There’s a whole community of folks who like them, a whole world actually. Putting on our first proper motorcycle show at the Emporium of Postmodern Activities, we were a bit nervous. Would there be enough people? Would there be enough bikes? We weren’t too sure. So when our first thumper enthusiast arrived at 10 am, telling us he had just jumped a flight from Seattle expressly for our event, there was a feeling of “oh … View More

The last few weeks have been a frenzy of activity at the hive we call the House, with the Welcome back Surf Swap, Bob Mctavish Evening and Top Gear festival next weekend our feet haven’t touched the ground. Not content to keep the circus in the tent (or rather the House) we planned a road trip up the east coast this week, the lads will arrive shaken and well stirred in Queensland just in time for the Noosa Longboard Festival. With a bunch of the boys from the Temple coming out for the event, it only seemed right to round up our Aussie surfers (Noosa surfers to be more exact), fly em down to Sydney and make them ride all the way home. … View More

In preparation for last Saturday’s swap meet, 70 fortunate diners were treated to a three course meal. H.G Nelson’s humour for entrée, a substantial sizing of Bob Mctavish’s history and knowledge for mains. Rich Pavel helped serve up some after dinner treats followed by Q’n’As with Mr Mctavish. With an introduction from H.G that nobody saw coming it left everybody in stitches before they even started eating, which lead into a presentation from the man himself, addressing 5 key periods not only in surfing but also his carrer. Every one needed a chance to process all of the priceless education so it was time to eat. with a very morish avocado and prawn starter it set the scene for a beautifully rich, tender braised beef cheek … View More

Every now and then, the crowded points of Noosa appear differently. Something queer happens in the water after school holidays, publicised or dying swells, after surfers have had their fill. The crowds disappear. There are even odd occasions that I find myself alone at one of the usually packed, points. These moments seem to pop up out of nowhere and never last long. Photographed here, in complete contrast to every other day of the same week, was one of those moments. Instead of bumping rails with the rest of southeast Queensland’s surfing population, I was surfing alone. Noosa had just seen its second Cyclone swell for the year. Surfers were either catching up on work they’d ignored, trying to explain … View More

Now with Harrison on board, it was only fitting that he had his very own created. As Harrison and Thomas Bexon, both being from Noosa are great mates so it only seemed fair that they both spend some time together at the temple working on a sled that would suit Harrison’s surfing as well as keeping in theme with Thomas’ shapes. What they came up with is something special (a “Harrison Roach Concept”). Turning a number of blanks into a series of 9’4 sanded finish logs, with 50-50 rails turned up and pinched at the nose. 3″ thick with double 6oz glass on the deck with 4oz underneath. These things go sick! with knifey rails they turn and hold really … View More

Its alway rewarding when we receive customer feedback, especially when an email evokes so much feeling. Thanks to Rob Davies for the kind words! “Finally got to test the handling of my SR after you guys fitted progressive springs (at your suggestion) on the esses at Coalcliff. It sort of went like this. Coming from the south in 5th,4th,3rd……….3rd still, 4th……… more 4th………… more f@#$%!?g 4th, 5th and see you later. SSssweet as! Many thanks for sharing your expertise and attending to my beautiful little bike”. Cheers, Rob Davis. PS. The bloke behind me did not see my brake lights come on once during this stretch. PPS. Dontcha just love 4th gear on these babies!

In case you didn’t hear, there was a not-so-little motorcycle show up in Portland over the weekend and we went. Here’s how the dang thing unraveled: A few custom bikes were tucked into the van including The Sevenish out of our own Woolie’s Workshop, a bike by Roland Sands, and a shiny Norton from Kim Boyle Customs. Creeping carefully north, the three bikes were deposited safely at Sandbox Studios in the heart of Portland to start a weekend to end all weekends. Folks flocked from all corners of the earth to touch, taste, and see all the wonderfulness The One Motorcycle Show had on bottomless tap. Michael Woolaway was out in good form to unveil his latest piece of rolling hottness dubbed … View More