http://www.amdchampionship.com en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:11:33 +0000 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:11:33 +0000 http://www.amdchampionship.com 60 AMDChampionship.com Builder: Jim Giuffra / AFT Customs Girls, Bike Name: Asumati, Location: Jackson, CA, Country: USA, Event: 2011 World Championship http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2546-aft-customs-asumati.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2546-aft-customs-asumati.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:05 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Builder: Rafik Kaissi, Bike Name: RK Spring Frame, Location: Round Rock, TX, Country: USA, Event: 2011 World Championship http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2557-rk-concepts-rk-spring-frame.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2557-rk-concepts-rk-spring-frame.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:50:01 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building One of Europe's leading specialist aftermarket custom parts and accessory distributors Motorcycle Storehouse has confirmed its intention of being one of the 'Founder' exhibitors at AMD Magazine's new BIG BIKE EUROPE Expo in May 2013. Planned as a European 'headquarters expo' for the international performance, custom, tuning, service and workshop parts and accessory industry, BIG BIKE EUROPE boasts a range of unique features, including the first annual International Custom Conference and the return of AMD's much admired European Championship of Custom Bike Building. http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16051-motorcycle-storehouse-confirms-big-bike-europe.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16051-motorcycle-storehouse-confirms-big-bike-europe.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:14:00 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Jon Shipley picked up a check for $3000 in addition to being invited to the 2012 World Championship of Custom Bike Building John Shipley of Hoosier Daddy Choppers left the Ultimate Builder show in Cleveland, OH, with $3000, a class winner's trophy and a guaranteed World Championship spot after taking first place in the Freestyle class with 'Whiskey Bent', a heavily customized 1977 Ironhead featuring a bar stool seat and 102 year-old brass headlight. Last year's winner Jesse Bassett of The Gasbox was runner up with a 1949 Panhead, and Misfit Custom Cycles was third. The Modified Harley-Davidson class was won by Gilliland Customs' 2011 World Championship 7th place entry 'Sudden Impact', with H-D BikeTown second and Russell Batchelor in third place. In Performance Custom, the win was taken by Ed Vanaman and Stan Liepert with a 1964 Triton (Norton Atlas with 650cc Triumph engine) and Giovanni of Blacksmith Motoring Co added another trophy to his cabinet by winning the Retro Mod class with 'El Vaquero'. http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16049-hoosier-daddy-choppers-wins-ultimate-builder-in-cleveland.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16049-hoosier-daddy-choppers-wins-ultimate-builder-in-cleveland.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:38:00 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Builder: Ken Tabata, Bike Name: Tavax 2011V, Location: Yao City, Osaka, Country: Japan, Event: 2011 World Championship http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2552-tavax-engineering-tavax-2011v.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2552-tavax-engineering-tavax-2011v.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:00:02 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Builder: Joshua Lee, Bike Name: Cool Blue, Location: New Lenox, IL, Country: USA, Event: 2011 World Championship http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2583-jda-custom-cool-blue.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2583-jda-custom-cool-blue.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:00:06 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Builder: Tim Baxter, Bike Name: 2011 Custom, Location: Fort Walton Beach, FL, Country: USA, Event: 2011 World Championship http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2609-revolutionary-cycles-2011-custom.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2609-revolutionary-cycles-2011-custom.html Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:00:05 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Builder: Troy Kyne / Full Moon Customs, Bike Name: Predasaurus, Location: Greeley, CO, Country: USA, Event: 2011 World Championship http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2536-kyne-s-kustoms-full-moon-customs-predasaurus.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2536-kyne-s-kustoms-full-moon-customs-predasaurus.html Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:50:01 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Builder: Mike Kiwi Tomas, Bike Name: Kiwi Chieftain 1950's, Location: Riverside, CA, Country: USA, Event: 2011 World Championship http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2569-kiwi-indian-motorcycle-co-kiwi-chieftain-1950-s.