tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23692346425628151862024-03-20T16:36:38.599-07:00AMD's Custom WorldDealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-7922960708883253622017-03-31T05:06:00.001-07:002017-03-31T06:31:34.171-07:002018 AMD World Championship<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5Wvu1J3Lks4-h2THWM6O8F2PQeGns3i4ULILJCqTQAISjobd6cqVfr4H2NCMA332Sy472M5zzCZge5N_t2AgA8wbdQvlT0W8bp4YIlwRVd2cofny1ivk7VnyGiArfeANv4i2CcnA7RI/s1600/Outside+roll+fold.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5Wvu1J3Lks4-h2THWM6O8F2PQeGns3i4ULILJCqTQAISjobd6cqVfr4H2NCMA332Sy472M5zzCZge5N_t2AgA8wbdQvlT0W8bp4YIlwRVd2cofny1ivk7VnyGiArfeANv4i2CcnA7RI/s320/Outside+roll+fold.jpg" width="149" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">78 weeks to go …</span></b></span><br /><i><b><br />The registration forms for the October 2018 AMD World Championship (‘AMD XIII’) have been available online (<a href="http://www.amdchampionship.com/">www.amdchampionship.com</a>) for two months now, and already we have had <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">10 </span>bikes entered by <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">8</span> builders from <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">6</span> countries, with 18 months still to go.</b></i><br />The first 2018 INTERMOT ‘Customized’ planning meeting was held in March at the Koelnmesse headquarters in Cologne, with the meeting consensus giving INTERMOT ‘Customized’ in October 2016 a resounding “thumbs up” and exciting initiatives already under discussion for October 2018.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />The first of the 2017 Affiliate events has been held – in Dublin, Ireland, and congratulations go to 2013 AMD World Champion </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Don Cronin for taking the Irish win there, and to Brit Paul Milbourn for taking the international win – it will be our pleasure to welcome both at ‘AMD XIII’ in 18 months’ time. <br />Something for all parts and accessory vendors and custom bike builders to be thinking about straight away is the upcoming 2017/2018 AMD International Aftermarket Directory and Builders’ Book – see details with this edition of Custom World, and follow the links to check out your listing – let us know if any of your contact or business details have changed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As with the 2015 edition, this update will be published in print and on-line, and you can check out the 2015 7th edition with the link.<br />As this edition of Custom World goes out, there are two further events underway that will be sending winners to compete in 2018.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />It is our pleasure to welcome <i><b>‘Showbike Fighting’</b></i> as the newest AMD World Championship Affiliate event, being staged on April 1st and 2nd at Jakarta, Indonesia. Organized by Indonesian custom magazine ‘OTO PLUS’, ‘Showbike Fighting’ is staged in conjunction with one of Indonesia’s leading custom automotive shows, and AMD World Championship photographer and Brand Ambassador Onno Wieringa (Madness Photography, Netherlands) has headed straight to the show to represent the AMD World Championship just the day after getting home from the 30th annual Donnie Smith Bike and Car Show at St Paul, Minnesota!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Meanwhile, Frank Sander of Thunder Media, Germany fame (who is also one of AMD’s World Championship photographers), is helping to organize the third annual <i><b>‘Customshow Emirates’</b></i> (March 30 to April 1) at Abu Dhabi, where the Swiss Custom’ (SwissMoto) Affiliated custom show will include the Middle East Biker Build-Off between reigning Las Vegas winner Pete Pearson (Rocket Bobs, UK) and well known Kuwaiti builder Hussain Salmeen.<br />Watch out for more news of both these events and for the plans for 2018 in upcoming editions of Custom World, AMD Magazine and our AMD newsletter/blog.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-81630297529343344552017-03-31T04:53:00.003-07:002017-03-31T04:53:34.689-07:00017/2018 AMD Aftermarket Directory<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Check your listing - the 2017/2018 AMD Aftermarket Directory</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></b></span><br /><br /><i><b>Following
the successful “Return of the King – the King of Buyer’s Guides” two
years ago, the updated 2017/2018 AMD International Aftermarket Directory
edition will be entering final production soon (week commencing March
27).</b></i><br /><br />Published in print and as a downloadable digital
archive and searchable edition, the task of updating the unique listing
of details for more than 4,000 vendors serving the international custom
aftermarket and ‘Builder Book’ listing data has been ongoing throughout
the past 18 months.<br /><br /><b>This is your chance to check the data we hold for you by visiting the 2015 digital edition using this link, and let <a href="mailto:sara@dealer-world.com">sara@dealer-world.com</a> know if your data needs updating…</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amddir.com/">www.amddir.com</a><br /><br />If your company isn't listed in the Directory and you think it should be, please let us know.<br /><br />Information about the advertising and “Listing Enhancement” packages is available <a href="http://www.dealer-world.co.uk/newsletter/marketing/AMD-DIR8-advert2.pdf">here</a> (get your logo placed above your listing, take advantage of our special rates for half and full pages). <a href="mailto:sara@dealer-world.com">Contact us</a>
to discuss how the 2017/2018 AMD International Aftermarket Directory
can be made to work hard for your business for the next two years.</span>DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-19180773733813665492017-03-31T04:53:00.002-07:002017-03-31T04:53:25.251-07:00Custom Show Emirates<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Abu Dhabi, March 30 – April 1</span></span></b></span><br /><br /><i><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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).</span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><b> </b></i><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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.<br />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.<br />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.</span></span><br />
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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. <br />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. <br />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.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.customshowemirates.com/">www.customshowemirates.com</a></span>DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-36008547853240283612017-03-31T04:53:00.001-07:002017-03-31T04:53:18.476-07:00‘Showbike Fighting’ Jakarta, Indonesia<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCXfbhL3SUuqynvhws2ctu-P1n9UFC1Suqhf6SvwgHAJ_MDPcjTFj5OM8v04n5-4zdCr9UDRzZ2BpsQpj62uTvk0DvNqXqHZQvfVtHjsI-gdjQTP5SsqJmVWXmyXfBsw6lZ01149bp4l68/s1600/showbike+fighting+amd+copy.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCXfbhL3SUuqynvhws2ctu-P1n9UFC1Suqhf6SvwgHAJ_MDPcjTFj5OM8v04n5-4zdCr9UDRzZ2BpsQpj62uTvk0DvNqXqHZQvfVtHjsI-gdjQTP5SsqJmVWXmyXfBsw6lZ01149bp4l68/s320/showbike+fighting+amd+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">‘Showbike Fighting’ Jakarta, Indonesia, becomes AMD World Championship Affiliate</span></b></span><br /><br /><i><b>Often
