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The AMA Amateur Athlete of the Year Award, which recognizes the top amateur competitors in AMA amateur national championship competition each year, has been renamed in honor of Dan Bromley, who won the award in 2011 before going pro in AMA Grand National Championship competition. Bromley, who earned the American Flat Track 2018 Singles and 2025 Adventure Trackers championships as a professional racer, died on Saturday, June 27, in Lima, Ohio, in a racing incident.

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has appointed AMA Washington D. C. Representative Zach Farmer to the Motorcyclist Advisory Council( MAC) as a representative member. The role will see Farmer working with the U. S. Department of Transportation( DOT) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration( NHTSA) to create a safer environment for motorcyclists. Farmer will bring recognized expertise regarding motorcyclist safety in a variety of areas, including the integration of emerging transportation technologies and roadway designs.

Drag Specialties has appointed Matthew Maldonado to the Southeast Region sales team roster covering the NC area. Matthew ' s experience includes service advising in CA and fixed-operations management at H-D Louisville where he also organized an entry level drag racing series. His riding expertise includes racing in the BRL on his 2024 CVO ST and occasional drag racing on his 2006 Dyna Street Bob.

In May 2026, South Carolina became the fourth state to sign Right to Race legislation into law after Gov. Henry McMaster( R) signed H. 4706. This further signals the growing momentum behind Right to Race bills. The AMA has actively supported this legislation alongside the Specialty Equipment Market Association( SEMA) and the Performance Racing Industry( PRI), lending its voice in support of efforts to protect pre-existing racetracks from nuisance claims across the country.

Described as a " record breaking event driven by sustainability," World Ducati Week ' s Centenary Brand Celebration is said to have " made history as the most attended and international edition ever, with 118,036 attendees from 94 countries over the three-day event." For the fifth consecutive edition, the WDW achieved UNI ISO 20121 certification, " confirming a sustainable management model that has accompanied the event since 2016."

Celebrating 40 years of a Custom Bike Show is no small achievement, and with the organizers of the 40th annual Biker Fest International claiming a 276,000 attendance for what is known as " Europe ' s Daytona " is has now been recognized as the largest Motorcycle Rally in the world outside of the United States for several years. In Custom Bike Show terms, the week saw a slew of the most spectacular custom bikes of the year scooping honors. An old-school BSA chopper that celebrates " friendship and life on the road " took the IMC( Italian Motorcycle Championship) Best in Show title. Varese-based workshop Mannaia won the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building approved award- receiving the prestigious " Foggy ' s Best " award presented by four-time World Superbike Champion Carl Fogarty. " The Custom Bike Show attracted an outstanding number of high-quality builders, with coveted Golden Rod Awards also presented for exceptional engineering, craftsmanship and design." Created by leading Italian Custom Bike lifestyle magazine Biker ' s Life( founded and operated by Moreno and Micke Persello of Editrice Custom in 1987) Biker Fest International is built on long-standing traditions that its 40th Anniversary lived up to and exceeded. Billed as Europe ' s longest-running continuously operated custom bike building contest- and the only Italian round of the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building- the event once again transformed the Main Stage in Viale Europa into a showcase of creativity and craftsmanship. Staged at the classic northeast Italian ' mid-century modern ' Adriatic resort of Lignano Sabbiadoro, with an architectural aesthetic defined by Marcello D ' Olivo ' s 1954 " spiral city " layout, Biker Fest ' s norther location brings together builders, workshops, and customizers from across Italy, central and eastern Europe. " This year ' s edition stood out for the remarkable presence of builders from Central and Eastern Europe- including Austria, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, and even Belarus- further cementing Biker Fest ' s status as one of the continent ' s leading custom motorcycle events.

AMD winners, € 1,000 Zodiac Prize and € 200 San Marco Petroli Fuel Voucher

BSA ' Lulù ' – Mannaia Motorcycles( VA)

H-D Road Glide ' La Primera ', Bad Boys Garage( MB)

H-D Model B ' Nike ', Gallery Motorcycles / Damiano Roncaglioni( BS)

" The Best in Show award of the Italian Motorcycle Championship( IMC) went to ' Paruk ' was a deeply personal tribute to a late friend- a BSA 650 chopper built by Friulian customizer Renato Peres. A true old-school custom, ' Paruk ' impressed the judges with its authenticity, character, and outstanding craftsmanship,

confirming the ever-rising standards of the Italian custom scene. " The international AMD World Championship selection showcased three radically different interpretations of contemporary custom culture. The visionary ' Lulù ', powered by an S & S V-twin and built by the Varese- based workshop

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