17/04/2012 by info.

Fancy a day in the countryside??  Why not try the Classic Vehicle Rally at Woodford Halse Country Fair….

Saturday 9th June

The event will be held in conjunction with the Woodford Halse Country Fair, which lasts all afternoon, including raffle with £250 cash first prize, bar and BBQ, plus in the evening there is a battle of the bands, allowing a stage for local groups.

The vehicle rally will run a “Pride of Woodford Cup” and have secured sponsor ship from the insurers Adrian Flux, and will offer £100 money off vouchers for the winner.

Woodford Halse is about than 10 miles from Daventry, Southam and Banbury, in South Northants and is set in some wonderful rolling country side, making the drive or ride here great as well.

The classic vehicle rally itself is free entry this year

We expect in excess of 1000 entrants to our country fair and classic vehicle rally.

More details at http://www.raisingtheroof.info/index.html

Posted in Events | Print | No Comments »

12/04/2012 by info.

The Italian Biker Fest is returning for the 26th year over the weekend of 10 - 13 May, 2012 at Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine. The show will be hosting the Italian round of the World Championship of Custom Bike Building, with the builder of the Best in Show bike getting a prize of travel expenses to compete at the World Championship in Sturgis, and also acts as the final of the inaugural Italian Motorcycle Championship, a series of ten events in central and northern Italy.

Classes available at Biker Fest include Freestyle, Modified Harley-Davidson, Metric, Old Style, Streetfighter & Sport Bike, Café Racer and Bagger. Event sponsors include National Cycle, Rizoma, Givi and Shark Helmets.

Alongside the custom motorcycle show there will be airbrushing and pinstriping demonstrations, an American car display and the opportunity to win flights to go to Daytona Bike Week.

BIKER FEST
www.bikerfest.it

Posted in Events | Print | No Comments »

30/03/2012 by info.

Six outstanding motorcycles from an important private collection are to feature in Bonhams next auction at the Classic Motorcycle Show in Stafford, on 29th April 2012.

This eclectic collection of six historically significant motorcycles has been assembled over the last few years by the enthusiast vendor, who wishes to remain anonymous. Kept in climate controlled conditions within the owner’s private museum, they range from an ultra-rare, fully restored 1928 Windhoff 750cc four-cylinder (estimate £90,000-120,000) to a ROC-Yamaha 500cc Grand Prix racing motorcycle of 1992 (estimate £25,000-35,000).

A racing motorcycle from a very different era, the collection’s 1931 Douglas 750cc sidecar outfit is believed to be one of only three examples of this works model built and thought to be that of Jack Douglas, grandson of company founder, William (estimate £35,000-45,000).

Two other great names in the history of the British motorcycle industry also feature in the sale - Brough Superior and Vincent - the former being represented by a 1934 996cc SS100 that previously formed part of the Murray Motorcycle Museum collection in the Isle of Man. Known as the ‘two of everything’ model because its JAP v-twin engine had two carburetors, two magnetos and two oil pumps, it is one of the rarest of SS100 variants with only eight made (£150,000-180,000).

The two Vincents span almost the entire period of v-twin production at the Stevenage factory. Previously forming part of the late Brian Verrall’s exceptional collection, the 1939 998cc Rapide Series A is one of only 50-or-so survivors out of fewer than 80 made (estimate £180,000-220,000), while the 1955 998cc Black Shadow is the last Series C example of this iconic model produced prior the introduction of the revised Series D range (estimate £70,000-100,000) .

200 machines are consigned to the sale and further highlights include:

A unique 1995 Ferrari 900cc Motorcycle by ‘David Kay Engineering’ (estimate £75,000-100,000);

c.1958 Benelli 248cc Grand Prix Racing Motorcycle (estimate Refer Department)

The ex-Takazumi Katayama, World Championship-winning, 1977 Yamaha YSK3 ‘Sankito’ 350cc Racing Motorcycle - part of the Ferry Brouwer Collection (estimate £50,000-60,000)

The ex-Dick Hawes, 1996 Busch-BMW 980cc Racing Sidecar Outfit (estimate £55,000-65,000)

The ex-Mission Impossible III, c.2005 Triumph 865cc Bonneville Scrambler - as ridden by Tom Cruise (estimate £12,000-15,000)

Ben Walker, Head of Bonhams Motorcycle department, comments, “The Spring Stafford sale is one of our premier collectors’ motorcycle sales of the year and once again we’re proud to present an eclectic and diverse selection of fine machinery, from early Pioneers through to modern era Grand Prix - and everything in between.”

Motorcycles (London): +44 (0) 8700 273 616 / motorcycles@bonhams.com mailto:motorcycles@bonhams.com

Posted in Events | Print | No Comments »

27/03/2012 by info.

