As Robert Burns once quipped, the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry, and this statement has become exponentially more true of late. The COVID-19 pandemic has not only impacted businesses, but also thrown a wrench in the social lives of most people. Deus ex Machina’s Seoul outpost has found the cure for boredom though, in the form of a pair of tailor made Honda Super Cub scramblers.
“Under the pandemic circumstances, we’re all locked down and not able to hang out with buddies in the city,? explains shop boss, Nick Lee. ?Since this is no longer an option for us, we’ve been going on minimalistic camping trips to the mountains and ocean, so we decided to build a pair of bikes for this exact purpose.?

Deus tapped South Korean custom shop and regular collaborator, Crazy Garage, to customize the two scramblers. Dubbed ‘San’ [green] and ‘Bada’ [blue], the names of the bikes, which started out as 2004 and 2007 Super Cubs respectively, literally translate to ‘mountain’ and ‘ocean.’ Representing the fourth and fifth customs from Deus Korea, they needed to be capable of taking on some light off-roading duties. So both donors were in dire need of upgrades in the powertrain and suspension departments. Both Cubs had their 50 cc motors pulled, and replaced with 108.9 cc singles found in Daelim’s Citi Ace 110 scooters.

The little four-stroke thumpers were also gifted machined Takegawa exhaust man...