Deus has put the 562 lb Harley-Davidson Nightster onto a weight-loss programme and created a motorcycle with looks that could kill. The new Deus 1200 V-Twin is one of the best bikes yet to come out of the Australian custom emporium, and it’s left us salivating. The clumsy stock seat is swapped out for an elegant bobber-style item, installed behind a modified Yamaha SR400 tank with a quick release strap. The rear end and front fender are truncated, and the look is as tight as a gnat’s ass. Harley is coy about the horsepower of its pushrod ‘Evolution’ motor—probably about 65, we reckon—but it can now breathe a little easier thanks to a custom 2-into-1 pipe, a new injection map and a workout on the dyno. (The standard belt drive is left untouched, but there are kits if you really feel the need to keep something lubricated.) In keeping with the café racer theme, Deus adds clip-on bars, Storz rearsets and a simply stunning paint job. The detailing, finish and styling tweaks are beyond compare, so it’ll cost around A$28,000 (US$26,000) to put one of these in your garage. Contact Deus if you’re interested, and while you’re there, sign up for their excellent Oily Rag email newsletter.
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19 Comments
$26K? Wake the hell up!
65 hp? Dream on, only about 55-57
Put a real engine in it.
beautiful
i have to agree with JR it looks very good:)
it’s a HD so not much hp, but lots pf torque
That’s a pretty motorcycle.
$26k …. well OTT for a sporster I agree! However, I live in Duabi and I never stop being amazed at the amounts of money spent on frankley, nasty and very ‘cheap’ looking Harleys (and cars) here. This is a very cool bike although I think that I will leave it for a cool rich arab to buy ……………..PS, I have not come across one yet but perhaps there is one out there!!! LOL
You gotta be kidding me. This is a bad joke right? I’ve seen some very nice Sportster specials, this is not one of them.
Alright, I voted for you, now here are my two cents:
I think most other bikes that Deus have made look a lot better than that. Now, I don’t mean that as a knock against them, it’s just that TW200s, W650s, and SR400s are better suited to the types of customs that they make. And the customs that they make are, in my estimation, some of the classiest looking and most rideable bikes out there. It’s just that there is no way to make that Sportster not look pudgy.
….now, put an old baldy bloke on it in the upright seating poition that it looks to command……………man, I think they would have to take $10k off the price to get rid of it…….
Its nice to see bikes being customized and made lighter. I don’t think too many owners will worry about the lack of power when they are posing around Bondi though.
Deus are obviously brilliant at marketing their brand, and I like their bikes but if I had that kind of money to spend I would go to Mule for something more bespoke.
That bike is gorgeous in my opinion. It’s got a great stance to it, and if you look on their site, a nice riding position as well. (Not upright like victa said).
That being said, Deus overprices the hell out of everything with their name on it.
Custom Motorcycle: $26k
Custom road bike: $3k
Deus T SHIRT: $89
But god damn can they market their brand. I still love mostly everything they do and are about. I just don’t know if I’ll ever have the money to afford any of it.
Follow up comment:
wrenchmonkees is a bit more affordable.
I think it’s beautiful as a design exercise, but as already mentioned numerous times, the price spoils it. I would think a good craftsman could buy a cheap sportster and do this to it themselves for half that price.
Seriously folks,
If you’d like one, buy yourself a BRAND NEW sportser, (10 grand), bobber parts and rattle can paint job for around 1 and save around 15 grand.
OK may be 14 grand if your’re not so handy with wrench.
Unless of course you are Brad Pitt……………………
I think they did an amazing job with the styling on this bike. As for power I wouldn’t care personally as I’m sure it goes fast enough for me. I wouldn’t be racing it. I wouldn’t pay 26k. i’ll never have that much money to pay for any bike ever but if you had a sportser/nightster that you picked up for $4 – 6k I love this look and it would cost less than 1k to do the work yourself.
great looking bike.
To all the comments about how “I could make that bike for half the price” – the point is, you didn’t. You didn’t visualize the concept and you didn’t execute it. It’s much easier to replicate someone else’s exceptional design then it is to create your own. So yea, you might be able to replicate the bike for less money, but would you rather own an original oil painted Picasso or a copy printed off at Kinkos?
i think that although many could make a similar design much cheaper someone made the point that they did not. I must agree that that is a wholy valid point. I am an architect and design the occasional thing or two. It never fails to disapoint me that few put value on design and believe it to be a freeby.
There is a story attributed to Rubens the Duch artist. Seemingly when told that his painting was not worth anything like the 30 guilders price he put on it he responded that it was 1 guilder for the painting and 29 gilders for the liftime of experience and applied competance.
I commented earlier that I would not pay so much for this bike, however my ecconomic shortfalls do not negate the fact that I would be very happy to own such a piece.
so theres my 2 guilders worth…..
I’ve just seen this bike in the British MCN and it blew my socks off. I’ve been looking at cafe racers on and off for years but there’s always been something wrong with the designs. However, for me, Deus have hit the nail on the head (except for the drillings). What a mean machine but what a shame its based on a tractor.