 RASEINIAI LITHUANIA
12/5/2012

“RISING THUNDER – Custom bike show 2012” is an exclusive event for exclusive motorcycles and motorcycle admirers that takes speed with new energy. It is the only project of such kind in Lithuania, organized by the biker club “Twins forever MC”. The results of the last year showed that there are a lot of single people and custom workshops where various types of motorcycles are created, redone and renewed.

About 3000 people and 800 motorcycles visited the event last year.

Because of a great interest in this project we are obliged to enhance the organization of the event, in order motorcycle masters and their works to be presented and judged by the specialists of this area. This project is open to all motorcycle lovers and gives the possibility to show your own works to public at large. This year motorcycles are going to compete in 5 classes:

“Best American”
“Best Oldtimer”
“Best Bobber”
“Best Trike”
“Best Freestyle”

and 5 nominations:

1. “Best of custom show”

2. “Public’s best”

3. “Best aerography”

4. “Best engineerical decision”

5. “Crazy bike”

Qualified judges are going to choose the winners and the public will appoint “Public’s Best” by filling in the voting form and throwing it into the ballot-box. Voting forms will be available while purchasing a ticket. A bigger award fund will allow the winners to realize their motor projects and make their ideas real. The event “RISING THUNDER – Custom bike show 2012” will have some new developments: a bigger pavilion of “Custom show” exhibition, exclusive motorcycles and their creators who gained several awards in the world custom shows will participate as guests, “Non Stop Strip” pavilion, item storage, trading on motor accessories and parts, various custom workshops, aerographs and blacksmiths are going to demonstrate their products and services. Photo sessions with spectacular girls will not allow to forget the event.

Apply to organizers as far as trade and the arrangement of the pavilions presenting your production is concerned.

http://www.custombikeshow.lt/en/home

Posted in Events | Print | No Comments »

22/03/2012 by info.

Jeremy Cupp of LC Fabrications is this year’s Ultimate Builder United States Champion after winning the FreeStyle class at the US Championship of the Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show in Daytona. “Old Black”, a 1976 Harley-Davidson XL, is built on a hillclimber chassis and sports two reversed heads, dual Amal carbs and custom open rocker valve train. Special features include jackshaft dual drive chains and dual rear drum brakes.

Steve Iacona of Iacona Custom Cycles won the Modified Harley class with “Challenger”, his 2011 Modified Harley World Championship runner-up bike, taking home $4,000 in prize money and a 120ci Screamin’ Eagle engine provided by Harley-Davidson.

Special features on the bike include a hand fabricated fuel tank, rear fender tail section with built in oil tank, exhaust pipes and tips, handle bars, rear peg sets, headlight number plate, seat suspension, taillight, battery box, steering damper mounts and motor mounts.
Michael Beland of A1 Cycles took the Performance Custom US Champion title with his turbo and nitrous 140ci pro street bike “Janet”. It features a fully hand built frame, mono shock, Hayabusa stretched swingarm, hand built tail section and custom front end.

Results

Freestyle
Jeremy Cupp, LC Fabrications - “Old Black”, 1976 Sportster
Steve Broyles, Stevenson’s Cycle - “GL Special”, 2007 Stevenson’s Bobber
Steve Galvin, Wikked Steel - “Pipe Dreams”, 2012 Wikked Steel

Modified Harley-Davidson
Steven Iacona, Iacona Custom Cycles - “Challenger”, 1996 Harley-Davidson
Copper Mike Cole, Gravesend Cycles - “Coppa Choppa”, 1939 Harley-Davidson
Randall Medard, Pride Cycles - 2003 FLSTF

Performance Custom
Michael Beland, A1 Cycles - “Janet”, 2012 A1 Cycles Street Racer
Steve Galvin, Wikked Steel - “Battlestar”, 2012 Customs
Mike Brown, Spitfire Motorcycles - “Supertracker”, 2010 Spitfire Tracker

Posted in Events | Print | No Comments »

06/03/2012 by info.

Lorne Cheetham, of Ocean Events, organizer of The Custom Motorcycle Show taking place at Beaulieu, UK, over the weekend of June 16-17, has announced the addition of a second £5,000 “Sturgis”prize. The Beaulieu show is a UK Affiliate event to the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building.

long with the £5,000 prize in the Freestyle class towards bike freight and travel expenses to compete at the World Championship of Custom Bike Building in Sturgis, there is now a second £5,000 freight and travel prize for the winner of the Modified Harley-Davidson class which is being provided by Harley-Davidson.

This year’s Modified Harley class rules have been updated to match those of the World Championship, and restricts modifications to the frame which must maintain its original geometry. Also new this year is a mandatory run test which all entered bikes must complete to be considered for a prize.

In addition, UK-based custom bike magazines Back Street Heroes and Streetfighters are sponsoring the Freestyle class by supplying the winning trophies, and Italian billet accessories specialist Rizoma is sponsoring the Streetfighter category and will be presenting a trophy and a prize worth 500 Euros to the winning builder.

