2020 AMD World Championship Competitor Info

The AMD World Championship is OPEN ENTRY. Competitors may enter up to two bikes in total. The entry fee is 200 euros (although some exemptions apply, please contact us for details).

We have limited capacity at our facility and may close entries at any time without notice. Space is allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Entries will only be guaranteed up to and including Friday September 23rd 2020. Any entry submitted after this date is accepted solely at the organisers' discretion.

Judging is by 'peer-group-review'. That is to say that it is you, the competitor community itself (namely those people who actually engage in customisation) who choose the winners at the AMD World Championship. Obviously you can't vote for your own bike(s), and rather than using a result-shaping category/points formula, each competitor is asked to select their 12 favourite bikes on a 'whatever floats your boat' basis, then place them in rank order one through twelve. Judging is on Saturday October 10th, for the main awards ceremony at 4:00pm on Sunday October 11th.

The AMD World Championship operates a 'Certified Runner' program to indicate which of the competing bikes are known to be 'runners'. Non-runners are permitted to enter on the basis that they may be showcasing 'work-in-progress' technology concepts or such like, but to qualify as a 'Certified Runner' and be eligible for a prize, a video of the bike being ridden must be provided a minimum of two weeks before the event.

Please read the Terms & Conditions before entering.

A list of current confirmed entries can be found here.

Key Info

Show Dates
6th - 11th October, 2020

Bike Registration
Monday October 5th, 10am to 8pm

Bike Shipping Address
INTERMOT, Koelnmesse, Messeplatz 1, D-50679 Koeln, Germany.

Contact
For competitor queries, contact Neil Blaber on +44 (0)7881 944440.

Competitor Schedule

The schedule below is subject to change.

Monday 5th October 10:00am - 8:00pm Bike move in and registration (closed to public)
To schedule arriving outside of these hours call Neil Blaber.
Tuesday 6th October 9:00am - 6:00pm Press/trade day (closed to public)
Wednesday 7th October 9:00am - 6:00pm Trade day (closed to public)
Thursday 8th October 9:00am - 6:00pm Open to public
Friday 9th October 9:00am - 6:00pm Open to public
Saturday 10th October 9:00am - 6:00pm Open to public
5:00pm Judging ballot return deadline at AMD desk
Sunday 11th October 9:00am - 6:00pm Open to public
4:00pm Awards ceremony
6:30pm Bike move out commences

Class Definitions

You may enter your bike(s) into the following classes. If you have any queries about whether your bike is eligible for a particular class, then please contact us.

Freestyle
One-off, ground-up built custom motorcycles, of any kind, on all or any chassis platforms or drivetrains.

Modified American V-Twin
Start point must be a 1984 or later Harley-Davidson, or 'Gilroy', 'Kings Mountain' Indian or later engine and frame as base. The stock frame geometry must be maintained; the only modifications allowed are weld smoothing and other moldings and sheet metal additions, tab and or bracket relocation or removal and arising smoothings/moldings (such as exhaust bracket relocation for example). Swingarm/rear-end changes, of any kind, including replacement swingarms, are permitted; fat or skinny rear end conversions are permitted; as is frame or rear-end lowering or raising - provided the basic stock frame geometry is unchanged. Case internals can be replaced, along with cylinders, heads and internals. Turbo chargers, super chargers, NOS kits etc are permitted. Screamin' Eagle / JIMS and Gilroy Indian era S&S engine cases are permitted. Frames/cases can be from two different models (from the same manufacturer).

Retro/Modified
Any modified motorcycle, with any drivetrain on any chassis configuration. Must be based on a pre-1984 engine, and styled to have the appearance of a motorcycle manufactured prior to 1984. Use of some contemporary parts/design elements is permitted.

Modified Street Custom
Must start with 1984 or later major OEM volume production engine and frame as the basis. Neck may be cut to rake or stretch frame. Hard tail sections and wide tire alterations are acceptable. Must be a 2 or 3 wheel motorcycle configuration.

Cafe/Street Performance
A class designed to showcase customs where the primary intention of the customiser is to improve the street-use performance of a motorcycle, and showcase the customiser's streetable performance engineering, tuning and handling skills and techniques. Open to all or any kind of motorcycle, of any platform or drivetrain, air-cooled or liquid-cooled (or even alternative energy). Open to 'metric', Whitworth/AF, and SAE measure motorcycles. Open to all kinds of performance engineering and enhancement/tuning techniques, including super charging, turbo charging, NOS, fuel injection etc. Vintage or modern cafe racer, drag or sportbike style permitted.

Cross Class Awards
In addition, awards are available across all classes for Public Choice (as selected by public ballot) and New Energy Vehicles (NEV) to be chosen from entries utilising electric, hybrid, hydrogen or fuel cell power, or any other energy sources considered to qualify.

Official Entry Form

Please complete this form to register your entry into the 2020 AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building.

