British visitor won the main raffle prize - a strictly limited Heritage Classic Anniversary edition . Countless custom bikes were on display , and on Friday the most creative conversions from eight countries competed in the Harley staff judged ride-in-custom bike show supported by Metzeler . More than 50 custom bikes from all over Europe - show winners and newly built Harley-based projects - were invited by Custom Gallery Coordinator Ondrej Hruza from Czech Republic . Ondrej was also responsible for the excellent 115th Anniversary custom bike display in Prague five years ago and had stepped in at a late stage to plan and organize the Custom Gallery . One " unofficial " highlight of the first day was Custom Chrome Europe ' s unveiling of a CPR-built " Speed Bob ", when Ivan Vukoja , the Custom Chrome Europe Team and the future owner of the themed custom Street Bob , uncovered the stylish creation at the CCE booth just next to the event ' s main stage . Friday ' s " Ride In Bike Show " classes included " Classic ", " Sport ", " Tourer ", " Cruiser ", " Radical Custom " and a very creative selection of custom Pan Americas populating the " Advanced Off Road " class . The " Radical Custom " allowed almost everything , even offbrand engines . Ivan Vukoja , builder of the CCE / CPR " Speed Bob " took second prize in the " Cruiser " class and the " People ' s Choice " award - quite a success for the Croatia-based builder who had only finished the bike that week ! A RevTech powered custom bike by Dadak Custom won " Radical Custom " and the " Best of Show " award went to a stylish Race Bagger built by Marco Sonnino of Italy . The Awards Ceremony for the four-day indoor Custom Gallery took place on the main stage on the Saturday evening , and was compered by AMD Approved Custom Show Coordinator and World Championship ambassador Onno Wieringa , with Karen and Bill Davidson making the presentations . With many of Europe ' s parts and accessory manufacturers , distributors and dealers - independent custom
Indoor Custom Gallery Bike show
Top honors and € 5,000 went to Italian customizer Mirko Perugini of " Gallery Motorcycles " fame - his 1920 J motor was enclosed by one of his high-class one-off rolling chassis with unique suspension and outstanding craftsmanship . Finished literally two days before the show the bike is fully dedicated to 120 years of Harley-Davidson , including the 103-year-old IoE engine .
Second place and € 3,000 went to " History " by Vito Klemencic of VK Custom Works from Slovenia . His Flathead-based masterpiece was especially created for the 120th Anniversary and was more " Art-Bike " than meant to be ridable . A tribute to the history of Harley-Davidson as well as to the history of customizing , the extreme Chopper featured numerous " one-off " details and ideas .
€ 2000 was handed to Hazard Motorcycles for their great Carlo Riva and Ferruccio Lamborghini inspired " Ghisarama " in third place - created as a tribute to the traditional " Riva " luxury boat manufacturer . shops as well as authorized dealers - information on customizing options was widely available ; the 120th Anniversary brought the " main players " of the European custom scene to Hungary to meet riders from all over Europe . Leading vendor professionals judged the prestigious Indoor Custom Gallery Bike Show . The selected jury of experienced custom bike specialists from the industry and press had the honor of selecting the top-five bikes with vouchers vouchers of € 2,000 , 3,000 and 5,000 were handed out to the top three places . The variety of styles was outstanding and also covered a long timeline of show-winning customs that Ondrej Hruza had pulled together . This trophy ceremony took place inside the H-D display hall in front of the assembled customizers and exhibitors . The " Public Choice " was a Walz / Augustin Motorcycles " Prototyp " Dragstyle Lowrider featuring lots of carbon and gold plating with a Rotrex centrifugal supercharged S & S engine . Augustin Motorcycles is the German company that keeps the tradition of the original " Walz Hardcore " custom bikes alive , and also had their own Augustinbranded show bikes on display . The judges ' choices saw Peter Penzenstadler ( Penz Custombikes , Austria ) in fifth with his sheet metal Bagger creation " Razzle Dazzle ", one of the few Bagger type customs in the display , with " Arcadia " from DMC Toys 4 Men from Italy in fourth . The top-three awards came with a prize pot of € 10,000 , and € 2,000 of that was handed to Hazard Motorcycles for its great Carlo Riva and Ferruccio Lamborghini inspired " Ghisarama " in third place - created as a tribute to the traditional " Riva " luxury boat manufacturer . Second place and a pretty extreme custom was " History " by Vito Klemencic of VK Custom Works from Slovenia . His Flathead-based masterpiece was especially created for the 120th Anniversary and was more " Art-Bike " than meant to be ridable . A tribute to the history of Harley- Davidson as well as to the history of
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