American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 203 June 2016 | Page 33

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RTERS EVENT FOR THE
M MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY

ERMOT
program

Daniel Becker, ‘Dark Custom’ Marketing
Project Manager for Harley-Davidson
in Germany: “The booth will reflect
the design ethos of the ‘Dark Custom’
concept and show that ‘Bad Ass’
factory bikes are not a contradiction,
but a fantastic start-point platform for
individual self- expression”

re attracting – riders who will
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nce.
think we are “with them” when
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ything to go buy, we do appear
” with the ‘Dark Customs’, and
chieved in this year’s ‘Custom
our dealers understand what

et, Sportster and Dyna platforms
nship of Custom Bike Building in Hall
examples from this year’s ‘Custom
d to the Max” stock platforms

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Custom Kings
Thunderbike, Harley-Davidson’s internationally renowned Niederrhein,
Germany, dealer (www.thunderbike.de) is one of the most successful
German customizers. Celebrating their 30th anniversary this year, their
multi-award-winning program of custom builds includes “PainTTless“,
the bike that saw them become the first ever authorized Harley dealer
to win the AMD World
Championship of
Custom Bike Building,
at Sturgis in 2012.
Founder, boss and
mastermind of the
company Andreas
Bergerforth wanted
to demonstrate just
how versatile the
Dark Custom platform
is, and just how it
opens up customizing
Former AMD World Champion Andre