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NOVEMBER 2016(# 208)
Comment...................................................................................... 4 Robin Bradley discusses ' INTERMOT Customized ' in the context of what it means for the ' mainstream ' international motorcycle market, and what access to the ' mainstream ' means for customizing...
INTERMOT Customized.............................................................. 15-20
Look what Cologne has done for us! At last, a show worthy of its market ' s price-points, creativity, craftsmanship and innovation- why wasn ' t it always thus?
AMD 2016 World Championship.................................................. 25-37
What do you get when you bring more than 60 bike builders and 80 of their bikes together from more than 20 countries? The 12th AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building!
INTERMOT
INTERMOT expo...................................................................... 41-57
More than 1,000 exhibitors from nearly 50 different countries gave some 220,000 international motorcycle industry trade visitors and high-mileage riders from Germany and surrounding markets much to admire- including over 40 new model launches
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