Abu Dhabi, March 30 – April 1
This
week sees the third annual Custom Show Emirates (30 March to 1 April
2017) being staged at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)
in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Featuring
the ‘Middle East Biker Build-Off’ between 2016 Las Vegas winner Pete
Pearson (Rocket Bob’s, UK) and Hussain Salmeen of Kuwait, Custom Show
Emirates is a joint custom car and motorcycle exhibition.
The car
show is affiliated with SEMA, who offer a ‘Show-within-Show’ (SEMA
Middle East) exhibit opportunity for its members, and with Swiss Custom,
the custom bike show staged at the respected annual SwissMoto in Zurich
every year – the Swiss Moto team will select a bike for a freight and
expenses prize to compete at their show in February 2018.
Organized
by respected journalist, photographer and promoter Frank Sander (Thunder
Media), the event is the largest show of its kind in the Middle East –
Abu Dhabi is the administrative capital and largest of the seven
countries that make up the 9.1m population of the UAE.
Further
leading Emirati customizers such as Lycan Custom, Custombikes Al Ain
and Sheik Customs will be among an international field that includes
competitors that have already scored high positions at various bike
shows in the Middle East and elsewhere.
The motorcycle program
includes stuntshows and international exhibitors from UAE, Europe,
Australia, China and the USA. The Middle East is a very performance
oriented market (the venue for the show is only 10 minutes from the Yas
Marina Formula 1 circuit and ‘Ferrari World’, so SEMA is organizing a
specialized car show, which will feature all aspects of car customizing
and tuning, introducing international renowned tuners and accessory
manufacturers.
There will be ‘Drift Shows’, performed with Japanese
Drift cars and 4×4 Drifts, and a Custom Car Competition running
alongside the custom bike show. The Bike show requires all entries to be
runners, and classes include Scooters, OEM bikes, Three-Wheelers,
Classic/Vintage bikes, Bobbers, Streetbikes, Metric Cruisers, Modified
Harleys, Streetfighters (very popular in the Middle East), Sportsters
and customized Indian models and Tourers, in addition to radical
customs.
www.customshowemirates.com