A bunch of Sydney local moto-scene-stas were invited to an intimate gathering to reveal the launch of an exciting collaboration between BMW Motorrad Australia and Deus Ex Machina as the custom motorcycle house revealed their take on the German engineered R nineT.

Seeing people descend on Bondi Pavilion to see the love poured into the builds that were entered, made the 5:30am wake up call (on a Sunday) well worth it. It was a rainy day by the beach, everyone was in good spirits, very chilled out and happy to be in good company. This year, the Sydney crew at Deus invited some emerging forces within the local moto scene including Stories of Bike, Sydney Cafe Racers who were promoting Throttle Roll, The Throttle Dolls and Rising Sun Workshop.

Somewhere north of Sydney in a quiet and serene part of the world, a bunch of good people on deliberately inappropriate motorcycles descended on paradise and tore up the Atkinson backyard over a weekend of bush, bikes, bonfires and beer. 

This past weekend at Aftershock, the second year of the event, was the first year we had enough ladies to make up a heat. Featuring Zaya, Carina, Nikki of the Foxy Fuelers, and yours truly. Four heats on the dirt track and four heats on the flat track, Carina took first place for the women's...