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2569-kiwi-indian-motorcycle-co-kiwi-chieftain-1950-s.html Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:50:02 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Builder: Robert Gilliland, Bike Name: Sudden Impact, Location: Jackson, OH, Country: USA, Event: 2011 World Championship http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2585-gilliland-customs-sudden-impact.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2585-gilliland-customs-sudden-impact.html Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:50:01 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Builder: Jason Ferguson, Bike Name: Firedog, Location: Granbury, TX, Country: USA, Event: 2011 World Championship http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2592-texas-bike-works-firedog.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2592-texas-bike-works-firedog.html Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:00:04 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Copper Mike Cole won a free place at the 2012 AMD World Championship in Sturgis in addition to a cash prize Copper Mike Cole of Gravesend Cycles booked his place at the 2012 AMD World Championship and took home a $3000 cash prize by winning the Freestyle class at the Ultimate Builder show in New York. Mike's bike "Steampunk", based on a 1973 Harley-Davidson Shovelhead, features a rebuilt engine with engraved heads and 10:1 compression and numerous re-purposed antique gauges and parts rebuilt into functional pieces. He built a hand clutch with an old Harley mouse trap. The bike is fabricated from equal parts copper and brass. Runner-up was Stu Spiegel of Stu's Auto and Cycle Service, with George Stinsman of Chaos Cycle third with "Model 33". The Modified Harley-Davidson class was won by Steve Iacona of Iacona Custom Cycles with "Challenger", his 2011 Modified Harley World Championship runner-up. Roman Levin of FOH Cycle Fab won Performance Custom for the second year running, this year with "FOH Cafe", a 2002 Suzuki, and the Retro Mod class was won by Fred Montalto with "Spitshine", a 1960 Harley-Davidson Panhead. http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16044-gravesend-cycles-wins-ultimate-builder-in-new-york.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16044-gravesend-cycles-wins-ultimate-builder-in-new-york.html Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:30:00 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Builder: Kully Millage, Bike Name: Dewey, Location: Hartford, SD, Country: USA, Event: 2011 World Championship http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2598-east-shore-innovation-dewey.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2598-east-shore-innovation-dewey.html Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:00:02 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Builder: Shaun Ruddy, Bike Name: Black Cat Racing Special, Location: Las Vegas, NV, Country: USA, Event: 2011 World Championship http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2596-phat-choppers-australia-black-cat-racing-special.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2596-phat-choppers-australia-black-cat-racing-special.html Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:50:02 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Builder: Leandro Torrontegui, Bike Name: Speed Century, Location: Buenos Aires, Country: Argentina, Event: 2011 World Championship http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2551-rgm-custom-bikes-speed-century.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2551-rgm-custom-bikes-speed-century.html Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:50:01 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Builder: Dave Welch, Bike Name: Hardcore 120, Location: Orange Park, FL, Country: USA, Event: 2011 World Championship http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2602-chopper-city-usa-hardcore-120.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2602-chopper-city-usa-hardcore-120.html Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:50:02 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Blacksmith Motoring Co won a cash prize of $3000 plus a free place at the 2012 AMD World Championship in Sturgis Blacksmith Motoring Co is scheduled to return to Sturgis in 2012 after winning the Ultimate Builder Freestyle and Retro Mod classes in Washington DC. Giovanni's bike "El Patron" which competed in the Performance Custom Class at last year's World Championship, is based on a 2003 Suzuki Volusia and features Nitrous induction, Stroker kit, Big Bore pistons, custom cams, 4 degree rake, remote Air Ride and Performance Suspension shocks. Second place was taken by Eye Candy Designs' 2009 GSXR 750 Michael Jackson tribute with Bruce Banks 2010 Harley FLTRX third. The Modified Harley class was won by C&C Cycle with "Black Shadow", a 2002 FLHTCUI. Meticulous Concepts Sportbike Customizing won the Performance Custom class with "Reaper", a 2003 Kawasaki ZX9R, and Blacksmith Motoring Co became the first 2011/12 double class winner by also taking the Retro Mod class with "El Vaquero". http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16042-blacksmith-motoring-co-is-washington-dcs-ultimate-builder.