The full class list for the show is: Freestyle, Modified Harley-Davidson, Daily Ride, Period Chopper (in the) Traditional Style and Streetfighter-styled Performance Custom. The competition is open entry and the online entry form can be found on the event website.

The Custom Motorcycle Show is a part of the Custom and Hotrod weekend hosted by the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu in the New Forest, Hampshire.

THE CUSTOM MOTORCYCLE SHOW AT BEAULIEU
www.thecustomshow.com

Posted in Events | Print | No Comments »

02/03/2012 by info.

Now in its 3rd year, the London, England, affiliate round of the World Championship of Custom Bike Building once again took place at the historic Alexandra Palace. For 2012, the remit of the show, which took place over February 25 -26, was expanded to include classic bikes and custom cars.

The winner of the Freestyle class, and the £5,000 towards travel expenses to take a bike to Sturgis for the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building, was Pete Pearson of Rocket Bobs Cycle Works with his ‘79 Shovelhead “Bankrobber”.

The Rocket Bobs bike, which was finished the night before the show opened, is based upon a ‘79 FXS, fitted with a modified ‘64 Arrowhead swingarm and Hagon shocks, a modified ‘76 Super Glide tank and Narrow Glide trees from a ‘78 FXS with the legs lowered by 2-1/2in. Other highlights include a one-off race pipe in a combination of aluminum, magnesium and carbon fiber that took three days of fabrication, and paint by 8 Ball.

In the supporting classes, the Modified Harley title was taken by Mr Jenkins’ Shovelhead, while the BSH Invitational prize (sponsored by Back Street Heroes magazine) was awarded to Paul Milburn for his Yamaha XJR “Weird Fish”. He then went on to also claim second place in the Freestyle class.

Posted in Events | Print | No Comments »

29/02/2012 by info.

Jeremy Cupp of LC Fabrications 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 Charlotte, NC. Jeremy’s bike “Old Black”, a 1976 883cc, features jackshafted dual chain drive, dual rear brake drums, custom open rocker valvetrain, dual Amal carbs with two rear heads. Runner-up was Hardly Civilized’s 2010 World Championship 7th-placed bike “Quantum Leap”, with CamTech Custom third with “High Roller”.

The Modified Harley-Davidson class was won by Ben Jordan of Jordan Designs with “In Hoc Signo Vinces”, a 1947 Knucklehead. Cale Lohr won the Performance Custom class with “Power Corrupts”, a 2008 Hayabusa, and Ben Jordan also won the Retro Mod class with a 1949 Panhead.

Posted in Events | Print | No Comments »

24/02/2012 by info.

Llunatica Spain, 2-5 February 2012

This year’s Llunatica rally was held at a new location, the holiday resort of Marina d’Or in Oropesa del Mar, southern Spain, and attracted 45 builders who entered bikes in the AMD World Championship programme affiliated custom competition.
This is the fifth year that the event has been affiliated, and in the past it has produced two World Champions - Ferry Clot of Hot Dreams was Modified Harley-Davidson World Champion in 2007 and 2009, and Sergio Bayarri of Sbay Motor Co was Production Manufacturer World Champion in 2010.

This year’s representative in Sturgis will be Germán Cornaglia of Spanish custom shop Derbidson, who won the Freestyle class and Best in Show with his bike “The Diavolo”.

Based around a Kawasaki ZZR 600cc engine, the rest of the bike is almost entirely handcrafted and features front and rear mono swingarms, with camshaft steering to transmit movement to the front wheel through an oscillating lever double handlebar setup.

Runner-up and winner of the Modified Harley-Davidson class was Manuel Ramón with his bagger “Dark Jokester” and in third place was Metric class winner Dogma Motorcycles with “Sound Kiss”.

ASSOCIACION LLUNATICA, SPAIN
www.llunatica.org

Posted in Events | Print | No Comments »

14/02/2012 by info.

Dave Dupor of DD Custom Cycle is Chicago’s Ultimate Builder for 2012 after taking first place in the Freestyle class with ‘Black Gold Glide’, a heavily modified 2012 Harley Street Glide.

The bike includes a DD steel tank, steel rear fenders, Paul Yaffe fairing, Ghost bars and painted gauges. DD Custom Cycles hand-built the exhaust and added a one-button flame thrower option. DD Floorboards and 26″ front wheel completes the look. Millennium Designs was runner up with ‘2-Pac’, a 2004 Roadking, and Curly’s Cycle was third with ‘De Lux’, a 2006 Electra Glide.

The Modified Harley-Davidson class was won by Native Custom Baggers with a 2007 FLXH featuring a 26″ front wheel, custom front and rear fenders, front and rear air ride, custom saddlebags, sano paint design and audio upgrades. DD Custom Cycles’ 2009 H-D Rocker C picked up second place with Dell Battle of One Off, Inc in third place with a 2003 Fatboy.

Posted in Events | Print | No Comments »