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AKA the Westlake Tagand Special
A 'Bitsa' short for 'Bits of everything' is a term often reserved to describe a mongrel dog who could have any number of breeds in its blood line. When you take a Moto Guzzi T3, strap a Dresda Triton seat to the back, BSA cans underneath, Manx Norton fairing to the front and finish it all off, paint it in Porsche's Miami blue — a 'Bitsa' is exactly what you have.
The owner of this beautiful machine is no stranger to custom motorcycles, Roger has had more motorcycles than we have fingers and toes, all receiving the Deus treatment — But the affectionately named 'WTS' or Westlake Tagand Special is the pièce de résistance of his fleet.
Can’t believe that it’s been four long years since we pulled the tarp off the Deus Slidetoberfest. Day one, and plunging headlong back into it, we held the Bali Swank Rally, sure we’d had more than the odd moment of trepidation about how it’d play out, thou...
Read moreFollow Team Deus as they take on the Baja 400 and claim an apparent victory, we wont spoil the ending, but it puts everything on the line for the upcoming Baja 1000 Forrest Minchinton, Ciaran Naran, Forrest Minchinton, Nick Lapaglia, Derek Asserbauer take ...
Read moreIt's rare to recognise a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity as it happens and even rarer to capitalize on it. Luckily some of us are pretty clever ducks. So when the plan to host the second-ever Swank Rally Brazil in a partially deconstructed national monument ...
Read moreThis year, we lucked out big time with the addition of one heck of a rider in our team at the last edition of the Swank Rally di Sardegna. None other than Mr. Forrest Minchinton hopped on board for an Italian adventure filled with fuel and here's his spin o...
Read moreThe Rolling Queen, a fiery creation of the Deus Workshop in Milan, emerged as the offspring of an electrifying collaboration with our friends from Royal Enfield. The mission? To craft a head-turning getaway machine, drawing inspiration from the rebellious c...
Read moreMy breath was short, my body completely relaxed, my mind screaming. Eighteen hours into what would be a twenty-two-hour, thousand-mile race I gripped the handlebars of my motorcycle and kept the throttle wide open. I felt dull and tired as hypothermic condi...
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