referenced as, statistically, the third largest motorcycle/PTW market
in the world, Indonesia hasn’t really been on the northern hemisphere’s
radar as a hotbed of custom bike building culture, but that may be about
to change.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><b> </b></i><br />There
has always been a small but passionate custom scene there, and we here
at AMD Magazine are proud to announce that there is about to be an AMD
World Championship of Custom Bike Building show in the Indonesian
capital, Jakarta.<br />Organized by Indramawan, Managing Editor of Otoplus
Indonesia, a leading automotive and motorcycle magazine
(www.otoplus.id), the 2016 “Showbike Fighting” AMD World Championship
affiliate event will have been staged and the winners known by the time
the print edition of this month’s AMD Magazine hits your desk - it is
taking place April 1 – 2 at the 18th ‘Otobursa Tumplek Blek’, a leading
Indonesian Automotive expo in Jakarta.<br />However, if it goes well, and
if enthusiasm and determination is any guarantee of success, then it
will now take its place on the AMD Official Affiliate Custom Bike Show
calendar – hopefully for many years to come.</span><br />
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new to the AMD program this year, the show, and the efforts of
Indramawan and his “fellow travellers” to bring international
recognition and profile to Indonesian Custom Culture, go back nearly 15
years.<br />As a media with the main interest in motorcycle modification
and custom, Otoplus is aware of the importance of giving influence to
its readers and followers. Therefore, Otoplus needs a flagship event as a
showcase, to keep the custom and modification culture evolving.<br />‘Showbike
Fighting’ was first staged in 2004 - a year after Otoplus Magazine had
started – coincidentally the same year of the first AMD World
Championship.<br />Inspired by the simplicity of concept and emphasis on
hand-craftsmanship that they saw early World Championship winners such
as Roger Goldammer succeeding with, the Indonesian custom community
started to build their own bikes, and as their careers evolved, as Indra
told us: “The more complicated, technically sophisticated constructions
such as the hydraulic steering, reverse-mounted engines and 2x single
side arms especially seen on builds by the likes of Bertrand Dubet/Fred
Miano with ‘Anima’, also had an influence – showing that simplicity
could live with innovation, with advanced engineering solutions.</span><br />
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started to regularly showcase the bikes that we were seeing in the AMD
World Championship in Otoplus and published special editions called
‘Showbike’ that showed the Indonesian market what was happening in
Europe and USA, and that helped raise the bar here and shape “the art of
the possible.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />“In
2013, our “Ride The World” campaign, in alliance with Kustomfest, saw
us invite Roland Sands from RSD to join our programs with an ‘RSD
Challenge’. <br />In the program, we challenge our customizers and
builders to build a bike from a sketch that Roland made. In the grand
finale, Roland decided to choose the 2-nominee bikes from Susanto
‘Yayang’ Gunawan (909 Hotmatic – Bandung), and Siswo ‘Wiwin’ Winoto
(Win’s Paddock – Purwokerto) as winners.</span>DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-72373968719702432512017-03-31T04:53:00.000-07:002017-04-04T05:15:08.752-07:00Carole Nash Insurance sponsored Irish Motorbike and Scooter Show<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Big turn-out for ‘Dublin Show<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">' </span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Record crowds filled the halls of the Royal Dublin Society facility at the beginning of March (3 – 5) as the 2017 edition of the biennial Carole Nash Insurance sponsored Irish Motorbike and Scooter Show pointed to continued revival in the small but passionate and creative motorcycle market in Ireland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />That creativity was apparent again in the standard and number of custom bikes entered into the AMD World Championship affiliated Ireland International Custom Show.<br />With two winners (Best Irish and Best International Guest builders) winning expenses to represent the show at the 2018 AMD World Championship, a strong field would have been hoping to replicate the success of Mick O’Shea and Don Cronin who, after winning the ‘Dublin’ Show went on to scoop the AMD World Championship In 2013 with the much admired ‘Rondine’ – an exquisitely customized 1971 Moto Guzzi.<br />Last year they again spearheaded an Irish invasion at ‘INTERMOT Customized’ that saw Mick and Don take home the Street Performance class win with ‘Road Fever’, a 1987 Ducati 750, and saw Noel Connolly add to the Irish trophy cabinet with an 11th place in the Freestyle Class for the remarkable ‘Strom’ – the first ever E-Bike to compete at ‘The AMD’.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />This year Cronin (Medaza Cycles) struck again, taking the Irish Championship win with his customized BMW 1000RS; followed by Noel Connolly second with a Harley - “Saltster 883” – a Bonneville interpretation of the venerable Sportster with which he also took Best Custom, and Harry Harrison, a new young builder emerging onto the scene in Ireland, was third with a Suzuki GSXR 750 Cafe Racer interpretation, with which he also took the Best Engineering award.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Paul Milbourn scooped the ‘International Best in Show’ prize with his Moto Guzzi “Titanium”</span></b></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />The ‘International Best in Show’ prize went to Brit Paul Milbourn for his Moto Guzzi “Titanium”; his fellow Brit Larry Houghton (another man with an AMD World Championship “rap sheet” as long as your arm) was second with a re-envisioning of “Café Rouge”, his Sturgis 2008 AMD World Championship Freestyle entry; Ian Cushing of Second City Customs made it a clean sweep of international podium spots for UK builders in third place (plus the Best Mod Harley class win) with his FXR.<br />The event was generously supported by Deltran of Florida, the ‘Battery Tender’ manufacturer, who provided product contingency prizes for the top three Irish and international builders, and by Zodiac International and their Irish agent Bridge Garage, who stepped up with a cash prize fund of €7,300 (nearly $8,000) of cash prizes.<br />All ‘AMD’ entrants also received a ‘Goody Bag’ from Ace Café London.<br />Our thanks also go to UK builder and current Las Vegas winner Pete Pearson of Rocket Bobs, Blue Miller of 100 Percent Biker magazine in the UK, Paul Timpson of Zodiac International and AMD’s ‘ShowMaster’ Neil Blaber for judging and prize giving duties.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.irishmotorbikeshow.com/">www.irishmotorbikeshow.com</a></span>DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-65313225473479887962017-03-31T04:48:00.002-07:002017-03-31T04:48:18.812-07:00Moore Customs<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Moore please</span></b></span><i><b><br /></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Yes, we’ll take more craftsmanship, originality and attention to detail like this all day long please Larry … you can come again!