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Terms & Conditions of Entry

OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM

Completion of the Official Entry Form is essential. No participation will be permitted without it.

All entries are accepted subject to, and with acceptance of, these event terms and conditions, including liabilities, costs and fees (200 euros per entry, payable by Paypal in advance of the event date, or in cash at the registration desk). All entries remain provisional until you register your motorcycle at the event itself.

Entry fees paid in advance will be refunded in full providing noticeof non-participation is given, and receipt of such notice acknowledged by the organisers, at least 14 days prior to the event (ie by Monday September 21st 2020). Full or partial refund of any entry fee after this date is solely at the discretion of the organisers.

ELIGIBILITY

Employees and families of employees of AMD/Dealer-World are not eligible to enter. The decision to permit or decline participation is entirely and solely at the discretion of the organisers and no correspondence, dialogue, or any other form of communication or explanation for any such decisions will be entered into or provided.

Specifically the organisers reserve the right to deny participation to any builder and motorcycle on the grounds of decency related matters. This includes, but is not limited to, the use and display of messages, forms of words, images or designs that are considered by the organisers to be unsuitable; and to behaviour or behaviours that the organisers, also at their sole discretion, deem inappropriate.

Entries will only be accepted by the builder of an entered motorcycle, and any award entitlement is to the builder, as opposed to the owner, of a winning entry. Repeat entry of the same motorcycle in subsequent years is not permitted.

REGISTRATION

Motorcycles must be registered in advance of the event date. Space is limited and subject to change, and registration can be closed, or the event cancelled, for whatever reason, without notice. Each motorcycle will be issued with an entry identification number before their participation is confirmed. This identification number must be presented with the motorcycle at the time of onsite registration.

Motorcycles must be presented, fully assembled and ready to place in the show, at the event facility between 10am and 8pm on Monday October 5th 2020. Entries arriving outside these times without prior arrangement with the organisers may be subject to a points penalty or refused entry.

WORKING ORDER

All motorcycles must be capable of starting and running. Entrants will be required to prove that they are 'runners' in order to claim an award, by submitting video evidence a minimum of 14 days prior to the event.

MOTORCYCLE DISPLAYS

AAll entrants will be required to provide a technical specification of their entered motorcycle(s) in advance of the event date, which will be used on the display placard identifying their motorcycle. No additional display materials (excepting business cards and flyers of up to A4 size) including, but not limited to, boards, logo signs, posters, lighting, reflective flooring or other props are permitted to enhance the motorcycle display.

Entered motorcycles must remain in place at all times until the event closes at 6pm on Sunday October 11th, 2020. There are no exceptions to this rule.

NUMBER OF BIKES

The organisers reserve the right to set a limit on the number of motorcycles any single builder may enter. Please discuss with us in advance, and indicate planned number on the Official Entry Form

CLASSES

Any motorcycle can be entered into the main 'Freestyle' class from which the Official World and European Champion is voted. Subject to the nature of your motorcycle(s), you can alternatively enter one of the other classes that may also be offered, at the time of registration (eg.'Modified American V-Twin', 'Retro Modified', 'Modified Street Custom', 'Cafe/Street Performance' and/or any other classes the organisers decide to devise).

CLASS DEFINITIONS

Freestyle
One-off, ground-up built custom motorcycles, of any kind, on all or any chassis platforms or drivetrains.

Modified American V-Twin
Start point must be a 1984 or later Harley-Davidson, or 'Gilroy', 'Kings Mountain' Indian or later engine and frame as base. The stock frame geometry must be maintained; the only modifications allowed are weld smoothing and other moldings and sheet metal additions, tab and or bracket relocation or removal and arising smoothings/moldings (such as exhaust bracket relocation for example). Swingarm/rear-end changes, of any kind, including replacement swingarms, are permitted; fat or skinny rear end conversions are permitted; as is frame or rear-end lowering or raising - provided the basic stock frame geometry is unchanged. Case internals can be replaced, along with cylinders, heads and internals. Turbo chargers, super chargers, NOS kits etc are permitted. Screamin' Eagle / JIMS and Gilroy Indian era S&S engine cases are permitted. Frames/cases can be from two different models (from the same manufacturer).

Retro/Modified
Any modified motorcycle, with any drive train on any chassis configuration. Must be based on a pre-1984 engine, and styled to have the appearance of a motorcycle manufactured prior to 1984. Use of some contemporary parts/design elements is permitted.

Modified Street Custom
Must start with 1984 or later major OEM volume production engine and frame as the basis. Neck may be cut to rake or stretch frame. Hard tail sections and wide tire alterations are acceptable. Must be a 2 or 3 wheel motorcycle configuration.

