American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 175 February 2014 | Page 34

A new brand of German made custom parts
designed and produced by sport and street bike
specialist ABM
THE German motorcycle market has always
had a strong "cross-over" habit.
Independent custom shops there have
always had a "tribal" allegiance to their aircooled v-twin mission, but the definition of
that mission isn't as blinkered in Germany as
it has been, historically, in some markets.
Making any bike look better, handle better, or go
faster is 'righteous', regardless of the platform.
That's not to say that the custom shops there (and
elsewhere in Europe) don't focus and spend most of

Christian Melhorn took over the running of ABM from his
father Juergen in 2010. Until the recent launch of their
"Wunderkind" custom v-twin parts program the focus had
been on sports and street bike parts

Air Filter with K&N filter, high flow
and low-noise technology

their time on Harleys and air-cooled custom bikes,
they do, but as has been seen by the evolution of
customizing in Europe, ever since cross-over from
the streetfighter scene radically accelerated
development in the 1990s, dealers there are quite
happy to take inspiration from other markets and
other motorcycling traditions.
Footrests with choice
of detailing/accents

top-end precision machining, weight saving
materials applications and ergonomic design
credentials. Founded in 1985, ABM have been
sitting at Europe's sport and street bike parts and
accessory manufacturing table ever since. Last year
he unveiled'WUNDERKIND' ("Miracle Child"), a line
of custom parts and accessories developed with
Martin Tischer, and based on ABM’s sport bike
Signature
triple trees

It is no surprise therefore to find that the rev