American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 203 June 2016 | страница 14

NEWS

Biker Fest, Italy, May 19-22

BEST IN SHOW (DAYTONA PRIZE)
Boss 69 - "Brike"

BRIEFS

EMERGING CUSTOMIZER
Vintage H-D Motociclette

Honda has filed a patent
application for blind spot
monitors on motorcycles that
include the use of haptic feedback
motors (of the kind used to create
the vibrations of a smartphone) to
provide alerts through the
handlebar grip, foot peg, seat
cushion or other areas where
tactile alerts can be transmitted
to the rider.
AEP Holdings, a Hong Kong based
equity investor, has acquired Urbanville
(Des Moines), Iowa based C&L Group
of Companies – owner of motorcycle
parts brands such as Hot Rods, Hot
Cams, Cylinder Works, Pivot Works,
Bearing Connections, Wrench Rabbit,
Fuel Star and Reggio Emilia, Italy based
Vertex Pistons.
In Europe BMW is to launch an
automatic SOS “intelligent
emergency call system” for
motorcycles that will
automatically summon help in the
event of an accident. Such
systems are set to become
mandatory on new cars sold in
Europe from 2018. BMW will be
offering it as an option on its
European models, initially, and
cite the findings of a panEuropean eCall trial that showed
that emergency services were
able to get to the scene of an
accident 40 to 50 percent faster. It
has been estimated that such
systems could save up to 2,500
lives a year and save €26 billion a
year in Europe.

FREESTYLE CLASS
Juergen Ostermann - "Ultima 127"
SCRAMBLER CLASS
Inglorious Basterds Cycles /
Tondo Garage - "Biplane"
CAFE RACER CLASS
Moto Sport Factory Lab "Ducati 800"

The 5th annual Italian
Motorcycle Championship took
place at the 30th Biker Fest in
Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine,
Italy, on the spectacular Adriatic
coast north of Venice. The Italian
Championship is the
culmination of a 12 event
network of custom bike shows
held throughout Italy and
promoted by Italian custom
bike magazine Biker’s Life.
Staged again on the impressive
Terrazza Mare, 62 bikes from
across Italy, plus visitors Sapka
Muvek from Hungary and
Juergen Ostermann from
Austria, competed in Freestyle,
Modified Harley-Davidson,
Metric, Streetfighter/Sportsbike,
Cafe Racer, Scrambler, Bagger
and Old Style classes, with the
three ‘Best in Show’ winners

Harley has appointed Michael Cave, a
retired senior VP at Boeing, who has
served on Harley’s board since 2012 as
non-executive Chairman of the Board.
Cave, currently Chair of the board’s
human resources committee succeeds
Richard Beattie, who retired after more
than 20 years of boardroom service.
Cave held a variety of assignments
across Boeing’s financial, defense and
comm ercial businesses, including as
senior VP of Business Development and
Strategy.
Bob Kay, who is again
masterminding the Championship
of the Americas, AMD’s World
Championship affiliate custom
bike show at AIMExpo at Orlando,
Florida, in October, has announced
a five-strong ‘Team USA’. Builders
who will compete at this year’s
AMD World Championship at
INTERMOT, Germany, in October
this year are Steve Iacona, Iacona
Custom Cycles in Brooklyn, NY;
Sean Ruddy, Chop Deville in Las
Vegas, Nevada; Jeremy Cupp, LC
Fabrications in Grottoes, VA; Larry
Moore, Moore's Customs in
Wichita, KS, and George Stinsman,
Chaos Cycles in Mastic, NY.

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OTHER WINNERS:

AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE DEALER - JUNE 2016

receiving 1,000 Euro expenses
towards competing at the 12th
AMD World Championship of
Custom Bike Building to be held
at INTERMOT, Cologne,
Germany, from October 5-9 this
year. An additional Best in Show
prize of a flight to Daytona was
also awarded.
This year’s winners were MC
Cycles with “Avalon”, a
beautifully modified and
finished Harley-Davidson FXR,
Energy Bike with “Ducati DSA”,
an ultra-radical Ducati Monster
620, and PDF Motociclette with
“Big Kahuna”, a 1927 HarleyDavidson JD 8-valve.
With a larger vendor presence
in attendance this year at the
event, an additional
“customizer” vendor area was
set up opposite the Terrazza in

OLD STYLE CLASS
Emporium Motorcycles Garage "Auto-Scooter"
BAGGER CLASS
Moto Design Customs - "H-D"
METRIC CLASS
Bike Garage Motorcycles "Kawasaki"
MODIFIED HARLEY CLASS
Asso Special Bike - "H-D Dyna"
STREETFIGHTER CLASS
Off. Fratelli Borgo - "No Regrets"

addition to the usual vendor lot
at Luna Park and was judged to
be a huge success, with
attendees and vendors hopeful
this area will be further
extended near year. Public
attendance at this 30th
anniversary event exceeded
35,000 riders.
Exhibitors included Custom
Chrome, Motorcycle Storehouse,
Free Spirits, Italian suspension
specialists Andreani and Bitubo,
Asso Special Bike, along with
motorcycle manufacturers such
as Harley-Davidson, Indian
Motorcycle, BMW, Honda,
Aprilia, Ducati (Scrambler),
Victory and Moto Guzzi.
www.bikerfest.it
“Avalon” an FXR by
MC Cycles of Casale
Sul Sile, Treviso

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