</b></i><br /><i>Having scooped a 7th place in the FreeStyle class at Sturgis in 2012 (the last time the AMD World Championship was held in the USA), Larry Moore (Moore Customs) of Wichita, Kansas, won an expenses paid trip from AMD Magazine (bike freight, air fare and hotel) to compete at ‘The AMD’ in Europe when he was ready to do so.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i> </i><br />The cunningly disguised third-tube, leaf-sprung, hard-tail-esque Softail called ‘Kontrolled Kaos’ that scooped Best of Show at Donnie Smith’s invitational (among others) was just the excuse Larry needed to justify racing from a family wedding to the “Less Kontrolled Kaos” that is a week in AMD’s company in Germany! A well deserved 4th place in the FreeStyle class was his reward for doing so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Touted as one of the favorites for the top title all week, everything you see here (except the engine and drivetrain) has been individually hand-crafted or at least bespoke designed by Larry – from the 4130 chromoly 2 inch stretch (29 degree rake) frame, right through to the 19” 5-spoke wheels (manufactured in Kansas for him by master machinists Monster Race Products) that are uncluttered by calipers and rotors due to the Trans-brake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Larry built his own H-D primary drive, and the 1976 74-inch Harley Shovelhead has been heavily modified and re-tuned (Werners House of Horsepower) with rare touches including split rocker boxes with individual oil lines, hidden valve stems, Lectron carbs, one-off manifolds and a dual Morris Magneto set-up! </span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Back in 2012, Larry won through to the AMD World Championship thanks to a $3,000.00 expenses win at the Ultimate Builder Show in Dallas, TX. Larry’s bike (“Bad Influence”) was a custom rigid framed (Racing Innovations), heavily raked springer (Redneck) with an 80ci Harley-Davidson engine, custom 2-into-2s, dual gas and oil tanks, RHS chain final drive, dual calipers (front and rear, with hidden lines and custom-built caliper brackets), hidden and retractable license plate, custom-made handlebars with hand-formed headlight, a hidden taillight and hand-fabricated sheet metal. </span></i></b>DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-77302679298674827542017-03-31T04:44:00.001-07:002017-04-04T05:14:19.078-07:00EMD (Esteves Motorcycle Designs)<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Back to the future with cast rocker box covers</span></b></span><br /><br />With the family’s engineering credentials in the European aerospace and other industries, personal riding passion saw Nico Esteves take the family name into the custom bike building and parts design and manufacturing business six years ago.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">XR ‘Trackster’ rocker box covers - give Evo Sportsters an XR750 flat track racer look</span></b></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Iron Evo rocker box covers – designed to add a vintage look to Evo engines</span></b></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />EMD (Esteves Motorcycle Designs) has now seen their fast-growing parts and accessory program picked up by Drag Specialties, and seen here are the cast rocker box covers featured in the 2017 ‘FatBook’.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">‘Sherman’ rocker box covers – bolt-on upgrades for 1999 – 2017 Twin Cam engines, these stock replacements “add cool, rigid, old-fashioned industrial style and class”</span></b></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Shovel style rocker box covers – for retro look Shovelhead styling conversions on Evo engines</span></b></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Manufactured in die cast aluminum with CNC-milled gasket surfaces, they mount in place of the stock rocker box designs, using the factory hardware and gaskets.<br />They are available in raw finish or EMD’s own ‘Black Cut’ finish.<br /><b><br />DRAG SPECIALTIES</b><br /><a href="http://www.dragspecialties.com/">www.dragspecialties.com</a></span>DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-38429369003844778602017-03-31T04:42:00.002-07:002017-03-31T04:42:43.043-07:00American Flat Track<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mees takes AFT second round win at Atlanta on Scout FTR750</span></b></span><br /><br />One
week after giving Indian Motorcycle its historic first victory in
American Flat Track competition at Daytona International Speedway, Jared
Mees made it two in a row on Saturday 25 March, winning at the Atlanta
Short Track, presented by Indian Motorcycle. </span><br />
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podium clean sweep at Atlanta for the 2017 vintage 'Wrecking Crew':
1st, Jared Mees, Brad Baker second and Bryan Smith third, to give Indian
five of the six podium finishes so far, after Mees and Smith scored a
One - Two at the Daytona TT</span></i></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />The
three-time Grand National Champion was part of a podium sweep for the
Indian “Wrecking Crew” in front of a near-capacity crowd at Dixie
Speedway in Woodstock, Ga.<br />It was another fierce battle for top
honors in the AFT Twins presented by Vance & Hines class, with Mees
on the No. 9 Indian Motorcycle Rogers Racing Scout FTR750 locked in a
back-and-forth battle with Sammy Halbert on the No. 69 Estenson Racing
Harley-Davidson XR750. The pair made contact, resulting in Halbert
ending up in the dirt on the front straight and bringing out a late-race
red flag. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />When
the race restarted, Mees pulled away in the ensuing five-lap shootout
to win by 1.185 seconds over Indian Motorcycle Racing, backed by
Allstate teammates Brad Baker on the No. 6 Indian Scout FTR750 and Bryan
Smith on the No.1 Indian Scout FTR750.<br />“Sammy led pretty much all
the race before I started to come into play towards the end,” said Mees,
who scored his 18th career victory. “We just started slide-jobbing each
other. He’d get underneath me, then I’d get back underneath him. He was
trying to protect the lead coming down, and I was coming up where the
start/finish line has an arc. We just got together and he ended up with
the crappy end of the stick. That’s racing when you’re going with five
laps remaining for a Grand National Championship win. It’s hard.”<br />Mees
also recorded a personal milestone, scoring his first AFT Short Track
victory to complete the elusive dirt track Grand Slam. Opening the year
by winning the Harley-Davidson DAYTONA TT presented by Polaitis &
Matovina – his first TT triumph – Mees is now halfway to earning a dirt
track Grand Slam in consecutive races, something which has never been
done in the 64-year history of the sport. <br />The next events on the AFT
schedule are the Harley-Davidson Charlotte Half-Mile on Saturday, April
1, followed by the Law Tigers Arizona Mile presented by Indian