Cafe/Street Performance
A class designed to showcase customs where the primary intention of the customiser is to improve the street-use performance of a motorcycle, and showcase the customiser's streetable performance engineering, tuning and handling skills and techniques. Open to all or any kind of motorcycle, of any platform or drivetrain, air-cooled or liquid-cooled (or even alternative energy). Open to 'metric', Whitworth/AF, and SAE measure motorcycles. Open to all kinds of performance engineering and enhancement/tuning techniques, including super charging, turbo charging, NOS, fuel injection etc. Vintage or modern cafe racer, drag or sportbike style permitted.

ADDITIONAL CROSS CLASS AWARDS

Public Choice
To be chosen by public ballot across all classes.

New Energy Vehicles (NEV
To be chosen from entries utilising electric, hybrid, hydrogen or fuel cell power, or any other energy sources considered to qualify, across all classes.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Where possible, all motorcycles will be photographed for use in future promotions of, but not limited to, the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building. Photography will be provided to all entrants, together with inclusion in the event website registry as part of the event's Competitor Care Program.

All entrants accept that copyright of all or any images or information concerning them or their motorcycles arising from their participation are the property of AMD, as owners of the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building, and that these may be shared with all or any other media for royalty/payment-free use at the sole discretion of AMD. Under most circumstances, AMD welcomes photography use by other media outlets.

Specifically, the organisers must be informed, at least 14 days prior to the event, of any entry subject to an 'exclusive' contract prohibiting publication of show photography as this affects our ability to accept its entry. AMD cannot be denied the right to use images and details of motorcycles in its general news releases and features. Any such contract subsequently signed must acknowledge AMD's precedence of photographic rights as stated above.

Participant and attendee photography for personal use is permitted. Permissions for image or information usage will never be unreasonably denied. The organisers simply ask for event naming rights and photographer credits to be observed, stated and recognised/acknowledged as appropriate.

PROTESTS

Any protest as to the qualification of any entered motorcycle for a particular class, veracity of submitted technical data or run test video may only be made by a qualified judge (competitor or independent) to the organisers no later than 24 hours prior to the commencement of judging. The decision of the organisers on receipt of a protest is final.

JUDGING

Judging will be conducted by 'peer review', topped up by carefully selected VIP guest judges. One voting form will be issued per builder on registration regardless of the number of entries. Competitors cannot vote for their own motorcycle(s).

Correctly completed judging forms must be received back at the Registration Desk by the stated deadline to be included in the voting process. The decision of the judges is final. In the event of a tie on points for any award, the entry having gained the most 1st place votes of the tied entries will be deemed the winner.

AWARDS

Awards will be presented to the top ten motorcycles in the Freestyle class and top three in each of the Retro Modified, Modified Street Custom, Modified American V-Twin and Cafe/Performance Custom classes. The awards ceremony will be held at 3.00pm on Sunday October 11th.

USE OF TITLE

The winner(s) shall be permitted to use the title of 'World Champion Custom Bike Builder' and logo for a period of no more or no less than two years following the announcement of the results for the year concerned. He or she may use this title in all or any of his or her personal or business promotional activities and materials, but at all times the title remains the property of the owners of AMD, and all or any consents can be withdrawn at any time entirely at AMD's discretion. The winner, after two years, may refer to him or herself in a past tense, sense and manner, as having been the 'World Champion Custom Bike Builder' for the year concerned.

The official logo and the wording 'AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building' and are the sole property and registered marks of the owners of AMD, and remain so at all times. Their use is entirely at the discretion of AMD, and subject to permission.

ACCEPTANCE OF RULES

Participation in the event will constitute acceptance of these and all or any other rules or regulations pertaining to participation in and operation of the event.

Participation in the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building does not imply any involvement in or endorsement of any kind whatsoever by AMD of that builder or that builder's company, of his work, of the quality (or otherwise) of that specific motorcycle, or in any other way or of any other kind, of all or any activities (commercial or otherwise) of the individual or business concerned.

COSTS, LIABILITIES AND INSURANCE

All costs connected with motorcycles appearing at, and being removed from, the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building are, unless separately and specifically contracted by AMD in writing, entirely the responsibility of the entrant. The organisers may, at their discretion, require the entrant to pay any sums arising from participation, or to compensate AMD for all or any other liabilities arising from participation.

AMD, Dealer-World, and the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building shall be held harmless and do not accept any liabilities whatsoever, howsoever caused, arising from weather, acts of God and/or participation in the event. Participation is entirely at the builder's own risk in all respects.

The organisers will, of course, take the steps that it deems appropriate or reasonable to ensure the safety and security of the motorcycle(s) concerned, but can in no way accept any kind of liability for any loss or damage arising, of any kind whatsoever.

AAll liabilities and insurances are the responsibility of the competitor in all respects. All other liabilities remain with the competitor at all times. Completion of the Official Entry Form, payment of the Entry Fee or having a motorcycle placed on display indicates that you have read and understood the terms and conditions, and that you unconditionally accept them.

All competitors will be required to sign a liability waiver as a condition of having their motorcycle(s) on display.

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