Houten, The Netherlands November 7-9
Bigtwin Bike Show & Expo
Houten, The Netherlands November 7-9
Classic 1 241 H-D Johan Weijers 2 243 Indian Scout ' Bigsby ' Hans Devos, België 3 119 H-D WR Steven Gerrits
Café racer / Tracker 1 256 Royal Enfield Enrico de
Haas- Wannabe-Choppers DE 2 173 Indian( JAP) Bart van Dyck
België 3 186 Ducati Frans van den
Hoogen
Chopper / Bobber 1 198 H-D Bart Hendriks 2 216 H-D Vic Jefford UK 3 239 H-D Glenn de Koning
The 32nd edition of the annual Bigtwin Bikeshow & Expo, organized by Dutch custom bike magazine Bigtwin, was beyond all expectations. Records were broken, more than 19.000 visitors, 142 registrations for the bike show, many presentations on three stages, 129 vendors and live music on all of the three days proved that the custom bike scene in The Netherlands at the moment is alive and kicking. All well-known companies such as H- D, Indian, Zodiac, Snap-on Tools, Motorcycle Storehouse attended the show in full force. Even S & S was present with several people and famous powerful engines! In the AMD Approved Bigtwin Bikeshow it was again an all international gathering of the very best custom bikes from The Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Ireland, Germany, England, Belgium, Slovakia, France, Austria, Italy and elsewhere. The main sponsor was Zodiac International, who gave a
Don Cronin from Ireland won Best in Show with his beautiful Medaza Cycles built Nimbus Four. staggering € 10,000 in vouchers with Radical Customz from Belgium, offering prizes worth € 5,000 in vouchers for custom paint and 16 additional sponsors- the winners received a total of over € 24,000 in vouchers, parts and cash. Former AMD World Champion Don Cronin from Ireland won Best in Show with his beautiful Medaza Cycles built Nimbus Four- a completely one-off, hand crafted fourcylinder Nimbus with a one-off aluminium cylinder head by Medaza, with a twin carb conversion. A stunning, motorcycle with so many details- quite simply incredible! The Freestyle winner was Brit Larry
Houghton of Lamb Engineering with his Norton Rotary. Another rarity, it was based on an ex-Police 600 cc Norton Wankel engine, with Arillia swingarm, Ducati front-end and wheels, with all the other parts and bodywork custom made by Larry in his own workshops- a stunning piece of rolling art that was a deserving winner of the biggest trophy at the Bigtwin Expo for the 2025 AMD Approved Freestyle Class win. All the way from Spain, Manuel del Campo Escotet returned home with not one, but two huge prizes. His KTM 950SM has been Manuel ' s ' canvas ' for seven years, painting his masterpiece with polychromia work carried out in oil and brush- featuring direct references to the work of Renaissance Master Hyeronimus Bosch. An exemplar of fine lines, meticulous details, and craftsmanship of the highest order, not only was he the Best Paint winner but he also got chosen( with a huge majority of the votes) as the 2025 ' Public Choice '. Johan Wijers won the Classic Class with his bike ' The Half Harley '! It is an
Clubstyle / Performance Bagger 1 225 H-D M8 Softail Rudy
Urbain BE 2 172 H-D Nicolas Dufrasne BE 3 248 H-D Hermsen
Custom Modified 1 102 Indian Scout Florian
Pfante DE 2 110 Honda Erik Jansen 3 134 Moto Guzzi Louis Berendse
Allroad / Adventure 1 152 Yamaha Adventure Ride 2 130 Honda Robbie Timmers 3 164 BMW Robert Ooms
Mopeds / Minibikes 1 227 Serveta Alexander TikiAlex
Frischauf, Austria 2 212 Manet Paul Hollebeek 3 116 Simson Oliver Baumgart, DE
Freestyle 1 188 Norton Larry Houghton UK 2 113 Triumph James Rogers UK 3 181 Moto Guzzi Giuseppe Bori,
Bepy Garage, Italy
Best of Show- 135 Nimbus Don Cronin Mezada Ierland Best Paint- 195 KTM Manuel del Campo Escotet( Osiyuyu) Spanje Bigtwin Crew Pick- 247 H-D Pepe Lazzara Chicano, België Craziest Bike- 121 Suzuki Krystian Wizner, Poland Peoples Choice: 195 KTM Manuel del Campo Escotet( Osiyuyu) Spanje
Special Award Madness Photography 208 Sven Barten, Tomos
24 AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE DEALER- DECEMBER 2025 www. AMDmag. com