Motorcycle in Phoenix on May 13.</span>DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-54010922178240939562017-03-31T04:42:00.001-07:002017-03-31T04:42:29.809-07:00Thunderbike<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTC53LqxoFwVp1a2TDjf-tO-rA8c-29pu2RZRiERhxsnkRQLRetKM86zLb7NorRU8EMmQfqE7FmSQ_ujltOQ-VmgoBQHKJQqK3t4_hjPE2gBXRI-qehSKVBx5X0EjobKhPqgGIXAMZGU/s1600/TB+Custom+2016+black+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTC53LqxoFwVp1a2TDjf-tO-rA8c-29pu2RZRiERhxsnkRQLRetKM86zLb7NorRU8EMmQfqE7FmSQ_ujltOQ-VmgoBQHKJQqK3t4_hjPE2gBXRI-qehSKVBx5X0EjobKhPqgGIXAMZGU/s200/TB+Custom+2016+black+copy.jpg" width="175" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Editor’s Choice</span> </span></i>- <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br />Thunderbike, Germany – Andreas Bergerforth’s ‘30th Anniversary Pan’</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">By Mala Malk, Kopteri Magazine, Finland </span></b><br /><a href="http://www.kopteri.com/">www.kopteri.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>There are always lots of journalists around on the set-up and press days at the AMD World Championship and ‘INTERMOT – with the debut of ‘INTERMOT Customized’ this was even more so in 2016. It has always been of interest to us to know what other custom magazine editors think of the bikes at ‘The AMD’ and in a new idea last year, we asked some of them to make an ‘Editor’s Pick’ for us to use in AMD Magazine, and it is our pleasure here to showcase the ‘30th Anniversary Pan’ built by former AMD World Champion Andreas Bergerforth and the team at Thunderbike to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Andreas’ opening his showroom …</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i> </i></b><br />“I was honored to be asked by the AMD team to pick my favourite of the bikes at their 12th AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building, but it was a dilemma for me. <br />The show entrants included two of my close friends - Johnny Martinsson with “Jolly Jumper”, an S&S 93” engined Panhead with a 4” over Springer by Mr Moore; and “Hard Soup”, an 80” 1974 Evo/Shovel FLH hybrid Juho Rouhu of Finland with his own frame and a lot of his own parts and work.<br />Both are great bikes and just to my taste but since they were built, owned and ridden by my personal buddies, I decided to put personal favouritism to one side and from the 80-other bikes settled on another that appealed to my personal tastes – I asked myself which bike would ride out of here if I could get away with it and the one that appealed to me most was the ‘30th Anniversary Pan’ by former World Champion Andreas Bergerforth of Germany.<br />Built to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his Thunderbike dealership, it looked to me like Andreas had also decided to honor his own personal tastes with a bike that was a classic homage to ‘Seventies Cool’.<br />It’s an old-school bike that drips with passion and authenticity, with certain things and decisions that really lift it above the average level. It manages to walk that thin line between being really specific without being ‘kooky’ – it is real rather than cliche. It bears several very cool ideas that add rather than detract and it is elevated to its full worth with the glorious finishing.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>I like that!“</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Andreas Bergerforth has had a remarkable career in the motorcycle industry. When he opened Thunderbike in 1986 it was as a Suzuki dealership and he was at the cutting edge of building Suzuki customs and showing the ‘art of the possible’ that the Japanese power plants had within them.<br />He then switched completely and opened up as a Harley-Davidson dealer and now, some 20 years or so from that fateful decision Thunderbike is reputed to be the largest Harley-Davidson dealer by new unit numbers in Europe.<br />Andreas has always been a custom bike fanatic at heart though and that is displayed graphically in his career involvement with the AMD Championship program.<br />He competed successfully several time in the European Championship when that was staged in Germany, and took two bikes to the AMD World Championship in 2006, the first year the event was at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, and spectacularly scooped-up a second place with ‘Spectacula’.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />That was the good news – the bad news was that he was hooked. As pernicious as any drug, he couldn’t let it rest there – he had to have a win and after scoring a 5th place in 2008 with ‘Open Mind’ he nailed in 2012, the last year the event was at Sturgis, with the universally acclaimed ‘PainTTless’.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Having scratched that itch we figured Andreas would chill and take a step back, but oh no, this is one stubborn and natural born competitor.<br />Of course it is a lot easier for him now that the AMD World Championship is just “down the road” from his Hasmminkeln, Germany dealership but we are delighted to be able to see a former World Champion, someone who has graced our stage with so many fine bikes, come back again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />In 2013 in Essen Andreas had ‘Radical Over’ in the Production Manufacturer class; in 2014 he scored a 6th place in the FreeStyle class (his natural habitat!) with ‘Unbreakable’, and in 2016 it was a pleasure to be able to welcome back to the awards stage for a 5th time (if my math is right) with a second place in the Retro Mod class for his ‘30th Anniversary Pan’.</span><br />
DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-37743309383198352092017-03-31T04:33:00.002-07:002017-03-31T04:33:12.341-07:00Shaw Harley-Davidson<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">“Beach Bobber” wins UK and Ireland “Battle of the Kings” contest</span></b></span><br /><br /><i><b>Former Modified World Champion Shaw Harley-Davidson, based in East Sussex, UK, have won the UK and Ireland round of Harley’s 2017 “Battle of the Kings” competition with “Beach Bobber”. UK dealers were invited to produce budget capped Sportster customs based on either the Iron 883, Roadster, or in the case of Shaw’s “Beach Bobber”, an XL 48.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><b> </b></i><br />Customized in their ’Speed and Custom’ division by Head Custom Technician Neil Sefton and Service Manager Simon Pocock, judging of the UK BOTK was at the Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show (17-19 February); aftermarket parts include a custom fuel tank, Free Spirits top yoke, RSD handlebars and risers, Lowbrow Customs rear fender, Vintage crown fuel cap, Shaw Speed & Custom one-off exhaust, Motogadget vintage speedo, paintwork by Image Design Custom, soft texture wheel paint.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />Second place went to Guildford Harley-Davidson with “Cookie Cutter”, by Michael Noble, also based on an XL 48, with third place going to the legendary Warr’s Harley-Davidson, on the King’s Road in London’s Chelsea, with “Super Hooligan”, a street-going flat tracker interpretation of the Harley Roadster by Warr’s Charlie Stockwell, one of the UK’s leading customizers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />The 2017 UK BOTK winner “Beach Bobber” will now go forward to represent UK and Ireland against fellow finalists from across Europe at the BOTK grand finale to be held at Milan’s EICMA motorcycle exhibition in November 2017 to decide the overall “Battle of the Kings” 2017 champion.