I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. The Yamaha XSR900 is one of those bikes that just gets under your skin. I literally rode mine to the cafe where I’m writing this. Parked it outside, took one last look over my shoulder like I always do, and then this story pops up on my screen. A Deus-built, ice-racing XSR900. Of course it did. Of course it made me want to finish my coffee early and go for another ride.
Because if there’s one thing about the XSR900, it’s that it’s literally begging to be customized straight off the showroom floor.
And that’s exactly what Deus Ex Machina did. Alongside Yamaha Motor Europe, they turned this already character-packed triple into something that looks like it belongs sideways on a frozen lake at full throttle. Built for the Deus Swank Rally On Ice, this bike was designed to rip sideways across a frozen track in Andorra, where riders spend hours racing on ice in a mix of vintage and custom machines.
