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Suicide Customs
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Japan

First Place
FREESTYLE
World Champion
spread of top honours, second
place, and first reserve
champion, went to Michael
Naumann of Germany for his
Ironhead Sportster-engined
“Simple Iron”; with third place,
and second reserve champion
going to 2010 and reigning
2014 World Champion Fred
“Krugger” Bertrand of Krugger
Motorcycles in Belgium for his
103” S&S Cycle-engined
“LADD”.
Altogether 42 bikes competed
in the Freestyle class, with no
less than 14 different countries
featuring in the Top 20, with the
equally back story-rich TEAM
USA’s Larry Moore of Wichita,
Kansas, taking fourth overall for
his bike “Kontrolled Kaos”, with
Italy’s North Coast Custom
taking fifth for “Alcatraz 521”.
The ever-popular Modified
Harley-Davidson World
Championship was won by
German-Motorcycle-Authority
(Christoph Madaus) with his
1340cc (S&S heads) “Milwaukee
Mile”.
In an extremely high quality
field, this year’s Retro Modified
class was taken by PDF
Motociclette of Italy with “Big
Kahuna”, a 1000cc-engined
1927 JD 8-valve.
Flying the flag for Eastern
Europe, the Cafe Racer class
was won by Iron Custom
Motorcycles (ICM) from
troubled Kharkiv, Ukraine with

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The top three in the 12th AMD World Championship ... center, winner Suicide Customs from Japan with Rumble Racer,
this year's best bike as voted for by the competitors themselves; left, Naumann & Co (Germany) in second place for
the bike Simple Iron; on the right, Krugger Motorcycles of Belgium followed up 2010 and 2014 AMD World
Championship wins with third place this year for Ladd

AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE DEALER - NOVEMBER 2016

This year's Championship ring was handcrafted in England by
Alabaster & Wilson in 18ct gold, diamonds and black onyx.
Founded in 1887, Alabaster & Wilson are one of the founders
of the internationally reputed artisan jewellery quarter of
Birmingham, England and have been award winning makers
of fine jewellery, medals, awards and ceremonial items to the
British Royal family, Houses of Parliament, and many other
famous British and international institutions for over 125
years. This is the highest grade Championship Ring yet
awarded to the AMD World Champion of Custom Bike
Building and a true one-off piece of art.

www.AMDchampionship.com