<br />If you want to see more of the kind of stylish work being produced by authorized Harley-Davidson dealers in the UK currently, many more of the bikes that entered the contest can be seen here …<br /><a href="http://customkings.harley-davidson.com/">customkings.harley-davidson.com</a><br /><br /><br /></span>DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-40522245239708476262017-01-31T03:27:00.001-08:002017-01-31T03:27:23.366-08:002018 AMD World Championship<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>2018 AMD World Championship forms are available online a year early</b></span></span><br /><br />Due to the hugely positive reaction to the 2016 AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building and the debut of ‘INTERMOT Customized’ as the new international headquarters event for the custom industry, we have taken the unusual step of making the 2018 Championship entry forms available online a year earlier than normal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />At this stage the classes planned are the same as in previous years – the Freestyle class from which the AMD World Champion is chosen by the competitors, Modified Harley-Davidson, Retro Mod, Street Performance and Cafe Racer, however, keep an eye out for news about any changes or additions. <br />Already we have two entries (from Switzerland and the UK), and with Jordan Dickinson of Union Speed Cycle winning the Championship of the Americas at AIMExpo in Florida in October, we know of three bikes (from three different countries already) who will be competing in October 2018.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />INTERMOT organizer Keolnmesse (The Cologne Exhibition Center) is a very generous host and a strong supporter of the AMD World Championship, giving us a substantial space allocation, but with an increased demand for Hall 10 booth space already in evidence, getting your entry nailed sooner rather than later will help us to make sure that there is enough space for all those who want to be a part of ‘AMD XIII’.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />To find the entry forms and class definitions, along with information about competing at the AMD World Championship, follow the links at <a href="http://www.amdchampionship.com/">www.AMDchampionship.com</a></span>DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-64611454790699460062017-01-31T03:26:00.000-08:002017-01-31T03:40:18.550-08:002017 show season<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The 2017 show season - a selection</span></b></span><br /><br /><i><b>The ‘majors’ may be over for another year (two years in the case of INTERMOT), where ‘INTERMOT Customized’ showed that there is now custom action on the biggest of stages, but now is the time of year when the spotlight falls on the dealer, specialty and custom shows.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The new year kicked-off with <b>Motor Bike Expo (MBE)</b> and Sweden’s annual show, MC-Massan in January. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Billed as “The Only Show of its Kind,” which it is, V-Twin Expo remains the only independently owned and operated dealer show for the Harley-Davidson aftermarket and custom V-twin parts and accessory industry. Owned and operated by Easyriders Events, their winter <b>2017 Bike Show Tour</b> reaches a crescendo at Columbas, Ohio, on February 11-12 after stops at Sacramento, CA; Charlotte, NC; Nashville, TN; and Atlantic City, NJ. <br />At the same time as V-Twin Expo, from 12:00 noon to 12:00 midnight on Saturday January 28th, <b>Garage Brewed</b> (<a href="http://www.garagebrewed.com/">www.garagebrewed.com</a>) at the Rhinegeist Brewery, Cincinnati, kicks off a busy few weeks for motorcycle dealers and riders in the United States and internationally.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />The market’s two major parts and accessory distributors are holding their own dealer shows in February: <b>Tucker Rocky/Bikers Choice</b> are playing host to their dealers in Texas on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 of February, and just 10 days later <b>Parts Unlimited/Drag Specialties</b> set up shop at the RCA Dome, Indianapolis, Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 February.<br />In fact, that weekend there are at least four motorcycle industry events in play that we know of, with the annual <b>MCN London Motorcycle Show</b> taking place from January 17-19, featuring the <b>Zodiac/Harrison Billet London Custom Bike Show</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />The following weekend sees the largest annual show in the Netherlands, <b>Motorbeurs</b>, taking place from 23-25 January at Utrecht (<a href="http://www.motorbeursutrecht.nl/">www.motorbeursutrecht.nl</a>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Highlights in March and April include (but are not limited to!) the biennial <b>Carole Nash Irish Motorbike & Scooter Show</b>, taking place at Dublin, Ireland, from March 3-5. Always a popular show that not only dominates the small but growing Irish market, but that also pulls in exhibitors internationally, ‘Dublin’ is an AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building affiliate show and has provided a former World Champion (Don Cronin, Medaza Cycles, with ‘Rondine’ in 2013) <a href="http://www.irishmotorbikeshow.com/">www.irishmotorbikeshow.com</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />The annual <b>Handbuilt Motorcycle Show</b>, Austin, TX, will be staged concurrent with the <b>US MotoGP</b> on April 22-23 (probably! <a href="http://www.revivalcycles.com/">www.revivalcycles.com</a>); the<b> Laughlin River Run</b>, April 26-29 (<a href="http://www.laughlinriverrun.com/">www.laughlinriverrun.com</a>); <b>Biker Fest</b> in Italy, May 18-21, another AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building affiliate (<a href="http://www.bikerfest.it/">www.bikerfest.it</a>); the increasingly popular and well respected <b>Bike Shed</b> in London, May 26-28 (<a href="http://www.thebikeshed.cc/">www.thebikeshed.cc</a>); the <b>European Super Rally</b> in the Czech Republic, May 31-June 4 (<a href="http://www.superrally.com/">www.superrally.com</a>) and another of the 2017 AMD World Championship affiliate events, the internationally renowned one day <b>Custom Bike Show</b> staged by Twin Club MC at Norrtalje, Sweden, on June 3rd (<a href="http://www.custombikeshow.se/">www.custombikeshow.se</a>).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-8774085621212646652017-01-31T03:22:00.003-08:002017-01-31T03:22:40.663-08:00J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYr6D7ZPASGVztyoYuk_3ayvyYT5SnJiXuEJGuKN8KbMxJclpy7-EvfOB1usEScegbxze2Iw19j7YlaXHoY5dBR4C4tTOYo5MKt6sLY3TRO_HyX1Gg-xtkoGB1dwXTx3LKImtZWQvNR6C/s1600/ultimate_builders_large.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYr6D7ZPASGVztyoYuk_3ayvyYT5SnJiXuEJGuKN8KbMxJclpy7-EvfOB1usEScegbxze2Iw19j7YlaXHoY5dBR4C4tTOYo5MKt6sLY3TRO_HyX1Gg-xtkoGB1dwXTx3LKImtZWQvNR6C/s200/ultimate_builders_large.gif" width="131" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder - Dallas</span></b></span><br /><br />Kyle Shorey of Speed Foundry took the win in the FreeStyle class of the J&P Ultimate Builder show as the IMS series went to Dallas, with ‘My Pal’.<br />A 1979 Harley-Davidson FX sled, it features a metal flake cream paint job with brass accents throughout. Kyle built the handlebars, custom grips, footboards, handshift shift gate, dash and exhaust himself. The Texan took home a check for $2,000.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />He will be heading to Chicago for the US Championship and to compete for the “KING of the Builders” award and a share of the $50,000 in cash and prizes on offer there.<br />Runner-up was Junior Burrell, Retro Moto, with ‘The Bee Hotch’, a 1978 Yamaha Sr500.<br />The Modified Harley class win was taken by Dell Battle, of Dangerous Dezigns/Snake Alley, Chicago, with a 1991 Sportster, with Young Lace, Power House Custom Cycles, taking second place with ‘Ecstasy’.