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Tokyo Motorcycle Show ( 50th ) Tokyo , JP • Mar 24-26 www . motorcycleshow . org
Donnie Smith Invitation Bike Show St . Paul , MN , US • Mar 25-26 donniesmithbikeshow . com
Arizona Bike Week Scottsdale , AZ , US • Mar 29-Apr 2 www . azbikeweek . com
Handbuilt Austin , TX , US • Apr 14-16 www . revivalcycles . com
The One Show Portland , OR , US • Apr 28-30 www . the1moto . com
Myrtle Beach Bike Week - Spring Myrtle Beach , SC , US • May 12-21 myrtlebeachbikeweek . com
BikerFest Lignano Sabbiadoro , IT • May 18-21 www . bikerfest . it
European Super Rally Igoumenitsa , GR • May 24-28 www . superrally . com
Bike Shed Show London , GB • May 27-29 www . bikeshedmoto . com
Isle of Man TT IOM , GB • May 29-Jun 10 www . iomtt . com
Americade ( 40th ) Lake George Village , NY , US • May 31-Jun 4 www . americade . com
Custombike Show Norrtaelje , SW • Jun 3 www . custombikeshow . se
Laconia Motorcycle Week ( 100th ) New Hampshire , US • Jun 10-18 www . laconiamcweek . com
European H . O . G . Rally 120th Anniversary Budapest , HU • Jun 22-25 www . harleysite . de
Swiss Customizing Gets Its Shop Window Back
Text and photos : Horst Roesler , Motographer
As everyone knows , the pandemic caused chaos to the motorcycle expo and show calendar , from the major national and international expo events right through to the custom bike show landscape . There are events that have managed to start down the comeback trail , but there are some markets where the motorcycle show environment will remain changed forever . One such market has been Switzerland . There , the annual mainstream OEM and accessories expo , Swiss Moto in Zurich , which played host to Swiss Custom , has closed its doors permanently . In Harley and custom bike terms , the Swiss market has always been one where new motorcycle sales and custom design and building were a disproportionately strong part of the overall market in new unit registrations and enthusiasm terms . Indeed , Switzerland remains the strongest market for new Harley sales on a per capita basis of any of Europe ' s individual markets . In fact , riding motorcycles as a whole is disproportionately strong on a head of population basis , and many analysts have put that and the low motorcycle fatality statistics down to the fact that
The highest scoring bikes of the TÖFFMÄSS International Bike Show 2022 .
After the churn of the past three years , the Swiss custom market has got its mojo back with TÖFFMÄSS - a wellreceived new custom bike showcase near Zurich ...
The international ' Best of Show ' had to be decided by the public , as two bikes had come up with identical points . The winner was McSands ' J-XR , a spectacular boardtrack interpretation and , thanks to its year , street legal !
Fabio Bray of Chicano Custom Shop won ' Best of Show ' in the Panolin Ride In Bike Show with his 2012 Softail Deluxe conversion thanks to its super-clean look featuring ' Chicano style ' highlights , plus air suspension at the rear .
not only is driver education mandatory , as it is in all European markets , but to qualify for a full car license , drivers have to have passed at least some motorcycle awareness and riding course content . Internationally , therefore , it was with some surprise that Swiss Moto closed permanently , but no surprise that , in custom bike terms , the vacuum was filled quickly - and the man to step up to fill that void was Christoph Schweizer , the former organizer of the Swiss Custom show-within-a-show at Swiss Moto .
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