When I was a kid, my skateboard took me everywhere. It was a chunky Variflex (that’s all I could get in our small town), complete with neon rails and a tail guard. I couldn’t do a kick flip and I could barely ollie—but I could go anywhere, and I had fun along the way.
These days I ride motorcycles, but the vibe hasn’t changed; wheels equal freedom, with a dab of self-expression thrown in for good measure. And that’s the idea behind this dope little custom Honda CRF250L, built by Deus ex Machina Japan.
Inspired by a scrambler built by Deus’ Bali outpost, the customer on this project wanted something to revive the passions of his youth. “When talking about custom builds, you find about the customer’s hobbies, tastes, occupations and childhood memories,” says our man at Deus Japan, Lloyd Seino.…