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />The black and red paint on Dell Battle’s 1991 Sportster is eye-catching and features include billet wheels, custom exhaust, intake, custom tank, controls and swingarm. Air ride front and back allows the bike to look aggressive while at rest.<br />Harley-Davidson is the presenting class sponsor, with J&M Motorcycle Audio and K&N Filters providing product sponsorship.<br />Roy Martin of Roy’s Toys took the Modified Retro win with ‘Warrior Voices’, built for a charity of the same name. Proceeds from this raffle bike provides veterans with training to assist them in getting back in the workforce. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />The 1979 Ironhead Shovel rigid features a torpedo headlight and matching grips, Harley-Davidson hand controls with a brushed finish, switch deletes by LC Fabrications, ammo cans for saddlebags, a brass microphone converted to a taillight, Shovel motor with split rocker boxes and springer front end, with powder-coat by Pristine Powdering. <br />Runner-up was Ron Pearce with ‘CB500 Café’, a 1972 Honda CB500. Royal Enfield is the presenting class sponsor, with K&N Filters providing product sponsorship in the class.<br />The Modified Custom class win was taken by Motone Customs, who were contracted for a custom build from Speed Foundry of Texas. Kyle Shorey’s ‘MahaKala’ is a 2004 T100 Triumph, with a seat fabricated by Working Man Customs. Tony Lewis of Eurosports Cycles provided overbore, porting and polishing of the heads. Cycles One fabricated the hard tail, and the gas tank was sourced from the Motone Customs parts bin. The metal work was completed by Speed Foundry, and paint is by Liquid Illusions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Runner-up was Chop Shop Motorsports with their 2004 Harley-Davidson Sportster.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The People’s Choice and Ingenuity award went to Bryan Stalcup for his custom ‘Convertible’ – it changes from a cruiser to a sportbike at the touch of a button!</span></b></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Originality award went to Tim Scates for his ‘El Dorado’ <br />1972 Moto Guzzi based 850 Bobber</span></b></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-3642275202555014422017-01-31T03:18:00.001-08:002017-01-31T03:40:54.542-08:002017 AMD Events Year Planner<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Did you get yours?</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">cont<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">act </span><a href="mailto:sara@dealer-world.com">sara@dealer<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-world.com</span></a> </span></span>DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-20774752494931609622017-01-31T03:18:00.000-08:002017-01-31T03:28:07.213-08:00Michael Naumann<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />One with quite a pedigree too, because Michael Naumann, now master of his own destiny at his own Naumann & Co emporium at Schermbeck, Germany (north of Duisburg), honed his trade at a classy school, having worked for no less than former AMD World Champion Andreas Bergerforth of Thunderbike fame for many years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Michael’s AMD World Championship debut came in 2013 at Essen, Germany, with two bikes in the Top 20 of the Freestyle class at what was the first iteration of the AMD World Championship in Europe at Big Bike Europe, Essen.<br />The S&S Knuckle engined ’52-Stick’ was voted 10th, with ‘King Bling’, an S&S engined 1958 Shovel, coming 19th.<br />A year later, with the AMD World Championship at INTERMOT, Cologne, for the first time, ‘Mr Flatty’ (a 1942 WLC) gave Michael another 10th place, with ‘Virus’, an early Harley engined Shovel from 1958, making it a repeat-double in 19th place.</span><br />
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DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-4839378254819537252017-01-31T03:16:00.005-08:002017-01-31T03:16:46.789-08:00Comment by Editor, Robin Bradley<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Window into the soul of the market …</span></b></span><br /><br />With the custom bike show season headed to a spring crescendo, looking back at prior AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building results for the ‘Custom World’ 8-page center section in this month’s AMD Magazine was a scarily interesting process.<br />Scarily, simply because it was a graphic reminder just how quickly time flies, interesting because it also graphically showed just how quickly custom bike styles change and morph.<br />I still think of myself as a “newbie” in this business, and still eye the archive of AMD World Championship bikes we have built up online at the event website (www.AMDchampionship.com) as something that may be of value, one day, perhaps.<br />In truth, it actually only took six or seven years before we started meeting people who said they found it one of the most informative and important reference resources available, but now, with the 12th AMD World Championship loaded, it really has become a powerful window into the soul of the market.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />We have a suite of photography for each bike that has ever entered any of the 12 (so far) AMD World Championships (well, over 95 percent of them), and the six of the AMD European Championships we operated in conjunction with Custom Chrome in Europe, consisting of five pictures and a basic ‘Tech Spec’ shown.<br />They number something in the region of 1,200 unique custom motorcycles with about 6,000 studio grade photographs taken by internationally respected custom industry photographers such as Horst Roesler, Frank Sander and Onno Wieringa.<br />I was delving deeply back into the archive in order to trace the prior AMD World Championship appearances of some of the 2016 competitors who have become regulars - acclaimed custom motorcycle designers and engineers such as prior World Champions Fred Bertrand and Andreas Bergerforth, and some who surely will become World Champions one day, such as Yuri Shif and Larry Houghton.<br />In doing so, it was interesting to see how builders’ own personal styles have evolved, sometimes radically, sometimes more subtly, and to see how the trends in the market itself have evolved through the “Peak Custom” chrome and paint job fest that were the boom years, through the harder times that replaced them, into a market today that (certainly outside the United States) is definitely in a robust state of recovery.<br />With ‘Retro’ now the default ‘vibe’ of the market, indeed with some saying that we have already passed “Peak Hipster”, it was interesting to be reminded that the ‘AMD’ crash-landed into the middle of the custom bike scene in 2004 like a rock, creating enthusiasm and opprobrium in equal measure with its fancy new class concepts, voting and judging systems, and insistence on treating all participants equally, fairly and honestly.<br />Yes, that made us as many enemies as it did friends, I’m afraid to say, but with impeccable timing, the win of Canadian Roger Goldammer (the first of his three wins) with his “2004 Goldammer Board Tracker” caught a wave in just the same way that the “new gen” shows of recent years (The One Show, Mama Tried, the Handbuilt and the like) did a decade later.<br />However, Roger’s homage to the racing culture of the early 20th century was a radical departure from the dominant chopper culture of the time, from the catalog bikes and trailer queens that had dominated since the first crate motors and rolling chassis kits had started to emerge a decade before that.