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16042-blacksmith-motoring-co-is-washington-dcs-ultimate-builder.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:27:00 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Plans for the return of the European Championship of Custom Bike Building are unaffected by the cancellation of Custom Chrome Europe's Dealer Show. As announced in August 2011, the next European Championship is being staged at the first annual Big Bike Europe Expo, at Essen in Germany on May 10-12, 2013. Big Bike Europe is the all new, independently owned and operated headquarters expo for the European performance, custom, tuning, workshop and service parts and accessory industry. The three-day event features a first day (Friday May 10, 2013) that is a dealer, customizer, trade and VIP visitor only day, which features the first annual International Custom Conference. http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16041-big-bike-europe-is-european-championship-host-event.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16041-big-bike-europe-is-european-championship-host-event.html Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:02:00 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Builder: Ralph Randolph, Bike Name: Cheap Shot, Location: Mesa, AZ, Country: USA, Event: 2011 World Championship http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2610-knockout-motorcycle-co-cheap-shot.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2610-knockout-motorcycle-co-cheap-shot.html Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:00:01 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Builder: Shaw Speed & Custom, Bike Name: Nascafe Racer, Location: Holmes Hill, near Lewes, East Sussex, Country: UK, Event: 2011 World Championship http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2561-shaw-harley-davidson-nascafe-racer.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2561-shaw-harley-davidson-nascafe-racer.html Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:50:01 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Builder: Frederic Vaillancourt, Bike Name: Blade, Location: St-Come, Quebec, Country: Canada, Event: 2011 World Championship http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2560-rat-shop-custom-bikes-blade.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2560-rat-shop-custom-bikes-blade.html Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:50:01 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Freestyle class winner Stevenson's Cycle won a free place at the 2012 AMD World Championship in Sturgis in addition to a cash prize Steve Broyles of Stevenson's Cycle booked his place at the 2012 AMD World Championship and took home a $3000 cash prize by winning the Freestyle class at the Ultimate Builder show in Novi, MI. Steve's 2008 World Championship 9th-placed bike "GL Special" features an S&S 93ci engine with fully polished split rocker boxes and cooling fins. The fins required 3 months of work to complete. Broyles used his signature glass side oil tank that is built like a wedge, brass foot and hand controls. The frame is a custom fabricated rigid bobber unit. The GL Special also sports an Evil Engineering LSD belt drive. Runner-up was Eric Gorges of Voodoo Choppers with "De Lux", and Rob Gallo of Detroit Choppers was third with "Detroit Black Out", a 2011 Road Glide. The Modified Harley-Davidson class was won by Chop Doc's Choppers with "Shoobdville", a 1997 Fat Boy Bagger. Jack McCoy of M 43 Powersports won Performance Custom with "Inferno", a 2008 Suzuki B-King, and the Retro Mod class was won by Steve Hollon of Golgotha Performance Cycles with "General Grunge", a 1987 Sportster. http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16038-stevensons-cycle-wins-ultimate-builder-in-novi-mi.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16038-stevensons-cycle-wins-ultimate-builder-in-novi-mi.html Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:47:00 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Builder: Ger Conlon, Bike Name: Rattle & Hum, Location: Ballinhassig, Co Cork, Country: Ireland, Event: 2011 World Championship http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2556-cc-choppers-ireland-rattle-hum.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2556-cc-choppers-ireland-rattle-hum.html Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:00:04 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Builder: John Cosentini, Bike Name: Indian Larry Tribute Bike, Location: Oakville, Ontario, Country: Canada, Event: 2011 World Championship http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2535-motorcycle-enhancements-indian-larry-tribute-bike.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2535-motorcycle-enhancements-indian-larry-tribute-bike.html Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:00:01 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Builder: Shaw Speed & Custom, Bike Name: XLST3, Location: Holmes Hill, near Lewes, East Sussex, Country: UK, Event: 2011 World Championship http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2537-shaw-harley-davidson-xlst3.