rider's journal
Josh's Nemesis: Black Bob'
As the name suggests, this immaculate blacked-out bobber style Nemesis needs no introduction. Recently sold onto a new owner via our Alexandria showroom, featuring a wide selection of tasteful modifications and goodies. The original Speedo setup was replaced by Motogadget's Motoscope pro dash,...
Read moreAustralian Moto GP Nemesis build
In the lead up to the Australian Moto GP last October our beer partners Panhead Custom Ales approached Sol Invictus with an exciting brand activation concept. The idea, to build a custom Nemesis 400 for them over three days in a live environment in front...
Read moreRogue: Adam's Nemesis Scrambler
For some the perfect cocktail would consist of beer... two beers in fact. The Black & Tan is a beer cocktail that uses lager (tan) and stout (black) to create what some say is "perfection", and that is what we think of this current build for Adam, the...
Read moreStyle Master II: Stephen's Nemesis Classic Brat
Sometimes in life you can fluke it. You know, like when you lob a basketball from the other end of the court and it goes in without touching the hoop. Well when Stephen commissioned his first bike with us it was a class act; but after an accident that scrapped it he decided to...
Read moreEscape Artist: Melvin's Nemesis 400 Scrambler
Some builds you know are just gonna be cool. When Melvin, who works in the creative industry, came in to discuss the custom work he wanted done on his Nemesis 400 Scrambler we knew it was going to be a cool looking build.
Read moreLouee Looker: Ted's Apollo 400
Ted is a man who knows what he wants. He runs Louee Enduro and Motocross complex near Mudgee and has been riding dirt bikes since he could walk, but ironically only recently got his road licence. Ted's mate (who owns one of our Nemesis Scramblers) brought him to our shop...
Read moreBlack Beauty: Brett's Nemesis Cafe Racer
The founder of modern architecture Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe once famously said "less is more" in relation to beauty in design; and that philosophy is ever-present in this classic cafe racer we built for Brett. The general design brief was based on a few subtle nip and tucks as...
Read moreLuft I: BMW 1985 R80RT
You know how the story goes… a guy’s father-in-law has an old bike in the shed. The guy wants to do it up, calls a mate and they hack at the seat, chop the frame and pop on some mirrors – bish bosh job done! Well, that’s not...
Read moreMach 5: Jay's Mercury 250
Jay lives in the Australian Capital Territory, the Sol Invictus custom shop is in Sydney NSW. Despite a distance of around 300 kilometres between us we managed to design and create a custom build perfect for Jay to cruise the cafes of Canberra.
Read moreFALKE 2: Nemesis 400 Scrambler
With a desire to create his own custom Nemesis scrambler Adrian (Sol Invictus' General Manager) started gathering references and sketching his out initial concepts. “I loved the base frame lines that the Nemesis offered, as well as the look of...
Read moreFALKE: Mercury 250
The Falke 250 was the brainchild of our General Manager at Sol Invictus. The inspiration came from a 1978 CB750 that he had seen built by Montreal based custom builders, Clockwork Motorcycles. This build was stripped back, as black as night, and was playing on the minimalist approach....
Read morePanhead Custom Ales Bike Build
Sunday 12 May saw the Sol crew head down to Kustom Kommune in Melbourne to transform a stock Nemesis 400 into a one-off custom Scrambler for craft brewers Panhead Custom Ales.
Read moreAthena: Nemesis 400
Like her namesake the Greek Godess of Inspiration, 'Athena' is a compact street scrambler based on the Nemesis 400 Scrambler. Athena takes everything that makes a standard Nemesis Scrambler such a great ride, and dials it up to 11.
Read morePerfect Storm: Triumph Bonneville
Take a stock 2007 Triumph Bonneville and inject some finely honed elements from Sol Customs and a more aggressive riding position and you have the Perfect Storm - one of the first Triumph builds to come out of Sol.
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