<br />Goldammer’s “Little Red Lovely” is often referenced as ‘ground zero’ for what has become known as the “retro” movement, but the “new gen” bikes and their builders share much more in common with the trend that got kick-started then, and still dominates to this day what Roger and his “Old School” fellow travellers did to the generation they were challenging at that time.<br />The present developments we have been seeing in custom motorcycle design and engineering have been much more of an evolution, with their foundations firmly rooted in the changes that hit the market then, than the revolution that the advent of “retro” represented.<br />Regrettably much of the “I’m too sexy for my shirt” arrogance that got the so-called “builder community” into so much trouble and debt in the post build-off, post Lehman years has persisted – with some of the so-called “new gen” of custom shop proprietors appearing to put more effort into their beards than their craftsmanship.<br />That said though, the evolution, the fascinating change that has taken place, is that the collapse in available investment capital and discretionary leisure Dollar spend that defined the landscape against which dark became the new shiny has responded to the over-inflated, absurdly unrealistic and, frankly, dishonest price points that brought about the market’s downfall by falling back on the very simplicity of design and affordable and accessible platforms that gave rise to the market in the first place.<br />So far from bad news for the parts and accessory industry they are currently eschewing, in the long term the “new gen” riders represent rebirth and renewal. As I have said before, once the waistlines and wallet books fatten and the mid-forties median demographic comes to be recognized as a self-replenishing gift that just keeps giving, then the spend will return, the price points will increase, and, crucially, sales of factory customs will grow again.<br />The big question remains though, as we await Harley’s 2016 financials (due for release towards the end of January 2017), what kind of share of that market Harley-Davidson will have. Here is a stunning little factoid for you – as things stand, it is quite possible that 2017 will see BMW sell as many, if not more, of its R nineT parallel twin platform variants as Harley will sell Softails.<br />In which connection, and apropos our cover story this month about Harley’s share price staging a near 60 percent recovery in calendar year 2016 … as this edition went to press, guess what? Yes, that’s right, the share price was back down into the upper $50.00 region, headed towards a two-month low!</span>DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-66609146390136579902017-01-31T03:16:00.001-08:002017-01-31T03:16:16.505-08:002017 Carole Nash Irish Motorbike and Scooter Show<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ahhh, it’s 2017, that means it’s Dublin again!</span></b></span><br /><br />Always one of the favorite AMD World Championship affiliate events, 2017 means that it is a “Dublin Year again”!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Staged biennially in Dublin, Ireland, the 2017 Carole Nash Irish Motorbike and Scooter Show will be hosted at the Royal Dublin Society show halls from 3 – 5 March, and will again feature the Zodiac International sponsored Irish AMD International Custom Bike Competition, with the national/Irish Champion winning €3,000 cash to cover expenses for competing at the 2018 AMD World Championship in Germany.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />The international winner gets €2,000 and qualification for the AMD World Championship. <br />Additional show features in 2017 will include a 'Race of Gentlemen' in the sand arena, where the flat trackers will also be racing over the 3 days. The ‘Race of Gentlemen’ will be a homage to the 1930s racing in the USA between the legendary Harley-Davison and Indian teams, which have been re-enacted in California recently. <br />Rusty Pistons from the Czech Republic will sponsor the Rockabilly Stage (www.rustypistons.eu), and the show will deploy many of the now ubiquitous hallmarks of the current ‘Hipster Vibe’ – including a 3-station Barbershop with suitable memorabilia and décor, massage girls and a ‘Gentleman’s Club’ ambiance! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Ace Cafe London will be mounting their regular display of classic era authentic bikes with mods and rockers and the 59 Club memorabilia and staging the Ace Cafe Global Stunt Starz Competition with 25 top stunt riders from Ireland, UK and Europe battling it out for a €5,000.00 prize fund and the 'Ace of Aces' title.<br />At the time of writing, the two halls of the show are pretty much sold out as Ireland starts to share in the motorcycle market recovery seen elsewhere in Europe, resulting in a third hall being added as the 2017 ‘Dublin Show’ gets set for record exhibitor and visitor numbers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Irish market continues also to emerge on the international stage as a vibrant source of design and engineering craftsmanship and creativity. In 2013 the Irish Motorbike and Scooter Show affiliate winners Mick O’Shea and Don Cronin scooped the AMD World Champion title with the much admired ‘Rondine’ – an exquisitely customized 1971 Moto Guzzi. <br />This year they again spearheaded an Irish invasion at Cologne that saw Mick and Don take home the Street Performance class win with ‘Road Fever’, a 1987 Ducati 750, and saw Noel Connolly add to the Irish trophy cabinet with an 11th place in the Freestyle Class for the remarkable ‘Strom’ – the first ever E-Bike to compete at ‘The AMD’.</span>DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-15591811500643301012017-01-31T03:14:00.002-08:002017-01-31T03:31:15.621-08:00Modified Harley-Davidson winner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />One of the most radical and advanced bikes ever seen in the Championship program at that stage, it was a Drag Race inspired twin Evo style S&S 80”/1340cc engined power breathing monster with the four heads feeding into a single collector, then into two SuperTrapp disc mufflers.<br />‘Milwaukee Mile’ may look tame by comparison, but it is true to the aim of the Modified Harley class – to show that a radical performance pedigree is the perfect background for a streetable performance solution.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />At over 1,600 pages and more than 34,000 part numbers, Zodiac has again expanded their product line with almost 5,000 new parts and accessories from vendors all around the world. There are hundreds of new and exclusive Genuine Zodiac parts and accessories (with 2-year warranty) as well as products from well-known and new, emerging vendors.<br />New products include sound-adjustable slip-on mufflers from Italian exhaust maker MCJ, the complete new product line from Ciro, Galfer ‘skulled’ disc brake rotors (a Zodiac exclusive), Chopper Kulture parts and accessories, OttoDiCuori suspension components and accessories from Italy, T-Bags biker luggage with lifetime warranty, Italian made Mupo and Bitubo shock absorbers, stock replacement parts for the vintage 45CI Sidevalve, performance parts for Sportster, Big Twin, Twin Cam, and even the Milwaukee Eight models from S&S Cycle, Freedom Performance Exhaust, ThunderMax, JIMS, Kibblewhite Precision Machining, SuperTrapp/Kerker, Mikuni and many others.