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Post by twoblackcats on Sept 30, 2013 20:18:24 GMT
Top stuff, lot's of great little details that you notice more and more of the longer you look at it. Very nice. P.S Your work on the seat may have inspired me to do something with that scrap of leather I cut out of an old sofa. I can darn a sock so why not make a seat
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Post by SuusCustoms on Sept 30, 2013 21:33:51 GMT
Top stuff, lot's of great little details that you notice more and more of the longer you look at it. Very nice. P.S Your work on the seat may have inspired me to do something with that scrap of leather I cut out of an old sofa. I can darn a sock so why not make a seat I highly recommend using a sewing machine if you can for the seat, hand sewing takes WAY too long. My little sewing machine is probably 50 years old and spat the dummy at the idea of sewing leather which is why I ended up stitching the whole thing by hand. Take your time, cut carefully and it's not too hard. If you've got an old seat cover to use as a template then it's real easy
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Post by SuusCustoms on Oct 8, 2013 3:01:04 GMT
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Post by SuusCustoms on Oct 19, 2013 8:46:51 GMT
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Post by SuusCustoms on Oct 24, 2013 5:29:03 GMT
Tomorrow morning at the crack of dawn we will be hitting the road for Sydney (a 10 hour drive) to showcase our BSA Bull Sh!t Art Bantam at the Deus Ex Machina Boundless Enthusiasm Biker Buildoff on Saturday. It should be a great day and we can't wait to see what everyone else has built within the rules of minimal cost and maximum creativity. We are extremely proud of our effort with the BSA, having built the entire thing on the back deck, from frame modifications right through to custom brake cables, so if we make it into the top 5 bikes on the day we would love you to vote for us in the international people's choice bikebuildoff.com/No details are available on how the voting works yet but we will keep you informed on Saturday if we can. For anyone else making the trip we look forward to seeing you there! Facebook event page for those interested: www.facebook.com/events/405327732913170/?ref=25
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Post by SuusCustoms on Oct 26, 2013 5:56:55 GMT
WE MADE THE TOP 5!
Absolutely blown away at the moment, but very proud to announce that we made the top 5 in the Australian part of the event! This means that we are in the running for the international people's choice, as well as the recipients of a very cool trophy and come cool merch.
Thanks to Deus for putting on the event, I will add photos once I am home and on a decent internet connection.
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Post by dungbug on Oct 26, 2013 7:42:53 GMT
WE MADE THE TOP 5! Absolutely blown away at the moment, but very proud to announce that we made the top 5 in the Australian part of the event! This means that we are in the running for the international people's choice, as well as the recipients of a very cool trophy and come cool merch. Thanks to Deus for putting on the event, I will add photos once I am home and on a decent internet connection. Well done sir, well deserved! Look forward to the photo's.
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Post by SuusCustoms on Oct 27, 2013 22:26:01 GMT
Thanks Dungbug So now as promised a few pics of the weekend. I left home at 6:30 Friday morning, picking up a good mate and his bike before heading up for what turned out to be a 13 hour drive to Sydney by the time we'd picked up some last minute supplies and battled Sydney's peak hour and one way streets. We got an hour or 2 work done finishing off the second bike that evening before calling it a night so that we could get up at the crack of dawn Saturday. Saturday morning it was straight down to the venue for an incredible day. So many cool bikes, some with incredible build quality, great crowds all day, good food put on by Deus and perfect weather. Was blown away to get the BSA into the top 5 after 3 months work, especially being one of the first bikes I have worked on! Sunday was pleasantly uneventful, with the return trip to Melbourne managed in around 10 hours, although I could not believe the 8+ speed trap police cars we saw on the Hume on the drive! Anyway, a lineup of some of the great bikes waiting to sign in: This thing was just crazy, especially being built in 24 hours! My favourite Brat look of the day, although the old rear tank mount would have been very effective at castration: Very cool and quirky BMX inspired build Great use of the Honda wings design: Fun Trike Great rework of an old XT250 dirt bike My mate's Suzuki F50 build Bobbers Dirt Trackers Cafe Racers Some of the brilliant bikes ridden in by people checking out the show: The winner on the day And of course my little BSA mingling in the crowd With it's super cool trophy
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Post by SuusCustoms on Oct 28, 2013 3:48:01 GMT
If anyone is reading this thread from Melbourne, Australia, then there is a great event which you should be getting down to this weekend. Oil Stained Brain is on for the second year running and by all accounts it will be even bigger and better then last time. We have been lucky enough to be invited to show the BSA as one of the 30 or so bikes on display and can't wait to see what else will be there. This year the event will be held at the Kustom Commune in Collingwood, which is an inner city communal motorcycle workshop due to open a week after the event, so if you are interested by the workshop it will be a great chance to take a sneak peak at that as well. Full details of the event can be found at oilstainedbrain.com.au/ or on facebook at www.facebook.com/events/535555426526014/
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Post by SuusCustoms on Nov 5, 2013 7:18:20 GMT
Deus Ex Machina's international voting has commenced for the 2013 buildoff! There are some great bikes out there and I'm wrapped to have Bull s**t Art in the mix. To vote for my little bike click here:http://deuscustoms.com/bikebuildoff/vote/entrant/666/ You can see all the other cool entries here: deuscustoms.com/bikebuildoff/vote/
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Post by dungbug on Nov 8, 2013 16:21:48 GMT
It's got my vote Good luck fella, when does the winner get announced?
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Post by SuusCustoms on Nov 9, 2013 8:00:47 GMT
Monday 18th the winner is announced I believe, wrapped with over 300 votes so far, but there is some strong voting for the Bali bikes, one of which has hit 1500 votes!
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Post by SuusCustoms on Nov 11, 2013 22:03:21 GMT
1 week of voting down and the BSA is creeping up towards 400 votes, putting me around 10th position which I am wrapped with given the quality of competition and my lack of bike building experience. I would love to hit 500 before voting closes next Monday. deuscustoms.com/bikebuildoff/vote/entrant/666/
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Post by SuusCustoms on Nov 26, 2013 23:48:42 GMT
Voting's all over, 9th in the world
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