THE DREAMLINER
The 15th build by Michael Woolaway from the Deus Ex Machina Venice workshop
Venice, CA – From the den of Woolie’s Workshop at the Emporium of Postmodern Activities in Venice, California comes the 750 Dreamliner, a seductive tigress with a bite. Losing the Ducati trellis design, propulsion is provided by a fully rebuilt 750 two-valve Monster engine stuck snugly inside a light and tight chromoly frame. Cone Engineering pipes annunciate the not-so-subtle vocal opera of throaty notes that escape out of either side of the Dreamliner in a manner similar to the Ducati Imola racers of the 1970s. Awaiting a handful of throttle are a thirsty set of Keihin FCR racing carburetors with K&N air filters. The Dreamliner wears Michelin Pilots on 17 inch tubeless spoke wheels with full-floating rotors by Kosman Specialties taking the squeeze from Brembo brake components. Suspension is handled by re-valved Öhlins forks by Ed Sorbo at Lindemann Engineering and adjusted to fit the owner’s weight while the rear shock was built by Jim Wood at Race Tech. LSL clip-ons and Rizoma rear sets and mirror are on the bike thanks to the help of James Eiland at Rizoma USA. The tank, fender, and seat cowl are handmade from aluminum with double tuck stitching on water proof Kushitani leather for the seat pad. The geometry of this bike is very similar to the Ducati 916RS with 24% head angle, 56’’ wheel base, and fully adjustable swing arm angles resulting in tight handing and assertive responsiveness to input. This is the first ground-up Deus Custom from Woolie’s Workshop to use an Italian motor. As the Italians might say “Mamma mia, that’s a spicy meatball!”
VENDOR LIST
Ducati
Rizoma
Michelin
Cone Engineering
Kosman Speciaties
Öhlins
Lindemann Engineering
Kushitani America
TAW Performance / Brembo
LSL
ABOUT MICHAEL WOOLAWAY
Commanding Woolie’s Workshop at The Emporium of Postmodern Activities is Deus Ex Machina’s US Motorcycle Design Director, Michael “Woolie” Woolaway. A gear head from the very beginning, the Hawaiian born, California bred builder has been taking things apart and putting them back together ever since he can remember. Having grown up on motorcycles in Marin County surrounded by legends Mert Lawwill and Kenny Roberts, and within close range of Northern California’s famed Laguna Seca and Sears Point raceways, a career in competitive racing was essentially preordained for Woolaway. A decade of racing culminated in Woolie’s arrival in the highly esteemed 250GP, “One of my most cherished racing memories is when I shared a garage with John Ulrich at Willow Springs racing 250GP,” he recalls. Since joining Deus in 2008, Woolie has crafted two-wheeled wonders for the likes of Orlando Bloom, Ryan Reynolds, Billy Joel, and Bruce Springsteen. “Everything about Deus excites me,” he says. “I’m excited that I have the opportunity to be a big contributor to this company and I’m excited to be designing and building motorcycles that inspire me. I like what I do.”
BUILD INFORMATION
For more build information in the US or to commission a build please contact Michael Woolaway at [email protected]
ABOUT DEUS EX MACHINA
Deus Ex Machina (god from the machine) roared into Australia’s cultural consciousness in 2006, with some neatly customized motorcycles and a quaint notion that doing something is more fun than just owning something. Deus Ex Machina is a step bigger than a brand: it’s a culture. Our openness and enthusiasm strike a chord with people, wherever they are… Deus (“day-us”) didn’t set out only to sell custom parts and hand-built motorcycles, but to celebrate a culture of creativity. The Deus Ex Machina showroom/cafe/headquarters in Sydney immediately became a shrine to ‘run-what-you-brung’ resourcefulness and street-honest industrial art.
The Deus philosophy recalls an era before the various pursuits of fun – motorcycling, surfing, skateboarding, whatever – were marketed into fundamentalist factions. All are welcomed under the Deus roof, where there’s simply respect for the honesty and enjoyment of the machine. Inclusiveness, authenticity, enthusiasm. It’s a simple and sincere pitch that has winged Deus Ex Machina across the world. Deus Ex Machina says simply there’s no ‘right way’ to do individualism, its all the same juice.
Since opening the doors at the Camperdown Temple of Enthusiasm, Deus has spread its own flavor of internally combustible postmodernism around the globe. The way forward is one down, four up.