<br />Zodiac say they will also have all the new parts and accessories from iconic brands such as Arlen Ness, Biltwell, Kustom Tech, Le Pera, Performance Machine and Roland Sands Design in stock, along with new lines from Aquatic and Cycle Sounds (radios and audio related equipment), La Rosa spring seat mounting kits, and hundreds of selected parts and accessories for model-specific and universal use.<br />Zodiac has sales offices throughout Europe and produces its annual catalogs and regular dealer bulletins and newsletters in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.zodiac.nl/">www.zodiac.nl</a></span>DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-62215715983793734542017-01-31T03:12:00.001-08:002017-01-31T03:12:58.889-08:00S&S Cycle<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">S&S secure E9 certification for ‘Stealth’ air cleaners</span></b></span><br /><br />Viola, Wisconsin based S&S Cycle has released details of the first of what looks set to be a series of EC approval product announcements.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />With a choice of optional Air 1, Tri-Spoke and Torker and a variety of other cover options covers also available, ‘Stealth’ air cleaners offer an increased filter area, combined with an air horn like radiused inlet and unique S&S Stinger cone to allow smoother and faster air flow. <br />They can be run with or without an air cleaner cover; they can also be run with the stock 1999-up Big Twin air cleaner cover for a “sleeper” look, or without a cover at all. The kit includes back plate, filter element, top cover, hardware and instructions.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sscycle.com/">www.sscycle.com</a></span>DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-46980575450295549612016-11-01T07:31:00.000-07:002017-01-31T02:43:18.446-08:00The new “Custom World”<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Welcome to the New World!</b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Also, make sure you are signed-up to receive AMD Magazine each month, and American Motorcycle Design – its own weekly industry newsletter.<br /><br />Finally, if you want to start making plans to visit ‘INTERMOT Customized’ in October in 2018, let us know - we will help you with any information you need and look forward to welcoming you to the ‘AMD’ when you get there.<br /><br /><b>Robin Bradley</b><br />Editor-in-Chief<br /><span style="color: orange;">AMD Magazine<br />American Motorcycle Design<br />Custom World</span></span>DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-41160438316689663152016-11-01T07:29:00.002-07:002016-11-01T07:29:44.176-07:002016 AMD World Champion<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>2016 AMD World Champion of Custom Bike Building</b></span></span><br /><br /><i><b>Japanese customizer Suicide Customs scored a convincing first place in the 12th AMD World Championship at ‘INTERMOT Customized’ at Cologne, Germany, October 10th, to take the coveted title of AMD World Champion of Custom Bike Building.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Voted for by the competitors themselves, this is the third time that a customizer from Japan has taken the Championship ring home, and in a close field of Freestyle class entrants, Suicide Customs was the clear choice of his fellow competitors as their Champion for the next two years.<br />Suicide Customs’ 1000cc V-twin “Rumble Racer” has quite a back story. Crated for dry shipping to Europe several weeks before the show, Koh Niwa had tense days and late evenings at the World Championship before managing to get the bike fired up and completing the necessary run test to be able to qualify for prizing – his determination in the face of tough odds won the admiration of the “Class of 2016”.<br />In a very broad international spread of top honours, second place, and first reserve champion, went to Michael Naumann of Germany for his Ironhead Sportster-engined “Simple Iron”; with third place, and second reserve champion going to 2010 and reigning 2014 World Champion Fred “Krugger” Bertrand of Krugger Motorcycles in Belgium for his 103” S&S Cycle-engined “LADD”.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Altogether 42 bikes competed in the Freestyle class, with no less than 14 different countries featuring in the Top 20, with the equally back story-rich TEAM USA’s Larry Moore of Wichita, Kansas, taking fourth overall for his bike “Kontrolled Kaos”, with Italy’s North Coast Custom taking fifth for “Alcatraz 521”.<br />The ever-popular Modified Harley-Davidson World Championship was won by German-Motorcycle-Authority (Christoph Madaus) with his 1340cc (S&S heads) “Milwaukee Mile”.<br />In an extremely high quality field, this year’s Retro Modified class was taken by PDF Motociclette of Italy with “Big Kahuna”, a 1000cc-engined 1927 JD 8-valve.<br />Flying the flag for Eastern Europe, the Cafe Racer class was won by Iron Custom Motorcycles (ICM) from troubled Kharkiv, Ukraine with “Beckman”, featuring a hand-made 56bhp, 555сс 3-cylinder 2-stroke engine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />In another success for the small but fast-growing and innovative Irish custom scene, 2013 World Champions Mick O'Shea and Don Cronin (Medaza Cycles) took the demanding Street Performance class with “Road Fever”, a 1978 Ducati 750. <br />Staged as the lead feature at the first ever ‘INTERMOT Customized’ (October 5th to 9th), the show-within-show concept in Hall 10 at the INTERMOT Expo in Cologne, Germany, was created to showcase international custom industry excellence, and the concept has been widely praised by exhibitors and visitors alike as delivering an inspirational and aspirational show environment that is set to champion the professionalism of the international custom market for years to come.<br />In addition to the AMD World Championship bikes, ‘INTERMOT Customized’ drew over 100 exhibitors, including several of the leading OEMs such as Harley-Davidson, BMW, Triumph, Yamaha and Kawasaki; Ural from Russia and German V-8 specialist Boss Hoss.<br />Exhibiting distributors included Custom Chrome Europe and Motorcycle Storehouse, with Warren Buffet owned mail order and retail store specialist Detlev Louis giving a debut to their new Custom program.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Additional ‘INTERMOT Customized’ features in the atmospheric Hall 10 of the Keolnmesse complex included displays from the OEM/aftermarket-backed Essenza ‘Spirit of Custom’ and ‘Sultans of Sprint’ race series, a Garage Area featuring live customizing, technical and workshop displays, photography by legendary motorcycle industry photographer Michael Lichter, and history and memorabilia from the Ace Cafe, London.<br />The 13th AMD World Championship will be staged in two years’ time at ‘INTERMOT Customized’ at the Cologne Exhibition Center (Koelnmesse) in October 2018. Keep up-to-date with AMD World Championship news by signing up for ‘Custom World’, the Championship program’s official newsletter by e-mailing sara@dealer-world.com<br />www.amdchampionship.com</span>DealerWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054584603356806486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369234642562815186.post-65162633753524047982016-11-01T07:29:00.001-07:002016-11-01T07:29:27.685-07:00Freestyle class<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Freestyle class full results</span></b></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">1st place</span> Suicide Customs, ‘Rumble Racer’, Japan<span id="goog_963892113"></span><span id="goog_963892114"></span></span></b></span><br />
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