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2537-shaw-harley-davidson-xlst3.html Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:00:02 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Builder: Shaun Ruddy, Bike Name: Toe Cutter, Location: Las Vegas, NV, Country: USA, Event: 2011 World Championship http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2549-phat-choppers-australia-toe-cutter.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/bikes/2549-phat-choppers-australia-toe-cutter.html Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:00:04 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Chris Richardson picked up a check for $3000 in addition to being invited to the 2012 World Championship of Custom Bike Building For the second year running, Chris Richardson of LA Speed Shop left the Ultimate Builder show in Long Beach, CA, with a class winner's trophy after taking first place in the Freestyle class. Paul Cavallo of Spitfire Motorcycles was runner up, and Ultimate Builder San Mateo winner Dalton Walker of Split Image Kustoms was third. The Modified Harley-Davidson class was won by Todd Silicato of Todd's Cycle, with Rusty Coones of Illusion Cycles taking both second and third place. In Performance Custom, the win was taken by Tony Sesto of Sesto Custom Cycles and the Retro Mod class was won by Stephan Lacy. http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16034-la-speed-shop-wins-ultimate-builder-in-long-beach.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16034-la-speed-shop-wins-ultimate-builder-in-long-beach.html Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:35:00 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Freestyle class winner Moore Customs won a free place at the 2012 AMD World Championship in Sturgis in addition to a cash prize Larry Moore of Moore Customs booked his place at the 2012 AMD World Championship and took home a $3000 cash prize by winning the Freestyle class at the Ultimate Builder show in Dallas, TX. Larry's bike "Bad Influence" features an 80ci Harley-Davidson engine, custom frame, dual gas tanks, dual calipers and hand fabricated sheet metal. Runner-up was Production Manufacturer World Champion Dar Holdsworth of Darwin Motorcycles with "Filigree", a 2012 '69 Brass Balls Chopper, and Joe Martin of Martin Bros Bikes was third with a 2011 Road Glide. The Modified Harley-Davidson class was won by Three Two Choppers with their World Championship fourth-placed bike AMFU. Arynn Aikins won Performance Custom with "Midnight", a 2009 Hayabusa, and the Retro Mod class was won by Pat Kahanek and Primer Inc Customs with "Number 79", a 1979 Ironhead Sportster. http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16033-moore-customs-wins-at-ultimate-builder-dallas.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16033-moore-customs-wins-at-ultimate-builder-dallas.html Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:11:00 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Split Image Kustoms won a cash prize of $3000 plus a free place at the 2012 AMD World Championship in Sturgis The 2011/12 series of Ultimate Builder custom shows hosted at the Progressive International Motorcycle Shows began at the weekend in San Mateo, California. As last year, classes were offered for Freestyle, Modified Harley-Davison (stock engine and frame retaining original geometry) and Performance Custom, and introduced a new class, 'Retro Mod', for builds based on bikes over 25 years old. This year's Freestyle class winner was Dalton Walker of Split Image Kustoms. His hand-built custom bike took 9 months' work and features a 1946 Shovel/Knuckle, Burkhardt Magneto, one-off frame, custom forks, wheels, sheet metal, seat, exhaust, sissy bar, cloth wiring, internal throttle and aluminum oil tank. Runner-up was current AMD Performance Custom World Champion AFT Customs with 'Sentoh', and third place was taken by Rick Bedford of BAM-Ink with 'The Interchangeable'. http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16030-split-image-kustoms-wins-at-ultimate-builder-san-mateo.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16030-split-image-kustoms-wins-at-ultimate-builder-san-mateo.html Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:55:00 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Thunderbike from Germany has a long history of building top flight custom bikes, having placed 2nd at the 2006 World Championship of Custom Bike Building and 5th in the 2008 event. The latest ground-up custom build to come from the Hamminkeln shop is R-Odynamic, which took 2nd place in the Custom Class at the 2011 European Bike Week show. Andreas Bergerforth, the owner of Thunderbike, began this build by pulling one of his own design Dragster RS frames from the shop's stock and building it up with a single-sided swingarm on the shop's own airride system and at the front a set of Thunderbike telescopic forks that are also air sprung, allowing the frame's engine rails to be laid on the ground the bike is stationary. http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16028-r-odynamic-by-thunderbike.