DEUS HARLEY SPORTSTER

DEUS HARLEY SPORTSTER The Australian custom motorcycle builder Deus is best known for its SR and W650 customs, but its occasional forays into Harley-Davidson territory have been equally successful. Here’s the latest, based on a 2007-model Harley Sportster. Dubbed the Bald Terrier—no, I don’t know why—it’s essentially a remake of Deus’ 2009 V Twin Cafe Racer. And that’s a good thing. The stock 21- and 16-inch wheels have been replaced...

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“HARLEYTON 45″ CAFE RACER

“HARLEYTON 45″ CAFE RACER By David Edwards — All you need to know about Nick Roskelley’s budget-built café-racer can be found hanging below the right side of the fuel tank. That’s where you’ll see a shiny aluminum bicycle tire pump. Like most of the components on this bike, it was not store-bought. In fact, “It was bent like a banana and thrown in a dumpster,” says the 54-year-old retired commercial diver. But the price was right—so home...

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INTERVIEW: CHARLEY BOORMAN

As one of the stars of Long Way Round and Long Way Down, Charley Boorman has become a popular ambassador for motorcycling. Although he was born in England, he grew up in Ireland; his father is John Boorman, director of Deliverance and Point Blank. Charley’s latest endeavor is Extreme Frontiers, an epic 10,300-mile journey across Canada. Mostly on motorcycles, of course, so we asked him to reveal some of his own motorcycling history. What...

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HONDA CB750 CUSTOM

It’s not easy to make a Honda CB750 custom stand out these days. Even if it’s a big money bike. But this budget build by Canadian Mike Salek caught my eye. Salek began riding bikes at the age of 10, and was starting to feel jaded. “After several years of riding canyon roads and doing track days, I decided I wasn’t going to buy a new mass-produced bike every two years. I started buying bikes that were ‘different’, and a CB750 was always on that...

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GHEZZI BRIAN SUPER TWIN

If Ducati has NCR, Moto Guzzi has Ghezzi Brian. Based in the lakes region of northern Italy, the company builds small runs of Guzzi-based sport bikes and created the MGS-01 superbike for the Mandello factory. (The odd name, in case you’re wondering, refers to the founders Giuseppe Ghezzi and Bruno “Brian” Saturno.) The Ghezzi Brian Super Twin 1100 was designed to give road riders a taste of race bike dynamics. In the 1996 Italian Supertwins...

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CRO CUSTOMS PANHEAD

Caleb Owens of Cro Customs is known for building “functional” motorcycles, designed to be ridden long and hard. But a couple of years ago he attracted a huge amount of attention with the amazing BS1, a boardtracker-influenced Harley Sportster with 23-inch wheels. Owens has now built a second “show quality” bike, a beautifully detailed 1956 Harley panhead. “I’ve never been much for the ‘show’ thing,” Owens says. “The idea of...

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ZAETA 530 DT

ZAETA 530 DT One of the most exciting limited production bikes is the Zaeta 530 DT from Italy. So far, it’s been confined to the dirt track—but it will soon be available in road-legal scrambler and café racer configurations. Powered by a DOHC single built by TM, the Zaeta is nimble and fast, weighing around 115kg (250lbs). These images show the latest incarnation of the bike. It has a new aluminum frame—three kilos lighter than the...

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Homeless People’s Story Told In Photos

Photography is a great medium to tell a story of a person or a place. Usually these stories would remain untold if not for a photographer’s curiosity and perhaps even bravery to capture images that would unravel these tales. “ Photographer Lee Jeffries worked as a sports photographer before having a chance encounter one day with a young homeless girl on a London street. After stealthily photographing the girl huddled in her sleeping bag, Jeffries...

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Automating Photoshop

What if I told you that by the end of this article I could drastically boost your Photoshop productivity? Interested? That's actually not an exaggeration if you've never taken advantage of Photoshop's actions and batch processing tools. If you find yourself repeatedly performing the same (often mindless) tasks in Photoshop one step at a time, I'm going to show you a better way to work. Actions are essentially a way to have Photoshop perform...

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Learn All About Automating Photoshop From DPReview

Here’s a informative article we found from DPReview that promises to drastically boost your Photoshops skills. “ What if I told you that by the end of this article I could drastically boost your Photoshop productivity? Interested? That’s actually not an exaggeration if you’ve never taken advantage of Photoshop’s actions and batch processing tools. If you find yourself repeatedly performing the same (often mindless) tasks in Photoshop one step at a time, I’m going to show you a better way to work. Actions are essentially a way to have Photoshop...

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Europeans Win Underwater Photography Contest

We love underwater photography. It takes a lot of skill to create amazing images underwater. It tests both your photography and diving skills. “ Photographers from Europe triumphed in a marine photography competition organised by printer maker Epson. Entrants from France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Slovakia shared 10 of the top prizes in the $80,000 Epson Red Sea contest which is dubbed the ‘underwater photography Olympics’. Among the winners...

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Photographer In Focus: Christoph Bangert

Christoph Bangert is a great photojournalist and his works are a good source of inspiration. “ Christoph Bangert, 1978, Germany, is a photojournalist based in Switzerland who studied photography at the Fachhochschule in Dortmund and at the International Center of Photography in New York. He has traveled extensively to countries as Japan, Chad, Lebanon, Nigeria and Palestine for his photography. In Pakistan he covered the story of the cold...

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Don’t Throw Your Old Digicam Yet

Here’s a great tip to follow if you have an old digicam. “ If you were one of the people who jumped into digital photography early on then you may be stuck with a few old cameras lying around. Your 5MP point-and-shoot may have been impressive back in the day, but now it’s just sitting around collecting dust, so why not have some fun with it? Photographer Laura Merz has a clever way to get some use out of that old camera. Gut the camera, remove...

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Google App Allows You To Check The Most Photographed Locations In The World

This is an awesome way to check out the most photographed destinations. Is your city a hotspot in the Sightsmap? “ Have you ever wanted to know just how many other people visit your favorite hotspot? Ever wondered about the popularity of the places around you? Thanks to a Google Maps application calledSightsmap, you can. Sightsmap shows a heat map of the world with the most popular photography locations shining most brightly. It may not come...

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Photographer In Focus: Isa Leshko

American photographer Isa Leshka’s latest photo series is a collection of elderly animals. The photo series is both quirky and touching, a combination of adjectives that is hard to put together but Leshka was able to achieve. Check her website http://isaleshko.com “ Isa Leshko (b. 1971) is a photographer living in Philadelphia, PA. She has exhibited her work widely throughout the United States, including solo shows at the Corden|Potts Gallery,...

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Photographer In Focus: Rinko Kawauchi

What kind of photography do you enjoy? What kind of images do you want to specialize in as a photographer? For those of you interested in Fine Art Photography, you should check out Japanese photographer Rinko Kawauchi. Ms. Kawauchi’s fine art photos are something to reflect upon. Her story is also somehow inspiring. Rinko Kawauchi, 1972, Japan, is a fine art photographer based in Tokyo. She studied at the Seian University of Art and Design and...

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