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16028-r-odynamic-by-thunderbike.html Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:08:00 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building K&N has released a version of its Aircharger high-flow air intake assembly which has been designed to work with both '08-'11 H-D Dyna and Softail models and '01-'07 Twin Cams. Installation of the Aircharger is claimed by K&N to offer a performance increase of up to 10hp. The K&N Aircharger provides the power increase by replacing the restrictive stock OE air cleaner with a custom mandrel bent aluminum intake tube fitted with an oversized K&N high-flow air filter. The new intake tube mounts to the throttle body via a billet aluminum mounting flange that has an integrated internal run breather system. The intake can be ordered in a choice of polished finish or black powder coat, and the filter element is washable, reusable, and pre-oiled ready for installation. http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16027-kn-aircharger.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16027-kn-aircharger.html Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:58:00 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Throughout the 2011 World Championship of Custom Bike Building, there were a small number of bikes that people kept going back to, to have another look. One of those was not in the Freestyle class and nor was it a bike. Abnormal Cycles had entered the Modified Harley class, and had entered with a sidecar outfit, and it was this that was getting all the attention. The attention was well deserved, too, as come the end of the show the outfit rolled away with the top prize. Hailing from Bernareggio, near Milan, Italy, Abnormal Cycles is the custom shop responsible for Union, as the side car outfit is known. Based upon a relatively stock 1942, 74ci powered model U, the most major change was the addition of an Indian styled leaf spring front end. However, the one used is no straight copy of an original Springfield-made fork, rather this one features double springs to compensate for the added wait of the 'chair' at the side of the bike. http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16025-an-abnormal-union.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16025-an-abnormal-union.html Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:19:00 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building In 2012, the team behind the World Championship Affiliate show held each year at London's Alexandra Palace will be staging a second motorcycle show which will cater for riders in the north of the UK. The new event - The Manchester Bike Show - will take place over the weekend of 17-18 March, 2012 at EventCity in Manchester. Andrew Greenwood's Classic Shows, the event organizer, will be taking on three halls at the venue, each filled with different content. Hall Four at EventCity will be the 'New Bike' hall, and will feature local dealers and clothing and helmet suppliers alongside motorcycle touring holiday companies and other related exhibitors. http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16023-new-show-in-manchester-in-2012.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16023-new-show-in-manchester-in-2012.html Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:52:00 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Spanish builder Malicia Indigena won their second Sturgis prize at Faro in three years This year's 30th annual Moto Clube Faro Rally on the Algarve in Southern Portugal saw record crowds in attendance. The affiliate custom bike show, in its 20th year, was won by Jhomba Tapasco of Malicia Indigena from Spain, becoming the first double winner of a World Champs Sturgis prize at the event, having taken the prize in 2009. Despite the economic situation in Portugal, the "Custom Village" area saw an increased number of custom shops and associated businesses in attendance, with Parts Europe participating for the first time. http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16022-malicia-indigena-wins-sturgis-prize-at-30th-anniversary-faro-rally.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16022-malicia-indigena-wins-sturgis-prize-at-30th-anniversary-faro-rally.html Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:35:00 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building RIVERA Primo has a solution for people who trailer their bike a lot and struggle to keep it held in place on the trailer. The Kiwi Anchor Tie Down not only helps keep the bike secure, but also protects the paintwork on the bike from being rubbed by the tie-down straps. Made from black powder coated steel in the USA, versions of the Kiwi Anchor are available to fit '84-'08 Baggers, '09 and later Baggers and '00 to '07 Softails. The tie-downs can be installed with minimal tools. http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16021-kiwi-anchor-tie-down-by-rivera-primo.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16021-kiwi-anchor-tie-down-by-rivera-primo.html Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:54:00 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building In the world of custom bike building, there are certain countries which seem to produce bikes that have a definite style that is unique to each location. One such example is the builds coming out of Japan. The Japanese style of custom bike building first came to prominence with the machines created by Shinya Kimura under the Zero Engineering banner. After Kimura left Japan for the US, the company expanded and opened a business in the US too, under the name of Zero Engineering/Plot USA Inc. and it was this company that had two bikes entered in the 2011 World Championship of Custom Bike Building. http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16014-zero-engineering-from-zero-to-hero.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16014-zero-engineering-from-zero-to-hero.html Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:11:00 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Antoine Bigel of Blue Line Chopper will travel to Sturgis in 2012 The third annual Wild Magazine rally and custom show held in the mountainous Haute Savoie region of France was this year sponsored by W&W Cycles, and again offered two World Championship affiliate 'Sturgis' prizes - one for the best French builder and the other going to the best 'international' guest competitor. The French win went to Antoine Bigel of Blue Line Chopper who will travel to Sturgis in 2012. The 'International' win was taken by Carlo Colombo of Asso Special Bike in Italy for his 199R, his lightweight street bike project weighing only 199kg, featuring his own 16kg aluminium frame, hand made titanium exhaust, carbon fibre gas tank and fenders and 110in RevTech engine. Upon winning his prize, Carlo took the bike straight to Frankfurt for transportation to Sturgis, where he finished in 19th place in the Freestyle class. http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16018-punta-bagna-bike-valfrejus.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16018-punta-bagna-bike-valfrejus.html Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:01:00 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building After two months of intense courting of public favour via Facebook, we are now pleased to announce the winners of this year's "Public Pick of Excellence" awards. This award was intended as an alternative to the standard "Public Choice" award given at many shows, and encouraged World Championship competitors to use their internet social networking skills to attact as many Facebook "Likes" as possible on their Registry page on AMDchampionship.com. Throughout the competition, three competitors kept a distance between themselves and the rest, and all three will receive certificates recognising their achievement. http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16016-world-championship-2011-web-favorite-award-winners.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16016-world-championship-2011-web-favorite-award-winners.html Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:08:00 +0000 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building Throughout the history of the World Championship of Custom Bike Building there have been many changes, including the location, sponsoring partners and competitive classes. However, one thing that has remained constant over the eight years the event has been taking place is the presence of Mike Tomas - the Big Chief at Kiwi Indian Motorcycle Co. Over the years, Mike has always entered at least one bike in the Championship, winning the Production Manufacturer class in 2006, and 2011 was no exception as it saw him roll a 1950's Kiwi Chieftain into the show venue. The bike, co-owned by Billy Joel, may be called a 1950's model but the build uses entirely new parts, including the Aerodraulic front end, which was a new design for Indian in 1950. Other contemporary, for the time, features on the bike include the plunger rear suspension on the Kiwi-made Springer frame, which is based upon a design first used by Indian in 1940. http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16011-kiwi-indian-chief-mike-tomas.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16011-kiwi-indian-chief-mike-tomas.html Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:48:00 +0100 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building JOHN Shope's Sinister Industries has been working through the summer to create an extensive range of new parts. Among the parts now available are what are claimed to be the only high strength PPO/PA ABS plastic hard bags on the market. Made from the same material as that used by Harley-Davidson, the Sinister bags are supplied in a black finish and use the existing Harley hardware. http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16012-extensive-line-of-new-sinister-parts.html http://www.amdchampionship.com/news/16012-extensive-line-of-new-sinister-parts.html Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:02:00 +0100 World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building